Lou Dobbs interviewed Barry Goldwater’s grand daughter on his show last night (September 18th, 2006). She has just finished making a documentary about her grandfather and Lou had some very nice things to say about it. It is being shown on HBO.
Among other things she interviewed her mother for the film who said that Barry Goldwater would NEVER think that the government had any business interfering with a woman’s right to choose. That is totally consistent with being a true conservative.
To further support that idea, here’s one of my all time favorite Goldwater quotes. When someone asked him whether he thought that Gays belonged in the military, he said: “I don’t care about whether a soldier is straight or gay - all I care about is whether he can shoot straight!” That might not be the exact quote but that is the essence of it.
From my perspective, being a Republican is an honorable political choice. That is if you a true Republican - a principled Republican - a principled conservative - as Goldwater was.
Unfortunately, the Republican party has been high jacked by two groups of morally defective people. One group is the Christian Right and the other is a consortium of individuals and businesses who are so greedy that they are literally willing to sell out their own country - and even the world - for their pathetic, monetary self-interests.
Republicans stand for absolutely nothing today. They have abandoned all of their most cherished principles and I will be exploring these issues in future posts.
The sad truth is that Goldwater wouldn’t even recognize today’s Republican party. In fact, Bush would make him throw up.
Bubba writes about why Republicans are morally defective and the biggest hypocrites in the world in his blog which can be found at Bubba Rockefeller.
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