Posted on 02/12/2015 5:50:28 AM PST by cotton1706
The bronze likeness of the late Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., was unveiled in Statuary Hall Wednesday, becoming the latest addition to the 50-state statue collection in the Capitol.
“He earned the nickname ‘Mr. Arizona’ because he had a love affair with our state. It’s magnificent beauty and its freedom loving people. And Arizona loved Barry back, in part because Arizonans saw themselves in him,” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said at the ceremony. “Our state never had a better champion than Barry Goldwater. And we’re so very proud that his rich legacy will continue to be honored here at the United States Capitol.”
The statue’s journey to Capitol Hill was much longer than the four days it took to transport the structure from its former home in the Arizona Capitol.
According to AZ Central, the process began in 2008 when state Sen. Adam Driggs decided Arizona needed more modern representation in the Capitol and sponsored a resolution to commission the statue. Sculptor Deborah Copenhaver Fellows crafted the statue of the former senator and 1964 presidential candidate over the course of 27 months.
“It’s great that the day has finally arrived,” Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., told CQ Roll Call before the ceremony. “It’s been a long time coming. This has been a lot of work by many in Arizona to raise the funding for it, to get it transported here.”
Flake described how constituents who visited the Capitol were surprised to learn that Goldwater was not already one of Arizona’s two statues. “If you ask constituents who represents Arizona in the Capitol, in statue form, most of them say, ‘Well, it’s got to be Goldwater,’” Flake said. “And we’ve had to tell them, ‘No, not yet, but that time is coming.’”
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Looks like in his remarks McCain avoided Goldwater’s conservativism?
There will not be a similar statue to John McCain.
Goldwater was correct in not voting for the civil rights amendment based on the fact that it should not have applied to the private sector.
He did support the earlier narrower version that would not have done so much damage to the country.
That d****-bag is unfit to stand in the shadow of Barry Gokdwarer’s statute.
“Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said at the ceremony”
They could have gotten more authentic remarks by going to the shoe shine boy than going to this presstitute.
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