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Remarkably, Sarah Palin Plays Goldwater in Trump’s Reagan RevolutionJosh GuckertNovember 10, 20162016 Presidential Race, Free StyleConservative columnist George Will is often keen on saying that Barry Goldwater, the man who suffered one of the most catastrophic defeats in American political history, was actually the victor. Will often states that, “We — 27,178,188 of us — who voted for him in 1964 believe he won, it just took 16 years to count the votes.”Will is of course referring to the massive landslide which Ronald Reagan won in 1980, thus leading to a phenomenon known as the “Reagan Revolution.” Un-coincidentally, Goldwater gave Reagan his start in politics with the former’s failed presidential campaign. Reagan famously made his “Time for Choosing” speech in prime time days before the 1964 election before becoming Governor of California and later, President, running on the same small government, strong national defense, and “law and order” platform which Goldwater promoted.Goldwater faced some of the most vile personal attacks in American history. His mental stability was questioned (leading to him eventually winning damages in court after the election, bringing rise to the “Goldwater rule,” prohibiting psychiatrists from offering opinions on someone they have not personally evaluated).He was attacked in the infamous Daisy Ad as (essentially) someone who wished to drop nuclear bombs on children, with another similar ad showing a small girl eating ice cream. The Lyndon Johnson campaign even ran an ad of “confessions of a Republican,” showing a self-proclaimed lifelong Republican who stated that he would vote for Johnson because Goldwater was simply too repugnant.During and after the election, there was unease with the progressive advances of the Civil Rights era, as well as the accomplishments of feminists and the anti-war left. However, this “silent majority” (as termed by Richard Nixon) remained mum as Goldwater’s career on the national scene (though he would return to the Senate in 1968) was brought to an abrupt halt.Read more: http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/palin-goldwater-reagan-revolution/#ixzz4Pf9u0y7TFollow us: @TheLibRepublic on Twitter
I trust Palin more than I trust Trump.
I did but her judgement is obviously questionable and her life is a soap opera.
