Lessons From the 1964 Republican Convention: Declaring War on the Establishment | Retro Report
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- Donald Trump ran as an outsider intent on upending the establishment the Republican establishment. Similarly, at the 1964 Republican Convention Barry Goldwater challenged traditional Republicans. Lesson plan for educators bit.ly/RR-convention1964
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Unforgettable….Happened before Trump.
A bumper sticker in the early 60s was AuH2O. I recall it well.
Goldwater wasn't electable. Johnson felt inferior to the effete NE liberal establishment as he was a simple Hill Country teacher. But, he knew that ingratiating himself was an astute move to grab power. Goldwater deserves credit for being forthright & candid. He didn't mince words. LBJ was a keen chameleon who flew under the radar. Politicians who knew him said you really couldn't tell if he was liberal or conservative bc he told ppl what was appealing to them at a given moment. LBJ's most important goal in adult life was to be a legit pres.
LBJ refused to debate Goldwater that's why Barry never co gratulated him. He despised LBJ.
60 years ago today
"The conservative Woodstock"
It sounds like it was closer to the rage and resentment of Woodstock '99 than to the easy vibes of the '69 original.
Okay
Why were the original uploads of this series taken down and then reuploaded?
It's because social media doesn't want us to learn learn about actual history. They want to dumb everyone down and make them stupid and ignorant.
These were the people who pushed through the 1964 Equal Rights Act only one month later, just for context
What are you talking about? The 1964 CIVIL Rights Act was passed two weeks before the convention, with President Johnson and Northern Democrats along with Liberal Republicans defeating most Southern Democrats and Conservative Republicans. If anybody at this convention could be said to be deserving of credit for the acts passage, then it is the Rockefeller Republicans, who, mind you, lost the convention.
Happy 60th Anniversary of The Voting Rights Act, And Happy 60th Birthday to The last Boomer.
Goldwater would, like fellow Arizonian John McCain, throw up at the thought of Donald Trump. As he grew older, he became more of a libertarian (except in matters of national defense) and supported most civil rights efforts after the 1964 act, which he voted against on constitutional grounds (and I disagreed with him on that as a 12 year old). If you read his campaign materials as I did, he was not as extreme as he was depicted.
He may lost the election, but his ideas survived in the GOP.
In your Guts you know he's Nuts.
MAGA!
Ultimately he didn’t win in ‘64 but he was the beginnings of the silent majority and republican domination of the presidency for years to come.
Goldwater was a good man with spine unfortunately to the cost of tactfulness and pragmatism. He rejected the civil rights act simply based on a firm belief in the small roll of the federal government. By no means a racist or hateful man. What a hit piece on a rather peaceful forgotten American icon.
I wouldn't call this a hit piece; it's a fair representation of the convention itself. Certainly 30 years on, Goldwater had changed, or the party had moved significantly to his right. He supported civil rights and Martin Luther King Day, medical marijuana, allowing gays to serve openly in the military, and he had this to say about the Religious Right: "Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them."
@@jonathankleinow2073 Lol. This reminds me of a quote from an online course on reconstruction. The problem of the evangelist nowadays is that everyone think that they have a direct line to god, and claim that they know his will😂
Goldwater was based