Michael E Johnson said:If you actually READ the articles they both note that the Republican party's racial strategy started with BARRY GOLDWATER. Also as you should know I never said that Barry Goldwater was racist-just his strategies ,policies and of course the people who supported him.
Barry Goldwater's strategies and policies were NOT RACIST. He believed that the method being used by the federal government was unconstitutional and thus he stood against them. He was not racist. His policies were not racist. His strategies were not racist. He was simply a little too naive and he was trying to follow the constitution to the best of his abilities. He firmly advocated states' rights and did not turn his back on his morals. Thus, he is neither a scumbag, like the two Kennedy's, who you had the gall to say were more honorable than he, nor a hypocrite, like MLK, Jr., who ranted and raved about white being bad, and then went to his hotel room and slept with white prostitutes.
Barry Goldwater told the truth, he didn't lie, he clung to his morals, and he took the shit that the Democrats threw at him in the election while not resorting to the low tactics of his opposition. He was a decorated war veteran and, yes, a father of modern conservatism - which is completely different than racism. You seem to have "conservatism" and "racism" mixed together as one...