Barry Goldwater versus the RINOs

americanthinker.com ^ | 3/19/14 | Bruce Walker

[Robwin]

Excellent post, BlackElk, and quite accurate.

Barry Goldwater was never the conservative that people imagined him to be and he got worse as he grew older.

One minor quibble (which has nothing to do with your thesis). The Conscience of a Conservative was actually written by Brent Bozell.... It was always my understanding it was written by one of his speechwriters, and Libertarian activist, Karl Hess. But you may be right. No biggie.

My very first vote for President was for Goldwater while sitting on a foot locker at FT Hood, TX. I voted for him because I thought he believed in the principles outlined in Conscience.... Pity he never really did.

[BlackElk]

I think you will find that Karl Hess was the author of Goldwater's speech accepting the 1964 GOP nomination (including the Cicero quote at the suggestion of Professor Harry Jaffa: "... extremism in defense of liberty is no vice... moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue"). See Wikipedia on Goldwater and that L. Brent Bozell (Bill Buckley's Yale room mate and brother-in-law) was the ghost writer of The Conscience of a Conservative.

In both cases, Goldwater could take credit for his superb taste in distinguished ghost writers.

May God bless you and yours!

[BlackElk]

I failed to credit Wikipedia on The Conscience of a Conservative for the fact that L. Brent Bozell was its actual author.

[BlackElk]

I believe that Peggy Goldwater was also a national director of Planned Barrenhood (along with Dorothy Walker Bush, mother of Bush the Elder) from about 1940 until her death.

God bless you and yours!