Goldwater was also a General in the USA Air Force. Media IS the enemy. Do not forget it.
I knew he had been an officer, but didn't know that he was a general. I also knew that as a young man, he wanted to go to West Point, but couldn't because his father died young and he had to get into the family business - which, BTW, became a chain of department stores known as Goldwater's. Thanks for the info.