Barry Goldwater

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lidaker:
What about Goldwater? Was he a libertarian, an archconservative or what the hell was he?

Joe Republic:
All I really know about him is:
1. He was far-right economically
2. Interventionist in foreign policy, especially regarding the Soviet Union.
3. Pro-civil rights in its early days.  Only when he thought that it was beginning to overstep its constitutional boundaries did he oppose it.
4. He later criticized the rightward trend of the Republicans during the Reagan/Bush years.  Especially the apparent take-over by the religious right.

I'd say he was pretty hard to define with a single label.

PBrunsel:
Later he would joke with Bob Dole, "It's funny to see that we are considered the 'odd men out' in the our party."

Rob:
He was a true conservative- libertarian, and not religious right(which he despised). He opposed the civil rights legislation because it infringed on states' rights. He was a great man.

A18:
I think he also opposed the civil rights legislation because he supported private property rights.

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