[Congressman Billybob]

I was there, in the Cow Palace in San Francisco, to see this speech, fresh out of college, with my first wife. Sadly, the only thing that turned out well was my college degree, and it had its defects.

I wrote the experience up in a column entitled, "Twenty Years of Chinese Mustard." Alas, that's too old for the Internet to have heard of it. LOL.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column: "The Fry Cook Rule for the Supreme Court"

[doug from upland]

I was 16 and watched on TV. I was in awe of Goldwater. WHY NOT VICTORY, THE CONSCIENCE OF A CONSERVATIVE, McCARTHY AND HIS ENEMIES, MASTERS OF DECEIT, NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON, and GOD AND MAN AT YALE contained some of my early lessons.

[Taft in '52]

To the tune of the hymn "Rock of Ages":

Rockefeller's not for me. He is not for GOP
He is for the welfare state; he has had more than one mate.
Rockefeller's not for me. He is not for GOP.
R-O-C-K-E-Y--Oh, you SOB!