If you haven’t watched a Reagan speech in a little while, you almost forget how great he was.
Goldwater was a great personality. He was a modest person, and did not have the fanatical lust for power that he confronted in Johnson, and which we see in so many politicians today (think Hillary, for example). Goldwater was fair to his opponents, and freely agreed to debates. One classic debate was with Eugene McCarthy, the anti-Vietnam Democrat who opposed Johnson in the primaries.
Goldwater was friendly with Jack Kennedy, and the two had an informal agreement that if they ran against each other in 1964, they would travel together throughout the country in a series of debates which would inform the citizenry. That would have been something!
A true Arizonan, Goldwater loved the stillness of the desert. His informality and humor, and his courage, openness, and honesty represented the best in the character of the American Westerner.
I will always remember him. When I shake hands with my children and grandchildren, I can tell them that they just shook hands with a hand which shook hands with Senator Goldwater.
>If you haven’t watched a Reagan speech in a little while, you almost forget how great he was.<
I am so grateful for this opportunity to see President Reagan deliver this extraordinary speech. Surrender=peace=chains and slavery. Appeasement - fight or surrender; duty = face the ultimatum, a decision to be made - preserve the last best hope or condemn to a thousand years of darkness.
He was my kind of man. Duncan Hunter is my kind of man. Preserve the best of Barry Goldwater, revive the spirit of Ronald Reagan. Make the right decision. Give Duncan Hunter a chance.