Barry Goldwater

Barry Goldwater - Running for President of the United States - 1964

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• Election
• President
• United
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• 1964

[colonicvillus]

america made a mistake in '64. and republicans today have forgotten what it means to be a republican

[UnitarianLibertarian]

The only politician worthy of the name Mr. Conservative

[TheNewFrontier1960]

@colonicvillus The only mistake was a mistake of history, on November 22nd 1963

[Atheist2006]

@UnitarianLibertarian

I wouldn't be proud of such a name if I were called Mr. Conservative...

FYI: Nazis, communists and libertarians are all fascists.

[marcparella]

I agree. But Robert Taft so was bad either.

[Jallport1990]

Goldwater, the Mondale of the Republican Party

[stevenson52]

US President Barry Goldwater (1965-1973)

Goldwater administration

[billyguns2]

It was a tragic mistake not to have elected this great man. Instead, Americans turned to a sleazeball, lying war criminal who nearly bankrupted the nation and plunged us into a bloodbath in VietNam. Lyndon Johnson is close to the bottom of U.S. Presidents who were failures; the current President is at the very bottom.

[marcparella]

That is a totally irresponsible comment. There is nothing in Goldwater's rhetoric to suggest that he would anything of the kind. I suggest you read his "Why Not Victory". The book spells out exactly what was needed to defeat the Soviet Empire. A war of attrition. Reagan used the very same tactics -- and guess it worked!

[glory789]

Instead he would of have started a nuclear war.

[marcparella]

There is an interesting misconception about the comment he made on ABC's Issues and Answers in 1963. Goldwater got in trouble for simply revealing existing Pentagon strategy about using low-yield nuclear weapons to defoliate Vietnam that was unfairly attributed to him.