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It was also at that Goldwater for President banner and streams 64 convention where a little know voice spoke out in favor of the Republican nominee and his rejection of the Civil Rights Amendment.Barry Goldwater voted against the 1964 Civil Rights act, and the Republican party promptly rewarded him the same year by nominating him for president.
And which states did he manage to win? Mostly those solidly Democratic states in the South.
Those were Southern CONSERVATIVE Democrats voting with their feet...
...to leave the Democratic party.
and his candidacy went where?
It went to him writing the book 'Conscience of a Conservative', which became a bible of sorts for the modern conservative movement.
Anyone else want to throw Goldwater under the bus? lol
That little known voice in politics, but with a face recognizable to millions - was highly acclaimed by Republicans after that groundbreaking, earth-jolting speech.
It was the political birth the demi-God conservatives affectionately refer to now as simply
Saint Reagan.