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To: gusopol3
I'd like to point out that the religious right was a very big component of whatever votes Goldwater got.

There was no "religious right" in 1964, unless you want to count Episcopalians. Contrary to the way some politicians wear their religion on their sleeves these days, being a Christian (or a Jew, or a Catholic) was a personal thing in the 1960s. You didn't find newsies following candidates into church with their cameras - and for sure you didn't see politicians carrying 10-pound bibles for effect.

46 posted on 07/01/2007 11:40:44 PM PDT by logician2u
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To: logician2u

I count the religious right of the sixties as the very strong anti-communist electorate, and largely on the basis that Communism was Godless ( I had a liberal friend in college who scornfully lampooned the point of view as “Kill a commie for Christ”), that supported the Viet Nam war,etc., as opposed to the Episcopalians who were sending people to Cuba to cut sugar cane, etc. A bloc of voters that was led around by Jerry Falwell or Ralph Reed has never existed IMO, if that’s what you mean by “religious right.”


54 posted on 07/02/2007 3:54:27 AM PDT by gusopol3
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