Barry Goldwater

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The Progressive Dilemma

James Block | Posted 12.12.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Barack Obama, Counterculture, Ronald Reagan, Obama Presidency, Progressives, Progressive Movement, Barry Goldwater, Ronald Inglehart, Chicago News

Many progressives are anxious and even skeptical about the emerging Obama administration. As a card-carrying devotee of the (cardless) progressive movement, I sympathize.

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The Morning After: A Reflection

Dr. Leo Rangell | Posted 11.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Psychiatry, John McCain, Mental Health, 2008 Presidential Race, George W. Bush, Barry Goldwater, Barack Obama, Living News

Let's get the most out of it. Every Monday morning quarterback looks to see what we learned. What did that, big Tuesday game of Nov. 4 teach us? Where are we now? What's different?

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The Morning After

Jan Herman | Posted 11.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Conservative Media, Liberal Media, Right Wing Media, John McCain, Thomas Frank, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, President Obama, Conservatism, Right Wing, Sarah Palin Media, Election Results, Retro Politics, Mccain Campaign Tactics, Wall Street Journal, Barack Obama, Election, 2008 Presidential Election, Presidential Results, Michele Bachmann, Bill Kristol, Obama Presidency, Sarah Palin, Obama Thomas Frank, Obama Campaign Tactics, Barry Goldwater, Presidential Election, Obama President, Media News

It is the Journal, in a column this morning by Thomas Frank, an addition to the Journal's opinion pages to balance all the resident right-wingers, that puts Obama's victory in proper perspective.

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Requiem for the Past Eight Years and a Prayer of Hope for the Next Eight

Jack Myers | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Lyndon Johnson, Presidential Debates, Barry Goldwater, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News

An economic rebound will be spurred by a grass-roots spirit of can-do and hope in the future personified by the Obama campaign.

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Hope. Not Faith.

Marc Cooper | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Hope, says the dictionary, is about our desires. Faith, on the other hand, is about confidence. I've got tons of the former, and damn near none of the latter. So if Obama offers hope, I'll take what I can get.

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The Christian Right Killed the Republican Party

Jane Devin | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: George Bush, Religion, Michele Bachmann, James Dobson, Pat Robertson, Christian Right, Ethics, Barry Goldwater, Jerry Fallwell, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Home News

Under the thumb of right-wing religion, the Republican party became a bloated fool, stuffed with hypocrisy, greed, and anti-intellectualism. The price is now being paid through lost elections and a loss of public trust.

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Why Barry Goldwater Couldn't Support Obama

Barry M. Goldwater, Jr. | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Fiscal Conservatives, Conservatives, Liberals, Arizona, Barry Goldwater, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Family, Goldwater Obama, Goldwater, Politics News

In a previous post my niece CC implied that the Goldwater family would support Obama. I don't resent my niece's beliefs -- she is entitled to the freedom of choice. However, I do resent what she has done.

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Why McCain Has Lost Our Vote

CC Goldwater | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Conservatism, John McCain, Conservatives, Barry Goldwater, Barry Goldwater Politics, Mccain Goldwater, Republicans, Goldwaters Endorse Obama, Goldwater Family Endorsement, Goldwater Endorsement, Goldwater Obama, Cc Goldwater, Goldwater Endorses Obama, Cc Goldwater Obama, Goldwater, Goldwater Endorse Obama, Politics News

Being Barry Goldwater's granddaughter and living in Arizona, one would assume that I am voting for John McCain. However, nothing about McCain compares to the ideology my grandfather stood for.

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Race Enters Race, Stage Right

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Barack Obama, Politics News

McCain and Palin have provided safe harbor to those racists among the electorate who are looking for a way to express their twisted view of people that don't look like them.

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The More Things Change: Norman Mailer and the 1964 Republican Convention

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 10.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: 1964 Civil Rights Act, The New Yorker, Fidel Castro, Barack Obama, 1964 Republican Convention, The New York Times, William F. Buckley, Barry Goldwater, Republican Convention, Norman Mailer, John McCain, Entertainment News

Goldwater lost that election, of course, he lost big, but in later years even the much-hated media would see that convention, and that loss, as the birth of the modern Republican party.

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McCain And Goldwater Growing More And More Similar

Lynne Glasner | Posted 10.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Goldwater Mccain, McCain Obama, Senator McCain, Social Security, Barry Goldwater, Election 2008, John McCain, Campaign 2008, Home News

Barry Goldwater adamantly railed against large government and supported tax cuts (sound familiar?). He advocated making Social Security voluntary and selling off the TVA, neither of which garnered him many votes in 1964, a time of economic expansion.

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Rick Perlstein, author of Nixonland, on The Interview Show

Mark Bazer | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Black Panthers, 1960s, Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan, Conservatives, Chicago, Rick Perlstein, Nixonland, Barry Goldwater, Dr. Spock, Republican Party, Politics News

Here, in three parts, is a video interview I did with Rick Perlstein, author of Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America. I hope you enjoy.

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Reminders of the Goldwater Campaign

Murray Fromson | Posted 07.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Eastern Press Establishment, John McCain, Barry Goldwater, Straight Talk Express, Media News

I was the CBS News producer responsible for coverage of Goldwater's 1964 campaign when he and his aides maintained a steady barrage of complaints about their unfair coverage from "the Eastern Press Establishment."

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The Big Bang of Attack Ads

Steve Cone | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Negative Ad, Television, Lbj, Negative Attacks, Political Ads, Lyndon Johnson, Daisy, Barry Goldwater, Politics News

In memory of its creator, I think it is high time we understand that the 1964 Daisy ad was not about being negative but rather truthful.

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Now We'll Know Who Our Real Friends Are; Gay Marriage in California

Bruce Gilardi | Posted 05.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Gay Marriage California, California Supreme Court, Gay Marriage, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Barry Goldwater, Log Cabin Republicans, Living News

One simply can't overemphasize how momentous last week's California Supreme Court's decision to legalized marriage between same sex couples will be. ...

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Pure Goldwater

John Dean and Barry Goldwater Jr. | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barry Goldwater, American Politics, Pure Goldwater Book, Barry Goldwater Book, Barry Goldwater Politics, Conservatism, 2008 Election, Ron Paul, Politics News

Goldwater would have found more in common with the brutal honesty of a Ron Paul than the flip-floppers, spinners and poll-tested position takers.

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I'm For Obama!

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Barry Goldwater, Barack Obama, Politics News

Now that the race has been narrowed down to two Democratic candidates and we face a 22-state primary election tomorrow, I want to state unequivocally ...

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Obama and the Grumpy Old Men

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Hispanics, Hawaii, Barbara Lee, Latinos, African-Americans, Atlanta, Chicago, Civil Rights, John Lewis, George W. Bush, Iraq, Echo Boom, Nevada, Latino Voters, Katrina, Bet, Democratic Primary, Illinois, Latino Issues, Bill Clinton, John Conyers, Baby Boomers, Older Voters, Charles Rangel, Andrew Young, Congressional Black Caucus, Gen Y, Attorney General, Jesse Jackson, Black Issues, Robert Johnson, Wellesley, Democrats, Barack Obama, New York, Young Voters, Maxine Waters, Cnn, Pollster, Martin Luther King, Iowa, South Carolina, Georgia, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Barry Goldwater, 1970s, Jim Clyburn, Senate, White Voters, Sidney Poitier, Politics News

Younger black activists and elected officials are unlikely to feel any loyalty to the Clintons, are engaged by a post-baby-boom candidate and feel more in sync with Obama on the issues.

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MLK, LBJ, JFK, and RFK All Played Their Roles in the '64 Civil Rights Act

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Lyndon Johnson, Jr. Hillary Clinton, Barry Goldwater, Martin Luther King, John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Politics News

How did President Bill Clinton's welfare "reform," "free trade" pacts, and "deregulation" help African Americans? And what would a President Hillary Clinton do differently?

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Walter Mondale: One of History's Winners

Al Eisele | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Walter Mondale, Vice President, Al Gore, Eugene McCarthy, William Jennings Bryan, Adlai Stevenson, Losing Presidential Candidates, Barry Goldwater, Walter Mondale Endorses, Walter Mondale Hillary, Politics News

Mondale has won his place in history as the man who transformed the office of the vice presidency from irrelevancy and impotence to one of genuine importance.

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