<DIV>I know this getting into hero worshipping chit -chat, too much of politics is based on childish awe for a hero, but everytime Goldwater is mentioned, he is mentioned with respect. Hillary Clinton worked for Goldwater's presidential campaign, apparently she doesn't regret it.</DIV>
<DIV>What is most pleasing is how Goldwater was consistently opposed to the draft, that is the acid test of a libertarian, not wanting to turn an impressionable inexperienced young man into a thing to be shot or blown up or even burnt alive.</DIV>
<DIV>Being opposed to military conscription is a sign of respect if not compassion.<BR><B><I></I></B></DIV>
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<DIV><B><I>David Lubkin <extropy@unreasonable.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>We came close; we at least had one on the ballot in 1964. Beginning last <BR>November, I've taken to wearing a "Goldwater in 1964" button on my lapel.<BR><BR>It's funny -- I'm on another list that obsessively discusses politics, and <BR>is fairly evenly split between liberal, conservative, and libertarian. When <BR>I brought up Goldwater, amazingly everyone agreed that they thought highly <BR>of him. All those who were old enough to have voted in 1964, and did vote <BR>for LBJ, wished they'd voted for Goldwater.<BR><BR>Goldwater was tough, savvy, smart, knowledgeable, compassionate, and at <BR>least 80/80 libertarian. But he was too honorable to adequately counter <BR>Bill Moyers' campaign smears of him, the latter being all that most people <BR>remember of him.<BR><BR><BR>-- David Lubkin.<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>extropy-chat mailing
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