Redfish
Diamond Member
Goldwater got beat because he was perceived as a far right conservative.
wrong, goldwater lost because the media and the democrats convinced the voters that he would get us into a war. it had nothing to do with conservative or liberal. those labels meant nothing in those days.
as usual, you are full of shit, jake, er rightwinger, or whoever you are today.
You go out of your way to be wrong don't you?
If conservative/liberal meant nothing in those days, why is Goldwater's book, that became a bible of sorts for the modern right,
entitled 'The Conscience of a Conservative' ?
lol
nope, I am correct. I lived through that time. The focus that we have today on liberal and conservative did not exist in those days, and the media did not focus on it. we also did not have 24/7/365 news cycles that are desperate to fill time so they make up issues that no one really gives a shit about.
Yes, some of Goldwater's ideas have been carried forward as part of the conservative agenda, but he lost because of the one ad showing a nuke going off. It was a great ad and worked.