 | irishgit (138)
02/12/2007 | In more ways than one, from his point of view.
Not a bad slogan, but it didn't matter.
Running against the ghost of JFK, Goldwater had the same likelihood of getting elected as a chapter of B'nai Brith opening in Damascus.
There were a number of other slogans from this election that were fairly memorable.
The GOP used AuH20 on campaign buttons, showing a faith that the electorate could understand the periodic table.
The underground Johnson campaign issued a couple of attack buttons and bumperstickers, one that said "Goldwater in 1864" and another "And in your head you know he's nuts."
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 | abichara (60)
07/04/2005 | A bit of a pun about his political affiliation. Guess where Goldwater stood on the spectrum? Frankly, the slogan was a little bit pretentious, but I don't know if Goldwater lost because of it. Ultimately, shaming the people into voting for him didn't help, as he lost by 23 point margin to Lyndon Johnson. However, what Goldwater left behind proved to be the foundation of the modern Republican Party. Ironic that by the 1990's, Goldwater was seen as a moderate because of his social views. He was more of a libertarian, which made him an ideal ideological foil to LBJ.
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