Cruz’s Campaign Guided By Goldwater’s Theory (Hosh Posh and hogwash)

Commentary Magazine ^ | December 19, 2014 | Peter Wehner

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“George Washington/Abraham Lincoln ticket couldn’t have defeated LBJ less than a year after the Kennedy assassination and Peter knows it.” 2nd div vet comment.

As the unofficial FR historian you should know better.

As a Goldwater active supporter around at the time The conservative values questions raised by Goldwater over the expansion of government were buried and instead he was being portayed by the media that resurrected (ala Gen MacArthur via Truman) was fear (war mongering).

The portrayal; Goldwater was a radical eager to start WWIII ready to drop the A bomb.The infamous little girl commercial pulling a daisy apart. As Johnson’s regime’s continued on with its expansion of government bumper stickers began to appear with the slogan “Don’t Blame Me/ I voted Goldwater” and the conservative movement within the Republican Party began to build traction.

As the Johnson expansion of FDR’s socialist approach began .It became clear that the democrat party was democrat in name only. It turned into a local joke (Chicago) with the wondering how Goldwater lost because of the number of vehicles sporting the “Don’t Blame Me” bumper sticker.

Up to that point there wasn’t a dimes worth of difference between the two partys and voters who for the most part were (as today) encouraged to vote for the republicans to keep the other guys honest. A viewpoint held then as now by mainly the eastern establisment republicans (whom I call GOPES, rhymes with dopes, gop elite ststists) which was demonstrated by the recent congressional vote .