Word: goldwaterism
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Sir: I see that Senator Goldwater has called Johnson "the biggest faker in the U.S." How can Goldwater draw such a superlative evaluation without, for example, knowing me?
Sir: I wonder if the folks in Harlem can refrain from looting, from throwing bricks, Molotov cocktails, empty pop bottles and rocks long enough to denounce Barry Goldwater again because of his stand on "extremism" and civil rights.
"This may sound crazy," said Washington Post Reporter Edward Folliard to Barry Goldwater at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, "but do you think it would be feasible for you, as the Republican nominee for President, to get together with the Democratic nominee and try to work out...
Goldwater did not hesitate in his reply. "I think that's a very good idea," he said. "That's gone through my mind."
Having more or less publicly commit ted himself to seeking a civil rights meeting with President Johnson, Barry went about other business, waited a while before instructing an assistant to call the White House for an appointment. Meanwhile, news stories pro claimed that Goldwater was going to urge upon Johnson...