This article doesn’t take into account the lies Johnson told about his intentions in Vietnam. I do note,however, he makes the point Cruz is an extremist several times. This is the type of hit piece Ted can expect to see time and again in the coming months and this is from a “news” source which protected Obama without fail.
Incidentally it is stated Rockefeller was booed when he spoke at the 64 Repub convention. But what the author fails to tell you the booing was a set-up, and was done by Rockefeller activist to embarrass Goldwater.
That campaign of 64 was a particularly nasty one from the get go
“That campaign of 64 was a particularly nasty one from the get go.”
But the 1964 Republican convention introduced to the country the POLITICAL Ronald Reagan, and he hit a grand slam with the speech he gave. It set the stage for him to run and win the California governorship two years later against the incumbent Democrat (the current Moonbeam’s rabid father, Edmund “Pat” Brown).
Vietnam wasn't an issue in 1964.