bittergunowner12 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Uh no, Reagan was the first President to recongize the MLK holiday, most of the south was desegregated by the time Nixon was in office, funny considering The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was introduced by a Republican, a majority of Republicans voted for it, however a good portion of northern and southern Democrats voted against it. And you call the GOP racist! LOL.

RareMusicVideos (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

He is referring to Ronald Reagan's win in 1980. The defeat of Goldwater in '64 brought about a strong resurgence in Republican politics that directly lead the way for the victory of Reagan in 1980 and his landslide victory in '84.

RareMusicVideos (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Goldwater DID support desegregation. Goldwater opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (in simple terms) because he did not believe it was the Federal govt.'s job to regulate it. He believed each state should govern itself on such matters. He says so in archival film in this doc.

RareMusicVideos (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I watched this doc on HBO over the weekend by CC Goldwater (hot babe for being 50yrs old) and it was superb. Goldwater did not become a Liberal in his old age, he was what is now termed a "libertarian". A strong Republican w/o all the social issue stigmas.

presleyj1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

"The framers were well aware of the danger posed by self-seeking demagogues, that they might persuade a majority of the people to confer on goverment's vast power in return for deceptive promises of economic gain." -Barry Goldwater, in responce to the rigorus Constitutional Amendment process.

jcavana1978 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

No, get your facts straight. Federal intervention was necessary because extra-legal terror was being used to enforce it and 'the law' created an apartheid country in the south. Ever hear of the Klan or Jim Crow? Barry opposed federal intervention and voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He did this out of principle? Nice principles. Or was it just an early version of the GOP's 'Southern Strategy' that played to dixiecrat racism... and is the main reason the South is 'Red' today?

jcavana1978 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

uh, no. The Dixie-crats became the core of the Southern GOP because of desegregation. Goldwater, and then later Nixon and Reagan played to this base by opposing federal civil rights legislation.

jwfusa1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

get your facts straight. Goldwater desegregated much of the Arizona government. He did not support the civil rights act because it opposed laws already in the constitution. He was a strong supporter of desegregation.

payeco (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Goldwater was a "revolutionist" in his day. Don't discount anyones ideas because of their conservative or liberal label. Though I don't quite think he'd support Obama(even though many of his children and grandchildren are), he certainly wouldn't support McCain/Palin. He'd probably be a Ron Paul kinda guy.

nitzwalsh86 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

"Goldwater Won, it just took 16 years to count the votes..." -George WillTell me then Mr. Will, does that mean William Jennings Bryan was a three term president the moment we got off the gold standard, it just took 77 years to count the votes?