[gusopol3]

http://www.nationalcenter.org/Goldwater.html

Read the acceptance speech from the Cow Palace, prophesying the course of the next 25 years, then call him stupid. The truth is, he was a drunk and it got to his gray matter.

[rcocean]

I'm not saying Goldwater was on the wrong side or wasn't right on the big issues of the 60's or didn't have good speech writers.

But when it came to judging people and events, running a political campaign, keeping ones emotions in check, etc. - the man was a dummy.

He meant well, he surrounded himself at times with good smart people, but he was himself a weak sister.

[Bismark]

I liked Goldwater, but he wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer. He did have a good speechwriter, Karl Hess.