President Goldwater
OK, I’m a little confused. I listened to the President’s inaugural address yesterday and it sounded eerily familiar. Sure enough, it’s a Goldwater ’64 Greatest Hits compilation!
I believe that we must look beyond the defense of freedom today to its extension tomorrow. I believe that the communism which boasts it will bury us will, instead, give way to the forces of freedom. And I can see in the distant and yet recognizable future the outlines of a world worthy of our dedication, our every risk, our every effort, our every sacrifice along the way. Yes, a world that will redeem the suffering of those who will be liberated from tyranny. I can see — and I suggest that all thoughtful men must contemplate — the flowering of an Atlantic civilization… And I can see this Atlantic civilization galvanizing and guiding emergent nations everywhere…
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
…except that George had to go and get his Jesus on, enough so that it even managed to freak out Peggy Noonan. At least Goldwater managed to keep the God thing under his hat.
So if Goldwater was so easy to beat — a mere two years after the nation was brought to the brink of nuclear war — why the hell can’t anybody do anything about George? Have the nation’s hearts & minds really become immune to the Daisy Ad? Where is LBJ when we need him?
[Soundtrack]
Morrissey – America Is Not The World.mp3
Barry Goldwater accepts the Republican Presidential Nomination 1964.mp3
Spot on. Thanks for connecting the dots. Never thought I’d ever be nostalgic for LBJ, but here we are.
WHY THE HELL couldn’t we get rid of GWB? It is so sad that so many will die by his hand in the next 4 years, and 49% of the American people are powerless to stop it.