CC Goldwater (Barry's granddaughter): Why McCain Has Lost Our Vote

[LynneSin]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cc-goldwater/why-mccain-has-lost-our-v_b_137150.html

Why McCain Has Lost Our Vote

Being Barry Goldwater's granddaughter and living in Arizona, one would assume that I would be voting for our state's senator, John McCain. I am still struck by certain 'dyed in the wool' Republicans who are on the fence this election, as it seems like a no-brainer to me.

Myself, along with my siblings and a few cousins, will not be supporting the Republican presidential candidates this year. We believe strongly in what our grandfather stood for: honesty, integrity, and personal freedom, free from political maneuvering and fear tactics. I learned a lot about my grandfather while producing the documentary, Mr. Conservative Goldwater on Goldwater. Our generation of Goldwaters expects government to provide for constitutional protections. We reject the constant intrusion into our personal lives, along with other crucial policy issues of the McCain/Palin ticket.

My grandfather (Paka) would never suggest denying a woman's right to choose. My grandmother co-founded Planned Parenthood in Arizona in the 1930's, a cause my grandfather supported. I'm not sure about how he would feel about marriage rights based on same-sex orientation. I think he would feel that love and respect for ones privacy is what matters most and not the intolerance and poor judgment displayed by McCain over the years. Paka respected our civil liberties and passed on the message that that we should conduct our lives standing up for the basic freedoms we hold so dear.

For a while, there were several candidates who aligned themselves with the Goldwater version of Conservative thought. My grandfather had undying respect for the U.S. Constitution, and an understanding of its true meanings.

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[Mz Pip]

1. First Susan Eisenhower

now CC Goldwater.

The Republican Party won't have any of its old high profile conservative names left to put on its roster if it keeps heading in the direction its going.

[Demit]

2. If only that were to get wider circulation, other than HuffPo.

I remember the landslide election Goldwater lost to LBJ, but I was still too young to know, really, why he was considered so scary. Then when he died, I read something somewhere that made him sound like a good guy, not scary in his principles, rather likeable in fact. LOL! Shoot, fifteen years or so later, with the Republican party so remarkably & radically changed from what it was at the time of his death—if I read that article again I'd probably think the person it described was a Democrat.

[LynneSin]

3. Goldwater is a true conservative that I could respect. Perhaps 40 years ago I would have voted for

He believed in small government and less interferance and was a true scholar of the Constitution.

Yeah he had his issues but then again so did LBJ.

Thing is, he was not about using social issues as wedges to divide this country or scare tactics to gain votes.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

4. Rec #6

Away to the greatest page for you LynneSin.

:hi:

[RichardRay]

5. Kickity - I just saw this on HuffPo and hadn't heard about it.

So kickity for the evening crew if others missed it.