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I have stopped being confrontational with other Freepers, but....I will not stand silent when Barry Goldwater is in play!!! Barry Goldwater, along with Bill Buckley is the “Father of Modern Conservatism”. In 1960, I was in Madison Square Garden in NYC along with 18,000 other Goldwater fans screaming and cheering this magnificent American who nurtured Ronald Reagan on his trek to becoming POTUS!!! I admit as, Barry grew older and remarried, he mellowed a bit, but, then again we all do as we age!!! And.......the Republican Party base, the growing conservatives were his base. It was Rockefeller and Bill Scranton, the GOP liberals that did Goldwater in.

And...IMHO opinion, Romney, while he is far from ideal to us conservatives, he is no weak sister like John (Obama is a good American) McCain. IMHO, Romney has nailed the nomination. You either vote for him, or against him, or, sit on your hands, come election day, November 6, 2012!!! For me.....it’s ABO, period!!! Litttle bit tired of Freepers whinning for what is now impossible, but....it is not impossible that Obama once re-elected, will work to destroy this nation. You might want to let that happen, but for my kids and grandkids, I don’t, no way!!! I’ll vote for a blind monkey, with one hand tied behind his back before I would ever vote for “traitor to America” Obama!!!

You can't defend Goldwater more than I do but for a number of reasons he ended up as the Establishment Candidate and did not have the party base behind him.

Remember his wife was the heir to Borg Warner ~ and she brought that entire Kenosha to PIttsburgh industrial arc with her. He didn't want for money, but he just didn't attract the traditional Republican worker bees on the ground.

Romney's strength rests in the same places.

This time the big faction he loses is the Conservative wing.

Romney is the weakest possible candidate we could have because there is no "THERE" there!