[editor-surveyor]

In the 60s Barry was a big spender. He always liked big government. The social liberalism came later, and may have been senile dementia.

I also campaigned for him in ‘64, which got me in trouble with Pierre Salinger, who was a friend at the time.

[re_nortex]

I also campaigned for him [Goldwater] in ‘64, which got me in trouble with Pierre Salinger, who was a friend at the time.

Need I say, ...with friends like that...

Otherwise, thanks for the quick and courteous reply. I'll confess that I wasn't aware of Barry Goldwater's propensity for big spending by the government back in 1964. Compared to the evil Johnson, AuH20 was surely a skinflint. But since I'm not a fan of relativism, that doesn't let him off the hook.

“A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have.”

If indeed he was only mouthing those words without conviction, then add Goldwater to the list of CINOs. Thanks to your thought-provoking comments, I'll be doing more reading about the Barry Goldwater of that era.

[itsahoot]

I also campaigned for him in ‘64, which got me in trouble with Pierre Salinger, who was a friend at the time.

They told us if we voted for Barry the war would get worse and sure enough I voted for him and it got worse. Guns and butter indeed.