The Conscience of a Conservative, Chapter 1, by Barry Goldwater

The Conscience of a Conservative | 1960 | Barry Goldwater

[Mr. Mojo]

As relevant today as it was in 1960.

[dayglored]

One of my all-time favorite pieces of political writings. Barry was brilliant and eloquent.

[bobo1]

Goldwater was one of the few that deserved the title “statesman”.

[CatDancer]

Thank you so much!

Wonderful book - I still have it.

[ConservativeMind]

Nice post!

[mcshot]

I still remember his cane containing “gold water”. 0NE OF MY FAVS.

[P.O.E.]

Great book.

[HippyLoggerBiker]

Goldwater very relevant, thanks.

[Publius]

The book that started me on my journey.

[Oklahoma]

Barry was the Ted Cruz of the 1960’s.

[Insigne123]

Hmm...I thought “compassionate conservative” was a recent cave-in by #41

[Mr. Mojo]

Ah, if only that happened, we'd have been spared LBJ's "Great Society," and America would be in far better shape right now.

[Mr. Mojo]

Yep, Nixon started that nonsense.

[deadrock]

For later. Thanks for posting.

[Slyfox]

In my first politics class I had a lib instructor who wanted us to do a book review. He had a list of 20 books to choose from. On the list was Goldwater's book and I chose that one.

I wrote up a nice report and when I got my paper back it had a C- on it. After class I approached the lib and asked him why he gave me such poor grade and the idiot lib told me that he really didn't like Barry Goldwater. So, I said, "Then why did you put that book on the list if you didn't like him?" He changed my grade to a B-, however he did get the last dig by giving me an undeserved C- for a final grade.

But, maybe I got the last laugh. I became a confirmed Republican and he lost that one measly city council race he ran in because he is still a first class loser.

[Nifster]

Too bad he didn’t remain conservative

[LMAO]

Love Goldwater

[LMAO]

The book that started me on my journey

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ditto

[wyowolf]

He would have been more so if the holy rollers in the 80s hadn’t stopped him...

[scooby321]

Romney’s distance from his fellow Republicans was no accident. Early in the campaign, the market-tested man of industry put a poll in the field and found that while he was more popular than Swainson personally, running as a Republican put him at a distinct disadvantage. As a direct result, Romney struck the very word “Republican” from his campaign. In an age where local Republican organizations housed the candidates’ headquarters, Romney opened separate storefronts with no hint of party or pictures of his running mates. Thus, some Republicans blamed Romney for the ticket’s defeat. Republicans like Barry Goldwater.

Both conservative and moderate governors took issue with Romney’s statement, pleading with him not to make it. Romney was undeterred, confident in the strength of a Scranton-Eisenhower bandwagon. But unbeknownst to Romney, Scranton had arrived at the hotel with an urgent call waiting. It was Eisenhower on the line, and he’d had second thoughts. It was later revealed that Ike’s host in Cleveland, a staunch Goldwater supporter, told him he would be a most unwelcome guest were he to upend the conservative movement during his visit. So rather than find another place to stay, Eisenhower cut Scranton loose. Stunned and dizzy, Scranton went into the caucus meeting where Romney was already battling with the other governors. He never got a chance to tell George about Eisenhower’s phone call.

Father and Son just alike