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Understanding 9/11tv The Contenders Barry Goldwater CSPAN October 17, 2020 12:00am-2:01am EDT
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contenders." >> wherever he goes, he speaks out on the issues. he answers exactly where he stands on domestic and foreign policy. everywhere he goes, people are responding with enthusiasm for this new and different kind of statement. barry goldwater has been constantly on the go. it is a grueling schedule. whenever he can, he catches a quick nap, here with his nap peggy. and with his wife peggy. he is calling for courage and integrity and meeting problems. he is calling for an end to do
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nothing policies. he is calling for a rebirth of individual freedom. >> we base our reliance on freedom. we reject, therefore, the ideas of the economic planners in washington. a group of people sitting in washington can plan when the country is going to make, where it is going to be made, the quality of the product, the price of the product, the wages to be made, the profits to be made, etc.. in simpler terms, this is called socialism. it has never worked in the history of the earth. it is not working today in countries where it has been tried. >> republican presidential candidates barry goldwater campaign in 1964. c-span's "the contenders" coming to you from phoenix, arizona.
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pretty black and white -- especially compared to today's politics where you don't know quite who is doing what to goma. -- to whom. he was the personification of good versus bad, right versus wrong, whether you agree with him or not. i think that had a lot of appeal by the time the 1950's and certainly 1964 came about. >> i'm going to come back later
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some were segregationists. they were far right extremists. they were basically willing to knock on doors until there knuckles were bloody. they were willing to sabotage other campaigns. it was seen as the fight for civilization itself. the other candidateswas his tac?
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>> rottenness. he ran a very smart campaign. he made barry goldwater the issue as opposed to the issues being the issue. the barry goldwater was painted as a crazy person. there were things put out by the johnson campaign that some groups of psychiatrists and a
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america came out with a statement that barry goldwater was mentally ill. some of you probably remember that.
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adds to get a sense of the issues and personality of that campaign. >> this particular fought only brings in a serious crisis. even in the hands of a man who
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has proven himself responsibly. but for president johnson on november 3. >> the people ask barry goldwater. >> i have a question for mr. goldwater. we keep hearing about hot wars, cold war, and brushfire wars. i have an older brother who is serving in the armed forces. i want to know what people do to keep us out of a worker >> let me assure you here and now, i have said that in every corner of the land and i will continue to say it, a cold water administration will mean much -- once more that the present policy of strength groupies that was the hallmark of the eisenhower administration. it served the cause of freedom and avoided the word during the last republican administration. it will do so again. we are the party of preparedness and the party of peace. >> in your heart, you know he is right. vote for barry goldwater.
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>> on october 24, 1963, barry goldwater said the nuclear bomb is merely another weapon. merely another weapon? vote for president johnson. the stakes are too high for you to stay home. >> graft! swindle! juvenile delinquency! crime! riots! hear what barry goldwater has to say about our lack of moral leadership. >> the leadership of this nation has a clear challenge to go to work effectively and go to work immediately to restore proper respect for law and order in this land and not just prior to election day either.
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america's brightnesses witness of her people. let this generation make a new market for that greatness. what this generation set a standard of responsibility that
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how long to get this put together? >> i think specifically on the process probably six months. >> was there but thing you did not know about barry goldwater that you learned in putting this together? >> his language. [laughter] >> elaborate.
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>> he has a very colorful language. i was going to tell a story, but i really have to clean it up. i will tell the story. i will clean it up. one of the last times i was with him, i walked into his living room and he was sitting in an barca lounger watching tv. i said, how are you doing? he looked at me and said -- here is the clean up part -- the i like to tell my friends not so
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much the history of how many times i met barry goldwater accidentally but i was first influenced being a democratic can man from illinois where my cousin became the supreme court justice, head of state of illinois, attorney-general. i will not go on.
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flying the latest military hardware. one time in 1964 he had this very sensitive meeting with lyndon johnson and ad to defeate
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democrats working for the destruction and this nation. passions were very high. political passions of that magnitude were greatly feared. he was kind of caught up in that in an unfair way. had to deal with the context of the belief that if people -- darker angels were allowed to t
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personality and style of barry goldwater. >> he talks so fast. you know, sitting there trying to listen to you reminds me of trying to read "playboy"
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magazine with my wife turning the pages. [laughter] >> i happen to think i'm in a pretty tough race. i'm spending the money that i legally can. that's the answer. in fact, it's a stupid question, if you don't mind my saying so. >> i'll read the record. >> i never said that airplane wouldn't fly. >> you said you wouldn't. >> people all over the country keep talking about legalized gambling. and i thought we already had it. it's called election day. [applause] >> i now realize what it takes to be a president. it helps to have a brother sent
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to the gas station drinking beer all day. when i was campaigning many that razor-thin election in 1964, i should have told everyone that dean was my coming to washingto,
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d.c. let's look. >> speaking of washington, where you're going, there is a great deal of talk on the part of the republicans doing the campaign about communism in washington and the mess in washington. do you anticipate finding anything like that when you take your seat in the senate? >> well, i don't know. i can't say. i think that there must be communism in washington, but i would hate to stand up and say there is without knowing more about it. >> let me put it this way, is
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there any fear or concern about communism and about the so called mess in washington among the people who voted for you out in arizona? >> i think the fear of communism is one of the underlying reasons for the success of the republican party in this election, all over the country. >> now that the republican party is in, do you think there will be any letting down of this concern, any complacency on the part of the people who voted for you? >> i think there's already happened. >> in what way? >> i am amazed to walk around new york to find in my own communities -- well, general eisenhower has been elected. the new deal has been thrown out. we can go back to our work the same as usual. and as always happens in politics, the man who benefits the most from good government goes on with the least interest in it, and that's mr. average citizen. >> are you going to do anything to point out the need for continuing concern over the situation in
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span of points of view, could he get the nomination of the republican party? that's the first part of my question. and number two, based on the extreme right wing state of some
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leaders in arizona politics, as in the election last tuesday were jerry lewis defeated a leader in the senate, how would barry goldwater have stood in the ideas of thecessary for pol
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impossible. which is so ironic, because in 1964, extremism and defensive liberty is no vice. that's what he was accused of at the time. but he did come to an extreme firm and extreme passioned
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which nominated vice president richard nixon. >> as an american who loves this republic and as a member of the senate, i am committed to the republican philosophy and to the republican candidates. it is my belief the people of this land will return a
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republican administration to office in 1960. [applause]i might suggest in all seriousness that you and i will not have discharged our full responsibility unless we also returned and the effect of republican congress. i would not imply that our party is the repository of all virtue, that only republicans can see the truth. that only republicans served noble virtues. i must insist that those in control of the democratic party have announced their total commitment to what i regard a lopsided side of man and that puts americans and a shameful condition of everlasting dependence on the state. [applause]
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i have visited the people in the cities, states, and the towns of our nation. i can tell you the band and wouldn't face the future with courage. they are eager to accept their responsibilities. it what to do work and sacrifice to defend our freedom. it is our path as delegates of the 1960 republican convention to make certain the republican voter is provided with an opportunity to make a meaningful choice between the two philosophy is competing today for acceptance and our world. the philosophy of for
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barry goldwater and with contempt for the liberal media he was a part of and what he thought was doing so much to demonize barry goldwater and distort the case that barry goldwater was trying to make to the people. barry goldwater he told barry had tried earnestly to educate people about the dangers of concentrating power. the specific issue that led to
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his opposition to the civil rights bill that year. white also said that when goldwater came to fear discussing civil rights issues further on the campaign trail might worsen racial tensions, he met with president lyndon johnson and the two agreed to take the issues out of their campaigns. the agreement really cost 1963 e
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assassination of president kennedy. senator barry goldwater said this. >> he was a very decent fellow. he is the kind of an antagonist that i have always enjoyed. he would fight like a wildcat for his points and his principles. there was never anything personal about it. i imagine that i have debated the president more on the floor of the senate than any other man. it never affected our friendship. we had some rather violent arguments in sessions of committee. it never affected our friendship. that is the kind of
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afterwards. >> anyone who joins us in all sincerity, we welcome. [applause] those who do not care for our cause, we don't expect to enter our race in any case. [applause]
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and let our republican is and so focused not be made fuzzy by on thinking and stupid labels. [applause] i would remind you that extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. [applause] thank you.
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thank you. [applause] let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. [applause] the duty of the very system we republicans are pledged to restore and revitalize the duty of the federal system of ours is and its reconciliation of diversity with unity. we must not see in difference of opinion, no matter how great so long as they are not inconsistent with what we have given each other in and through
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9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 [explosion] >> in these are the stakes to make a world in which all of god's children can live are to go into the garden. we must either love each other, or we must die. >> votee for choosing.
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late in the campaign as ronald reagan talked about the virtues of barry goldwater. >> i think it is time that we ask ourselves now we still the freedoms that were intended for us by the founding fathers. not too long ago two trends of mine were talking to a human graffiti. a businessman who had escaped from castro. one of my friends turn to the other and said we do not know how lucky we are. the cuban stopped and said, how lucky you are? i had some place to skate to. he told us the entire story. if we lose freedom here, there is no place to the state here. this is the last stand on earth. his idea that government is beholden to the people that it has no other source of power behind the sovereign people is still the newest and most unique idea and the world's longest relationship to man. you and i have a rendezvous with destiny. we will preserve this last stocks for man on earth or we will force them to stick is that
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of 1000 years of darkness. we will remember that barry goldwater has faith in us. he has faith that you and i have the ability and the dignity and the right to make our own decisions and determine our own destiny. thank you very much. [applause]
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goldwater thought about the way he gave the speech that night. also, mr. barry goldwater and ronald reagan and william buckley, did they ever havegood.
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he was not ready to be president and not smart enough to be president. now, ronald reagan to talk relationship with william buckley is complicated. the panama crowd -- the panama canal, they had a famous debate in which william f. buckley argued that it was a good thing. ronald reagan hadnomination to d
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term and to beat the republican nominee in 1984. >> one month ago i sat in my den and watched the democratic national convention. speaker after speaker promised the known to every narrow sense his group in the country. they ignored the hopes and aspirations of the largest special interest group all --
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and free men and free women. [applause] so tonight, i want to speak about freedom. let me remind you that extremism as a defense of liberty is no vice. [applause]
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comment. if we would have elected barry goldwater as president in 1964, we would have won the war can and vietnam. he did not believe in public opinion to guide the war. i would also like to say that barry goldwater i barry told mr. nixon that he could not hold the south for him or make sure the south would stay for him. they asked him to resign instead of be impeached. thank you. >> franklin, thank you.
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>> this stuff about how barry goldwater could have miraculously whenbasic core phid the way he looked at life and politics. i have had battles and op-ed pages where people are like, he got senile and it turned liberal at the end. he did not. he was always wassmall l
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libertarian. freedom of choice whether it was abortion, gay rights, or any number of things carry he was totally consistent his entire life. >> i agree with that. any question about any time. in his life when you look at what his position was and ask a question of whether it was constitutional or not, that will give you the answer to what his position was. people look around to find politicians who were as honest as him and stand for principles. there are few and far between. that is why he gave us his blessing. he knew he could not count on politicians to stand on principle all the time. with did with
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him while he was winding down his political career from the seas and archives in 1985. >> a data thing i would tell politicians coming into washington -- your reelection is not going to make or break the united states. do the best job you can do. that is what you are here for. to defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. be honest. that is all i would tell them pure >> how about the republican party leaders today? >> i think we have good leadership here today. lord knows we spent long enough time out of office that we should have learned some things. politics go in a circle. you will find the liberal elegant running things for a while. now, we find the conservatives on the way up.
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the conservatives will run things until he runs out of ideas. the other party or even the republican party becomes the liberal party will take over. our politics in a mirror a cut going around in circles. ii think that is great. you know where goldwater stands. with goldwater
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