He votes against the Civil Rights Act, he really seems like he’s very reckless when it comes to nuclear war.ĪRCHIVAL (REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, LBJ PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, 1964): RICK PERLSTEIN: Goldwater is far to the right of the mainstream and the Republican Party. TANYA MELICH (POLITICAL RESEARCH DIRECTOR, ABC NEWS, 1964): A lot of the journalists couldn’t believe that this fellow out of Arizona with these strong opinions was going to get the nomination. They’re trying even at the last minute at the convention to run one of their own: a blue blood governor of Pennsylvania named William Warren Scranton. But the establishment will not let well enough alone. RICK PERLSTEIN: By the time that the convention rolls around, Barry Goldwater really seems to have sewn up the nomination. And they back this guy named Barry Goldwater, who is this cowboy Conservative from Arizona over the moderate Nelson Rockefeller.īARRY GOLDWATER : I’m returning here to San Francisco today to win in the contest for the nomination of my party. They’re convinced that they have to take back the party from what they call the Wall Street Republicans, the New York Kingmakers. Conservatives were absolutely certain that the convention had been stolen from them. RICK PERLSTEIN: The drama of the 1964 convention starts with 1952. RICK PERLSTEIN (AUTHOR, BEFORE THE STORM: BARRY GOLDWATER AND THE UNMAKING OF THE AMERICAN CONSENSUS): They’re desperately trying to keep the people in the galleries quiet, because this looks like this is going off the rails.
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