Word: goldwaterism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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"Our Barry-Barry-Goldwater!"
When Goldwater was escorted in from the rear of he auditorium, his presence carried the packed house to its feet and set off a chant of "WE WANT BARRY." Each time the applause died down, shouts of "Goldwater in '72" "Goldwater in '76," and "Nice to have you back, Barry...
Ohio Congressman Donald "Buzz" Lukens spoke briefly, warming up the audience for Goldwater with revival meeting sincerity and pep-rally enthusiasm. "When a super-lib gives you the peace sign, don't blow you high: give it back. For years that sign stood for victory." The athletic looking young politician...
Goldwater stood up to the wild welcome modestly; he read his speech well, talking about big government and "the problems of middle management," or the power exercised by the bureaucratic machinery through which legislation must pass as it is executed. "What is the greatest single threat to our freedom?... The...
The Young Americans for Freedom made an award to Goldwater after his speech, naming him "Man of the Decade" (along with William F. Buckley and Ronald Reagon, who didn't attend the convention) and giving him a book of letters from well-wishers and a portrait of himself. The portrait...