Word: goldwaterism
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Like many outsiders after the war, he went first to Odessa and then to ) Midland, in the raw western part of Texas where the Permian oil pool was being divvied up by eager investors. So many Ivy Leaguers were moving onto the dusty fields that new streets were being laid...
For years, Schlafly has battled the liberals--even Republican liberals. In the 1960s, Schlafly was an outspoken critic of Rockefeller Republicans and the Eastern Establishment which once dominated the party. Schlafly was one of the women the press dubbed "little old ladies in tennis shoes" who helped guide Arizona Senator...
After Goldwater's landslide loss to Lyndon Johnson, Schlafly looked to another conservative to help solve "the mess in Washington." And after seven-and-a-half years at the helm, Reagan hasn't disappointed this homemaker. "I'm terribly pleased with Reagan. I think he's the greatest thing of...
READING the Boston Pheonix, I was surprised to learn that my home state of Oregon is leaning towards Presidential candidate Mike Dukakis. Oregon hasn't voted for a Democrat since Lyndon Johnson beat Barry Goldwater in 1964.
But even as Jackson arouses Democratic passions, this blossoming love affair cannot forever mask the reality that if he is nominated the party will lose -- and probably lose big. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower, one of the nation's most articulate left-wing populists, insists that if Jackson is the...