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In 64 I was not interested in politics at all, so I wouldn't have been reading The National Review, even if I had been aware of it. 🙂👍

Now I do not read it, because it isn't the same as it was under Bill Buckley Jr. who I bean listening to in the late 70s, most likely in the tun up to the Reagan election, which was about the time that I started paying any attention to politics. Bill was at least entertaining as he was selling the conservative viewpoint.

The clowns running it now believe themselves to be smarter than their readership, which is just not the reality at all.

But it you doubt he was being serious with his statement, then that makes sense. 🙂👍

BTW, I supported Goldwater because my parents did, even though I had no clue about him whatsoever. 🙂👍

My parents were strong conservatives and anti-Communists and my mother had lots of reading material which I started reading already when I was in grade school. I was in high school in 1964 but had been aware of Goldwater for several years and I think I had read his book (probably ghost-written).

I don't remember if they had a subscription to National Review but one summer I was watering the lawn for some friends of theirs when they were on vacation and they had lots of back issues of National Review when I was able to peruse.