(Jan 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was a U.S. Senator (1953–65 and 1969–87) and the Republican nominee for President in 1964. He reinvented the Republican Party after the defeat of Richard M. Nixon in 1960, benefiting from a national grassroots conservative effort that overcame the Eastern liberal Republicans and Nelson Rockefeller in 1964. Goldwater was strongly anti-communist and called for a rollback of its influence around the world, asking, Why Not Victory. He called for an end to liberal domestic policies as supported by the New Deal Coalition. Goldwater was defeated in a sweeping landslide in 1964 by incumbent Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson. Goldwater lost the leadership of the conservative movement to Ronald Reagan, but returned to the Senate where he continued to support a strong defense. Unlike libertarians, Goldwater was hawkish on foreign policy, and Goldwater became irrelevant in his later years as he criticized social conservatives like Jerry Falwell. He was a commentator for CNN in its early years. Read more at Conservapedia…
Chronology of Events Involving Barry Goldwater
The Speech that Launched Ronald Reagan into National Prominence: “A Time for Choosing”
Barry Goldwater’s Speech Accepting the Republican Presidential Nomination
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Becomes Law
Barry Goldwater Publishes ‘With No Apologies’: “The Trilateral Commission is… the Vehicle for Multinational Consolidation of the Commercial and Banking Interests”
