Maybe a fascist but he sure wasn't a wimp.
The late Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater on John McCain's new pal Jerry Falwell, July 1981: "I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass."
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Kick Jerry's ass right up between his shoulders
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Goldwater was neither a wimp nor a fascist. Arch-conservative, sure. But he had a decent respect for personal liberty -- which explains his disdain for the likes of Falwell. There are plenty of things to criticise about Goldwater -- his opposition to civil rights legislation being just the one that comes most immediately to mind. But in some ways, he was a conservative that a leftist like me could respect. I'd gladly take him over Bush, McCain, or even many of today's Democrats.
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