While Barry Goldwater died in 1998, more than a few of us had hoped that a part of him would live on forever in the GOP’s platform.
As noted by E.M., there is a certain anti-libertarian movement growing in the GOP. With Rick Santorum as well as Mike Huckabee, vocally denouncing “this new-fangled libertarianism” that formed the basis for Goldwater’s conservative revolution, and inspired Ronald Reagan‘s own brand of conservatism. Libertarianism is nothing new for the GOP, a party that was once proud to call Barry Goldwater “Mr. Republican.” Continue reading
