[ifinnegan]

In 1964 Disney received an award from President Johnson. It was rumored for a long time that Disney wore a Goldwater button to the ceremony.

Recently Animation historian Michael Barrier was able to verify that indeed this was true.

[jazusamo]

Thanks, I wasn’t aware of that but Goldwater was the first candidate I voted for in a presidential election.

I do remember some of the attempted defamation of Disney in the 50’s but as I remember there wasn’t much attention given to it.

[Tucker39]

If Disney DID wear the Goldwater pin, wouldn’t THAT put the lie to the meme that he was anti-Semitic?