Rendezvous Time Oct 29, 2009
" This week is the 45th anniversary of "The Speech," delivered via nationwide television in support of then-Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater. It was funded by Brothers for Goldwater, whose chairman was John Wayne, and marked the nation's introduction to the man who would spend the rest of his life promoting American values and conservatism. Reagan's values, core beliefs and visionary thinking would lead to massive tax cuts, which energized the economy, and his declaration that... (Townhall.com)
Kristol Reflections Oct 29, 2009
But it is not at all difficult to distinguish from the principles of a Russell Kirk or a Barry Goldwater. The triumph of neoconservatism meant the displacement of the old conservatism by a moderate liberalism that was conservative only in its attitude toward the counterculture. (The American Conservative)
It Happened This Week: Oct. 28th through Nov. 4 Oct 29, 2009
Barry Goldwater, getting 61 percent of the vote. Lee County showed overwhelming support for Johnson. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
Ask AP: Depleted ozone, military VIPs in Congress Oct 24, 2009
Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz. and Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., were among those who were two-star officers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Kathryn Lopez: In a time of choosing, make choices wisely Oct 24, 2009
It's what Ronald Reagan was talking about in his famous Time for Choosing speech, supporting Barry Goldwater for president ... But, Kathryn, Barry Goldwater lost. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
O'Connor family home moved to historical park in Arizona Oct 23, 2009
O'Connor hosted Richard Nixon and Barry Goldwater and was vetted for the Supreme Court in the 1,700-square-foot adobe. In 2005, when friends discovered the house was to be demolished, they recognized the adobe's historical significance and rallied to save it. (Florida Today)
Justice's old house finds a new home Oct 22, 2009
O'Connor also welcomed Richard Nixon and Barry Goldwater, and was vetted for the Supreme Court in the 1,700-square-foot adobe. In 2005, when friends discovered the house was to be demolished by the current landowners, they recognized the adobe's historical significance and rallied to save it. (AZCentral -- News)
Hansen: An honest man of rock solid integrity Oct 22, 2009
He quietly urged his close friend, Barry Goldwater, to lead a group of Republican House and Senate members to the White House, where they told Richard Nixon that impeachment was a virtual certainty and that he should resign. He was among prominent Teton County residents who, in the late 1940s, fought the expansion of Grand Teton National Park, considering it a federal land grab. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Don't Create an Enemies List Oct 22, 2009
After Barry Goldwater had won the Presidential nomination in 1964, Daniel Schorr had told CBS viewers that Goldwater had "travel[led] to Germany to join-up with the right wing there" and - "visit[ed] Hitler's old stomping ground." Schorr later corrected that on the air. What was different about Colson's effort, though, was the open declaration of war upon anyone who seemed to disagree with administration policies. (CBS News -- Opinion)
'Street-brawling'... Oct 22, 2009
" Here is the full text of Alexander's prepared remarks: In 1969 and during the first half of 1970, I was a wet-behind-the-ears, 29-year-old staff aide in the West Wing of the Nixon White House. I was working for the wisest man in that White House, Bryce Harlow, who was a friend of President Johnson, as well as the favorite staff member of President Eisenhower, and President Nixon s first appointee. Based upon that experience and my forty years since then in and out of public life, I want to... (The Drudge Report)
New Milford GOP Marks Reagan Legacy Oct 17, 2009
" "It created short-term economic dislocation, which is what the country needs now," he said. He said the current economic policies are making the American dollar "worthless" and he feared that under Mr. Obama the "very rigorous economic times have not started yet" even though the country reportedly has been in a recession since late 2007 that is the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Dr. Gutzman said that Mr. Obama is making the same mistake that Democratic President Jimmy Carter,... (New Milford Times, CT)
Writer responds to Mr. Shirk and Mr. Cator Oct 13, 2009
And in response to Mr. Cator's letter of Sept. 1, I would like to say that Barry Goldwater never met George W. Bush or Dick Cheney. These two were the very biggest liars of all time. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
What would AARP do? Oct 12, 2009
The last time they came right out and said so was when Barry Goldwater used that position to run for President. We all know what happened. (New Iberia, LA)
In Defense of Glenn Beck Oct 11, 2009
This is what liberals always say about popular right-wingers, including Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan and William F. Buckley. For over 20 years liberals, including Presidents Clinton and Obama, have insisted that Rush Limbaugh is everything from an unpatriotic hatemonger to an enabler of domestic terrorism. (Townhall.com)
Michael Moore's latest movie questions capitalism, Congress Oct 10, 2009
Gator wrote on Oct 8, 2009 11:36 AM:" Liberal youre a++. I left the Republican party after Reagan who I still admire along with Barry Goldwater.. The Republican party of today isa headless horseman. Conservatives of to day are a far cry from Reagan andGoldwater. As John Dean said, quote, Authoritarian conservatives are, as a researcher told me, "enemies of freedom, antidemocratic, anti equality, highly prejudiced, mean-spirited, power hungry, Machiavellian and amoral. "Barry Goldwaters... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
RedState Morning Briefing Oct 8, 2009
Here is the list (again in no particular order): A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg Economics in One Lesson by Hazlitt Liberty & Tyranny by Mark Levin The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek The Conservative Mind by Russell Kirk Free to Choose by Milton Friedman Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater Federalist Papers Democracy in America by Tocqueville Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis God and Man at Yale by W.F. Buckley Witness by Whittaker Chambers The... (Human Events Online)
Prosecutors hired in Stapley case Oct 7, 2009
Celebrity D.C. attorneys to look into allegations of fraud, theft. by Michael Kiefer - Oct. 6, 2009 11:04 AM The Arizona Republic. (AZCentral -- News)
U.S. now most admired nation on the planet Oct 7, 2009
2:16 pm October 6, 2009, by Jay. The United States is the most admired country globally thanks largely to the star power of President Barack Obama and his administration, according to a new poll. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Shooting victim says Russia links should be probed Oct 3, 2009
After graduation, Joyal went to work on Capitol Hill, eventually serving as director of security for the Senate Intelligence Committee when its chairman was Barry Goldwater, the fiercely anti-communist former Republican presidential nominee. When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the zeal for reform within America's former enemy was genuine, Joyal said, and he again placed himself in the middle of the action. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Zelizer: Obama should listen to Biden Sep 30, 2009
Barry Goldwater and Democrats gained huge majorities in the House and Senate, Humphrey wrote Johnson to urge him to call for a withdrawal from Vietnam, since 1965 was the "first year when we can face the Vietnam problem without being preoccupied with the political repercussions from the Republican Right.". Humphrey believed that the president had not made a case, as had been done with World War II and Korea, about why this conflict was essential to the national interest. (CNN -- US)
McCain says U.S. should advocate regime change in Iran Sep 30, 2009
BY Chris Baker on 09/29/2009 at 13:21Fear not, Chris Baker, Obama will apologizeBY JamesJ on 09/29/2009 at 14:32At least Barry Goldwater had the decency to remove himself from public service before senility started to effect his better judgement. Don't get me wrong, I'm a native Arizonan and I love the guy but it is painful to watch him lose his fire and homogenize into this elder statesman that doesn't want to offend anyone. (TheHill.com)
LETTER: President's allegianceis to the 'radical left' Sep 25, 2009
"No, they didn't. Those were Democrats, not the entire American left.It may be hard for you to understand, but democracy does not occur solely with the ballot box.Now the reason why I am not as outspoken toward the Democratic party's base is simple: they are not nearly as ridden with hate, threatening violence, or as racist. You may choose not to acknowledge this, that's fine, but it is to the peril of your own party.The nation is trending widely toward social acceptance. The trends are against... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
It might take some getting used to, but ... Sep 24, 2009
Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan would be aghast at what passes for conservatism these days. The'd be driven from the GOP like rented mules. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
'We the people' Sep 23, 2009
Indeed from his speech would lead one to believe just the opposite:) T-Bone posted on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 at 3:23 pmQuoting Barry Goldwater ... I'll leave you with one last thought: A few years before his death, Barry Goldwater went so far as to address the right wing, "Do not associate my name with anything you do. You are extremists, and you've hurt the Republican party much more than the Democrats have.". (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Latimer the Liberator? Sep 21, 2009
Latimer the Liberator. Latimer the Liberator. (Human Events Online)
There You Go Again, Jimmy Sep 21, 2009
There is precedent for this -- Democrats did this in 1964 against Barry Goldwater after his vote based on constitutional grounds against the Civil Rights Act. When polls showed support for Goldwater among white Independents, Democrats ran a shame campaign to get Independents to vote Democratic to prove they were not racists. (Human Events Online)
Conservative Writer Irving Kristol Dies at 89 Sep 21, 2009
Barry Goldwater and William F. Buckley, whose National Review journal Irving Kristol found "insufficiently analytical and 'intellectual,'" most neoconservatives were not lifelong Republicans. They were former Democrats, often academics, who broke with their party over Vietnam, race relations and what they regarded as the breakdown of civic order. (Newsmax)
Irene Budoff: Today's political parties offer stark differences Sep 16, 2009
I remember the days of Barry Goldwater and his exclamation that "extremism in defense of liberty is no vice." Maybe so, but it's no help, either. Not in these times and not with these problems. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Steve Walt: Why Is Osama Reading My Book? Sep 16, 2009
If he had not cited us, he could just have easily quoted the late Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) who wrote in his that "I was never put under greater pressure than by the Israeli lobby ... it's the most influential crowd in Congress by far." Or he could have cited former Senator Ernest ("Fritz") Hollings (D-SC), who said that "you can't have an Israel policy other than what AIPAC gives you around here." He might have invoked notorious terrorist sympathizer Newt Gingrich (R-GA), who called AIPAC... (Slate)
Bush Told the Truth Sep 16, 2009
Bush seemed to equate the conservative movement the astonishing growth of conservative political strength that took place in the decades after Barry Goldwater s disastrous defeat in 1964 with the fortunes of Bauer, the evangelical Christian activist and former head of the Family Research Council whose 2000 presidential campaign went nowhere. Now it was Latimer who looked perplexed. (The American Conservative)
Kyl walks tightrope balancing demands of party and voters Sep 12, 2009
remembered today as the father of the G.I. Bill and later governor and chief justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, was upset by Republican Barry Goldwater. Senators, who are elected statewide and not from a congressional district, are most susceptible to the phenomenon, but in 1994, sitting House Speaker Tom Foley, D-Wash. (AZCentral -- News)
The extreme Republican Party Sep 12, 2009
How the GOP went from a right-center party that joined Democrats in supporting civil rights to an extreme right-wing party that has its own leaders declaring Obama wants to kill old people is a long, sad story that has been told brilliantly by the political historian Rick Perlstein in his books Before the Storm, which describes Barry Goldwater s hijacking of the party for being too moderate, and Nixonland, which describes how Richard Nixon settled on the electoral strategy of positive... (Boston Globe)
Letters to the editor Sep 9, 2009
Barry Goldwater, Gov. Ronald Reagan and Gov. Nelson Rockefeller in 1962. This movement of conservatives away from the conspiracy idiots who even accused President Dwight D. Eisenhower of being a willing agent of the Soviet Union was the beginning of a conservative movement that culminated in the election of President Reagan and many other good policies of the Republican Party. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Hawk chess team starts season strong Sep 9, 2009
Rio Rico resumes play Sept 11-12 when the team travels to Barry Goldwater High School for its next tournament. " I feel our team has matured and has a lot of potential," said Emil Patino, Rio Rico's second board. (Nogales International, AZ)
Meet the knuckleheads of the U.S. Senate Sep 8, 2009
As pundits like and have observed, when young Teddy arrived on Capitol Hill, he was breathing the same air as Scoop Jackson, Barry Goldwater, Everett Dirksen, Hubert Humphrey, William Fulbright, Ed Muskie and Birch Bayh. When he left a half-century later, his colleagues were Evan Bayh, and Mike Crapo and Mike Enzi and John Cornyn. (Salon)
Click to read:$100,000 for Arrest of Wildfire Arsonist Sep 6, 2009
$100,000 for Arrest of Wildfire Arsonist - CBS News. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5, 2009. (CBS News)
Goldwater Jr.: Obama's Policies 'Scare the Hell Out of Me' Sep 6, 2009
Barry Goldwater Jr. says President Barack Obama's big-government reforms are "potentially jeopardizing future generations," admitting to Newsmax. TV that "It scares the hell out of me. Goldwater, the son of Republican icon Barry Goldwater, warns in an exclusive Newsmax.TV interview that Obama's plans for a government-run health insurance scheme overlook one a crucial fact: There's no historical evidence the federal government can effectively operate such a massive government program. Goldwater,... (Newsmax)
Kennedy brothers had bond with S.D.7:41 pm | (No comments posted.) Sep 5, 2009
But in 1964, LBJ won in South Dakota, rolling past Republican Barry Goldwater. A Democrat hasnt won here in the general election for president since then. (Watertown Public Opinion, SD)
Democrats seek return in Madison County Sep 5, 2009
In 1964, general election results show only a 2 percent difference between votes for Lyndon Johnson (Democrat) and Barry Goldwater (Republican winner in Madison). Even more surprising is that nearly 54 percent of Madison voters voted for Democratic Congressman Ralph Harding (who, incidentally, lost the state election). (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Yesterday's Gone Sep 2, 2009
Columns, funnies in your inbox. Townhall Daily Alert Your daily must-read of conservative columns, cartoons and news. (Townhall.com)
Dealing With The Secret Government Aug 28, 2009
"John Tower and Barry Goldwater [Republican senators on the committee] didn't think there should be anything at all," says Bader. "That was their whole view of the whole thing, and they made Church and [fellow committee member Walter] Mondale's life kind of miserable." That said, at the staff level Bader says his relationships inside the CIA helped a great deal. (CBS News)
For Kerry, mission redefined Aug 27, 2009
McCain has a personal perspective on Kerry s situation, noting his own experience as successor to Senator Barry Goldwater, the Arizona Republican who held an iconic status in the GOP.. Arizona still hasn t recovered from the loss of such an institutional figure as Goldwater, McCain said, and the same sense may be felt in Massachusetts. (Boston Globe)
Kennedy dead at 77 Aug 27, 2009
In reality, the GOP s bete noire cooperated with party leaders from Barry Goldwater to John McCain, a list that included conservative stalwarts Robert Dole, Orrin Hatch, and Alan Simpson. Senator Kennedy s success owed more to craftsmanship than charm, more to diligence than blarney. (Boston Globe)
Posey has his say on birthers, insurance Aug 27, 2009
This was an issue with Barry Goldwater, who was born in Arizona before it was a state. It was an issue for John McCain (born in the Panama Canal Zone). (Florida Today)
Ted Kennedy: A profile in resilience Aug 27, 2009
Kennedy's causes remained pure to the most liberal wing of his party, just as GOP figures like Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater kept an ideological purity when their own party moved toward the center in American politics. Yet, as both a tactical move and out of genuine affection for other Republican politicians, the "liberal lion" worked jointly with the GOP on a few major bills including the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. (Christian Science Monitor)
What the Radical Left Doesn't Want You to Know About the 60's Aug 25, 2009
Hard to believe conservative icon Barry Goldwater was the most requested campus speaker in the early 1960s, but it s true. Meanwhile, the vocal minority weren t just trying to speak out against injustices, they were very often Communists opposed to virtually everything the United States stands for. (Human Events Online)
Tattoos not taboo Aug 25, 2009
boxergal wrote on Aug 24, 2009 9:39 AM:" politicians - Barry Goldwater, Sarah Palin. Only in this backwards area would someone think that tatoos are the mark of low class people. ". boxergal wrote on Aug 24, 2009 9:34 AM:" CEO's - Orange County Choppers. Yea, those tats will hold ya back. ". (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Assault Weapons Excite The Media Once Again Aug 22, 2009
In the 1964 campaign Barry Goldwater spoke at a Republican fundraiser. After his speech he went around the room visiting each of the tables. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Duo Honored by International Swimming Hall of Fame Aug 22, 2009
Timken will join the likes of President Ronald Reagan, Senators Barry Goldwater and Paul Tsongas, former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young and entertainers Art Linkletter, Buddy Ebsen and Esther Williams, as recipients of the medallion given annually, since 1983, to a competitive swimmer who has achieved international recognition in the fields of science, government, entertainment, business or education. Timken, who was a prep All-American and captain of the Stanford swim team, joined his family... (Gostanford.com)
The Complicated Legacy Of Robert Novak Aug 21, 2009
Despite Novak's dismissals, the can be no doubt that historians and conservative thinkers will remember him for his writing--especially about the rise of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan. The important thing to recall about Novak is that, at his best, he was an ideological rather than a partisan journalist. (CBS News)
The Prince of Darkness as a Beacon of Dissent Aug 19, 2009
People who knew Novak in the 1960swhen he voted for Lyndon Johnson over Barry Goldwater, fearing Goldwater would move the Republican Party too far to the rightpoint out that he hasnt always been as conservative as he is now. On the social issues, Novaks late-life conversion to Catholicism helps explain his rightward shift. (Townhall.com)
Robert Novak; columnist and panelist broke high-stakes Beltway scoops Aug 19, 2009
Focusing on political intrigue rather than starchy analysis, they had an immediate effect with news about Senator Barry Goldwater s probable nomination as the Republican presidential candidate in 1964. The Goldwater story led a Newsweek profile about the duo that helped shape their formidable reputation. (Boston Globe)
Ron Paul to Hold Major Event in Galveston Saturday Aug 15, 2009
Special guest Barry Goldwater Jr. will introduce Dr. Paul to the crowd. Congressman Paul is expected to address supporters around 6:30 pm. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Analysis: Critics co-opt Obama organizing playbook Aug 15, 2009
Much as Obama saw opportunity with the "change" catchword a year ago, the conservative movement, whose organizing roots date to the 1960s and Barry Goldwater, saw an opening in the Democrats' community gatherings and are using them aggressively. "What we saw in the presidential campaign was really a social movement to elect Barack Obama, with energy and urgency," said Marshall Ganz, a community organizing expert at Harvard University. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Critics co-opt Obamas playbook Aug 14, 2009
Much as Obama saw opportunity with the "change" catchword a year ago, the conservative movement, whose organizing roots date to the 1960s and Barry Goldwater, saw an opening in the Democrats' community gatherings and are using them aggressively. Video. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Trading-in Capitol statues Aug 14, 2009
Who's in: Barry Goldwater, U.S. senator, leader of conservative movement, 1964 presidential candidate. Who's out: John Campbell Greenway, veteran of Spanish-American War and World War I, mining executive. (Anchorage Daily News)
States shelving US Capitol statues for new models Aug 14, 2009
Anchorage Daily News. Find out where the fish are biting, and share your knowledge. (Anchorage Daily News)
Defending Southerners Aug 12, 2009
Back in the 1960s, Seymour Martin Lipset and Richard Hofstadter and other liberal sociologists, historians and political scientists, puzzled that anyone could support Barry Goldwater rather than Lyndon Johnson, concluded that Goldwater supporters were deranged. They didn't say so directly, of course. (The American Conservative)
Branson, Missouri's Best Museums Aug 9, 2009
The only three Chevy El Moroccos left in the world are here; so is the actual car driven by Fireball Roberts at the 1957 Daytona 500, and even Barry Goldwater s car. There s a Dual Ghia worth about $350,000 today. (Suite101.com)
CQ: How 'birthers' can defy political mainstream Aug 6, 2009
Thats why todays GOP leaders would be hard pressed to duplicate the feat of Barry Goldwater and William F. Buckley Jr., who in 1962 coordinated a campaign to discredit the John Birch Society. Their fear was that the views of its founder, Robert Welch, who once called President Dwight D. Eisenhower a dedicated, conscious agent of the Communist conspiracy, would drag down the rest of the conservative movement. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Political calculus Aug 2, 2009
Barry Goldwater of Arizona, has mounted an all-out assault on the program. He lost 44 states in his 1964 presidential campaign against Lyndon Johnson, who a year later was able to celebrate the triumph of Medicare. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Budget cuts hurting Arizona's museums Aug 1, 2009
He noted that Arizona icons like Barry Goldwater, Jack Pfister and Mo Udall helped build the state's historical institutions. "They're all gone, and here we are marginalizing what I believe is one of the greatest histories of any state in the union," Barrios said. (AZCentral -- News)
Click to read:Who Will Get H1N1 Vaccines? Jul 30, 2009
Barry Goldwater: "Having given our pensioners their medical care in kind, why not food baskets, why not public housing accommodations, why not vacation resorts, why not a ration of cigarettes for those who smoke and of beer for those who drink." - 1964. Bob Dole: In 1996, while running for the Presidency, Dole openly bragged that he was one of 12 House members who voted against creating Medicare in 1965. (CBS News)
Keyes, Birthers, Buckley and Birchers: Oh my! Jul 29, 2009
Barry Goldwater, conservative historian and philosopher Russell Kirk, and American Enterprise Institute President William Baroody took it upon themselves secretly to meet at The Breakers hotel in Palm Beach, where they decided Welch and the Birchers would have to be excommunicated from the Conservative Movement, lest their lunacy taint reasonable and responsible conservative political activity. Were Buckley alive today, is there any doubt he would have the same response to the "Birthers". (MSNBC -- Politics)
The birthers in Congress Jul 28, 2009
The congressman , "The eligibility of the president to serve under the Constitution has arisen five times, and Congress has failed to do anything about it thus far." Barry Goldwater was born in Arizona Territory, Posey points out. George Romney was born in Mexico. (Salon)
