Word: goldwaterism
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> Stressing his conviction that neither major party should be exclusively conservative or liberal, Romney warned: "Dogmatic ideological parties tend to splinter the political and social fabric of a nation." The real challenge for the G.O.P. "lies in the expansion of voter support in all parts of the country, urban or...
>Romney absolved Goldwater of personal blame for the 1964 convention's failure to adopt a strong civil rights plank-but at the same time damned him as an indifferent campaigner. He recalled how the G.O.P. standard-bearer had admitted to him that he, Goldwater, "read only a few sections...
> Romney recalled that he had never questioned Goldwater's private dedication to racial equality. "I did my best," he said, "to point out the inconsistency between your personal record and public record." In the letter, Romney repeated a statement that he had urged Goldwater to make during the campaign...
> Romney, disturbed by the issue of "extremism," recalled that he had urged Goldwater after the convention to paraphrase his famous acceptance speech. The original read: "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice." Romney's version read: "Extremism in defense of liberty is not a vice but I...
> Goldwater had written to Romney earlier, demanding to know: "Where were you, George, when the chips were down and the going was hard?" Retorted George, who was busy that fall trying to get himself and other Republican candidates elected in Michigan: "Well, Barry, for a long time I've...