[Arm_Bears]

From what I’ve been able to discern, even Goldwater wasn’t all that conservative. My reading indicates that he saw no place/role for Christians in the Republican party.

[cripplecreek]

When you say "radical right" today, I think of these moneymaking ventures by fellows like Pat Robertson and others who are trying to take the Republican party and make a religious organization out of it. If that ever happens, kiss politics goodbye.

-Barry Goldwater In a 1994 interview with the Washington Post.

I happen to agree.

[SatinDoll]

” My reading indicates that he [Goldwater] saw no place/role for Christians in the Republican party.”

I do not understand your comment. Why should any specific religion be important to a political party?

The original founding of the Republican Party in the 1850s specifically rejected social issues from their platform.

[detective]

Goldwater's most famous book and policy manifesto “Conscience of a Conservative” was actually written by Brent Bozell, a devout Catholic and William F. Buckley's brother in law. Goldwater was strongly influenced by Buckley too.

What is your source that Goldwater “saw no place for Christians in the Republican Party?”