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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWho will be donald trump's Barry Goldwater? It would add a touch of irony...
...if it turns out to be John McCain, another republican Senator from Arizona.
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Who will be donald trump's Barry Goldwater? It would add a touch of irony... (Original Post)
George II
Aug 2017
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(52,317 posts)1. nixon listened to goldwater because he respected goldwater
in donnie's case, they'll need to rig his mirror to tell him to resign.
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)2. Ditto!
VOX
(22,976 posts)3. Or Jeff Flake of AZ, who models himself after Barry G.
Or so he claims. Flake even borrowed BG's title, "Conscience of a Conservative" (oxymoron?) for his own book.
still_one
(92,394 posts)4. For those who are unaware, Barry Goldwater voted against the Civil Rights Act. McCain voted against
setting aside a public holiday honoring MLK
There is absolutely no excuse to justify those votes
My point being, while they may have evolved on some things, both were hard core conservatives