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Goldwater blasts New Right
Even before Barry Goldwater became his party's nominee for President in 1964, conservatives revered and respected the Senator from Arizona as the titular head of the Republican right. So it came as a rude shock to many of the faithful when Goldwater last week lashed out at the...
At an informal breakfast with reporters last week, Goldwater, 72, was asked for his views on the rise of the New Right. "I don't like what they're doing," he said. "I don't think what they're talking about is conservatism." Goldwater remarked that...
In the speech, Goldwater accused the Moral Majority and its kind of giving conservatism a bad name. "The religious issues of these groups [abortion, school prayer] have little or nothing to do with conservative or liberal politics," he said. "They are diverting us away from the vital issues that our...
Goldwater said he finds the New Right's righteousness especially distasteful, even though he admits he shares many of their moral views. "The uncompromising position of these groups is a divisive element that could tear apart the very spirit of our representative system. I am warning them today: I...