stoneric

Goldwater is rolling over as we speak.

Yeah, ignore terrorism. Real terroism.

Roach

a little history.


Beginnings
Goldwater entered politics in 1949, when he won a seat as a Phoenix city councilman. Three years later, in 1952, he became a US Senator for Arizona. For nearly a decade, he helped redefine the Republican Party, assembling it into the party of the conservatives. In the late 1950s, Goldwater became closely associated with the anti-Communist movement, and was an avid supporter of Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Goldwater stuck with McCarthy until the bitter end and was one of only 22 members of Congress who refused to censure him.

Goldwater supported desegregation and civil rights to varying degrees. He got himself into political hot water, however, with his opposition to legislation that would eventually turn into the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Goldwater was a passionate Constitutionalist, who had supported the NAACP and had backed previous versions of civil rights legislation, but he opposed the 1964 bill because he believed it violated states’ rights to self-govern. His opposition earned him political support from conservative southern Democrats, but he was detested as a “racist” by many blacks and minorities.

Presidential Aspirations
Goldwater’s rising popularity in the South in the early 1960s helped him win a tough bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 1964. Goldwater had been looking forward to running an issue-oriented campaign against his friend and political rival, President John F. Kennedy. An avid pilot, Goldwater had planned to fly around the country with Kennedy, in what the two men believed would be a revival of the old whistle-stop campaign debates.

Kennedy's Death
Goldwater was devastated when those plans were cut short by Kennedy’s death in late 1963, and he mourned the president’s passing profoundly. Nevertheless, he won the Republican nomination in 1964, setting up a showdown with Kennedy’s vice president, Lyndon B. Johnson, who he despised and would later accuse of “using every dirty trick in the book.”

Introducing ... "Mr. Conservative"
During the Republican National Convention in 1964, Goldwater gave perhaps the most conservative acceptance speech ever uttered when he said, “I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”

This statement prompted one member of the press to exclaim, “My God, Goldwater is running as Goldwater!”

The Campaign
Goldwater was not prepared for the brutal campaign tactics of the vice president. Johnson’s philosophy was to run as though he were 20 points behind, and he did just that, crucifying the Arizona Senator in a series of vicious television ads.

Comments Goldwater made during the previous ten years were taken out of context and used against him. For example, he had once told members of the press that he sometimes thought the country would be better off if the entire Eastern Seaboard were sawed off and floated out to sea. The Johnson campaign ran an ad showing a wooden model of the United States in a tub of water with a saw hacking off the Eastern states.

The Effectiveness of Negative Campaigning
Perhaps the most damning and personally offensive ad to Goldwater was the one called “Daisy,” which showed a young girl counting flower petals as a male voice counted down from ten to one. At the end of the ad, the girl’s face was frozen as images of nuclear war played in the shadows and a voice extolled Goldwater, implying he would launch a nuclear attack if elected. Many consider these ads to be the beginnings of the modern negative campaign period which continues to this day.

Goldwater lost in a landslide, and Republicans lost many seats in Congress, setting the conservative movement back significantly. Goldwater won his seat in the Senate again in 1968, and continued to earn respect from his political peers on Capitol Hill.

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The Rev

Gingrich clearly has no empathy. His desertion of his two first wives for affairs, and the callous way he handled them, makes it pretty obvious to me that he only thinks of himself. His total unwillingness to face any contradiction in the values he claims to represent, and those he lives by, show that he has no problem lying and isn't in the least bit concerned with whether he has ethics or not. He wants more power, and he's going after it. I am of the opinion (albeit unprofessional) that he's a borderline sociopath.

Today, I heard people at the gym talking about how he turned the tables on the media, and how badass that was. What he did was attack the messenger to avoid the message, a tactic as old as the use of logical fallacy. I thought, THIS is the real problem. It's not that guys like Gingrich run, but that people don't know the difference between bullshit and substance. Again, George Carlin was right, it's the public that sucks.



The Rev

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stoneric

He's been bought by sheldon adelson, another scumbag billionaire who puts the interest of a foreign country over his own. Cant say "israel firster" anymore, it makes one anti-semite. Same with being against going to war with Iran. After all if you're not worried about the second holocaust, and are only concerned about the economic devastation on your own country, you must be anti-semite. Anyway look for newt to be wearing two flag lapels.

adventure

I think Newt believes in what he says. I do not agree with what he stands for, but give him credit for being fairly consistent. I do not think he stands a chance against Obama. He has for too many skeletons in his closet.

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kamikazi89

that he actually believes what he says is what scares me

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