Republican says his party has been taken over by "a bunch of kooks"

[Cell Whitman]

ahh Barry Goldwater, where are you when we need you....

He also said, "I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass."

The Republican Party ain't what she used to be...

Note that by BG's 1989 quote below, Moon's organization was in full swing - molding the right. U.S. News stated in 1989 that virtually every conservative organization in DC had ties to Moon's theocratic movement. Before being "moonized" the repugs were not what they are today, a cult of homophobic theofascists.


http://www.azcentral.com/specials/special25/articles/0531goldwater2.html

He confounded them on many issues:

* Goldwater had won support of abortion opponents in his 1980 U.S. Senate re-election campaign, but in his final term, he voted consistently to uphold the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion. Later in life, he was honored by Planned Parenthood.

* In 1981, Goldwater assailed the founder of the Moral Majority, the Rev. Jerry Falwell. Responding to Falwell's statement that all good Christians should be concerned about the Supreme Court nomination of Arizonan Sandra Day O'Connor, he said, ''I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.''

* In 1987, Goldwater, who had described then Gov. Evan Mecham as ''hardheaded,'' called on the Republican maverick to resign.

* In 1989, Goldwater said the Republican Party had been taken over by a ''bunch of kooks,'' a reference to forces supporting TV evangelist Pat Robertson and Mecham.

* In 1992, he endorsed Democrat Karan English for Congress over Republican Doug Wead.

* In June 1993, Goldwater declared that the military should lift its ban on gays in the military. He also railed against discrimination against gays and lesbians in the workplace.

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In the same article, Goldwater warned that ''the radical right has nearly ruined our party.''

''Its members do not care about the Constitution and they are the one making all the noise,'' he said.
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''The issue for Barry was freedom, and I think his view was that it's wrong for liberals to use the government to advance their view of the world, and it was also Barry's view that it is wrong for the Pat Robertsons of the world to use government to advance their view of the world,'' Shadegg said.
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Goldwater may have put it best in 1992, when he revealed his contempt for a new conservative movement focused on fellow Republican Jesse Helms of North Carolina.

''I don't like being called the New Right; I'm an old, old son-of-a-bitch. I'm a conservative,'' he said.

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learn about the moonification of our nation here:
http://cellwhitman.blogspot.com/

[bullimiami]

1. from nearly to totally ruined.

if enough sheep can wake up and start bleating loudly maybe we can get out of this before they lock the gates.

maybe not.

[faithnotgreed]

2. thanks for sharing this. that stuff about moon needs to be reported

far and wide
yeah. thats likely

thanks corporate media.

[Cell Whitman]

3. they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both.

Barry fought the good fight against the theocrats in his party but he LOST the war BIGTIME as we see today...

from the congressional record Sept. 16, 1981
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quotes.nsf/quotes5/ffcc042fbd8c52708525698100716fcc

However, on religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this supreme being. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God's name on one's behalf should be used sparingly. The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are not using their religious clout with wisdom. They are trying to force government leaders into following their position 100 percent. If you disagree with these religious groups on a particular moral issue, they complain, they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both.

I'm frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in 'A,' 'B,' 'C,' and 'D.' Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me? And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some God-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate. I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of 'conservatism.' "

[Initech]

4. He's right.

The Republicans have been taken over by a bunch of kooks.

What person in their right mind would say that Falwell and Robertson are "good Christians"?

It seriously scares me what these "righteous" wing nuts have done to our country.

[madrchsod]

5. i remember when goldwater was

the extreme right spokesman...then over the years he found out that there were people who made him look liberal...who might they be? can we all say -the bush family? the west coast republicans wanted nothing to do with bush and his gang of east coast republicans-many in the west coast right thought bush was the anti-christ because of the "new world order" crap but they were wrong ,it was georgie jr. georgie is the wooden dummy anti-christ for karl and his merry gang of thugs, they are the ones who have their hands up george`s wooden ass

[blondeatlast]

6. His family has been consistently financially supportive of Planned

Parenthood of Central and Northern Arizona. I believe it is one of their endowments, in fact.

His daughter sat on the board for some time.

[Cell Whitman]

7. bump for Barry G. (n/t)

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[nevergiveup]

8. I still have a stack of Goldwater bumper stickers.

I should put one on my car.......it would confuse the crap out of everyone.

[Cell Whitman]

9. haha that would be cool...you might want to check out what

they are worth first. Maybe you can sell'em, pay for having a batch of your own printed up and have some scoots left over. :patriot: