Re: "so....you speaking for pompous now?"
WRONG yet again, Pro!
(Nope.... Was just correcting your obvious misperceptions, or feigned ignorance..., about Goldwater and Western Conservatism!)
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Re: [... but I consider myself more of a Goldwater conservative] "yes, yes, I have heard it all before for you..believe it even less than did then."
Perhaps that's simply because you MISREMEMBER Goldwater's policy positions!
For example: Goldwater (while 'personally' opposed to abortion) was WHOLLY OPPOSED to any governmental interference in women's reproductive decisions... and, while strongly for national defense, was also STRONGLY for a smaller government, annually balanced budgets, and low and simple taxes.
Goldwater inspired many of the policy positions (often enunciated, but seldom delivered...) of Reagan, and the brand of politics attributed to Goldwater is now referred to as Western Conservatism, or Goldwater Conservatism (a Libertarian-suffused brand of small government, respect individual rights conservatism/i>... as it may be imagined many of our forefathers would have identified with).
Western Conservative philosophy has many clear differences with the Authoritarian-leaning, often Big Government requiring, social and religious conservatism of the Southern Conservative or Religious Conservative brand. |
