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To: Ophiucus
He is far to the left of social conservatives. You know the ones, the Reagan revolutionaries. Goldwater was strictly a "fiscal" conservative and not really all that dogmatic on the principle. He NEVER went after the true liberals; he just attacked those "country club" republicans in class warfare rhetoric that would have made Marx blush.
700 posted on 01/29/2004 10:17:42 PM PST by Texasforever
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To: Texasforever
He is far to the left of social conservatives. You know the ones, the Reagan revolutionaries.

Where do you derive that, not from your links. He was a big influence on Reagan and his philosophy of government.

Goldwater was strictly a "fiscal" conservative and not really all that dogmatic on the principle.

Again, I don't get that - unless it is your proposition that a conservative should advocate government involvement to solve social issues.

He NEVER went after the true liberals; he just attacked those "country club" republicans in class warfare rhetoric that would have made Marx blush.

Unsubstantiated - he was critical of the influence of religious organizations transforming the Republican party into a tool for enforcing religious change upon the government and politics.

He had a very good point there. It is contrary to the goals of a democratic republic and in the long run, he feared it would weaken the party as it drove the center away.

721 posted on 01/29/2004 10:39:05 PM PST by Ophiucus
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