and wanted barry goldwater to talk about capitalism and fundamental principles. she wanted him to make clear the importance of the separation of church and state. she felt he began to muddy his message and lose his appeal and and in the end she blamed him for losing the election. before she had her final disillusionment -- in his newsletter, member interested in followers were as enthusiastic about goldwater as they were about ayn rand. i read another excerpt that speaks to this. young enthusiasts notice he seemed to embody ayn rand's iconography of the independent manly hero. and at the libertarian remembered, quote, more important than his message was the fact that goldwater looked a part. one look at him and you knew he belonged surrounded by striking heros with blazing eyes and swirling capes. the campaign students are was saturated with ayn rand fans. he joined students for goldwater only to find most of the key people in both groups which mostly overlapped were objective tests. i kept getting into discussions of ayn rand's ideas without having read the book

one avid libertarian remember "more important than his message was the fact that goldwater managed to look the part as though he had been made for it. one look at him and you knew he belonged to in the gulf gulch surrounded by striking he rose as blazing eyes and heroines with swirling tapes. the campaign stood arm was saturated with rand fans as one m.i.t. student remembered. he joined it yaf aniston's for goldwater only to find most of the key people in both groups which overlap her object and day's objective is that i kept getting into into her ideas about reading of books close quote. the direction the campaign came from a dedicated nb i still am one of cold waters chief speech writers. spot writing liberalisms and his bosses beach. there echoes of romantic capitalism ayn rand noted of one cold water speech. so after a cold water failed campaign for the presidency, this intensity and enthusiasm both he and rand aroused on mr. wright continued to build and the 1960's were really rand heyday in many ways. she spread her ideas primarily through the end of an co-branded institute whic

. >> steven green hut is a senior institute.the goldwater find out more at goldwater institute.org. >> a lot of this book is about culture and about how culture matters. and by that mean how does -- where we're from and who our ancestors were make a difference in on you we do our jobs and how good we are at what we choose to do for a living. and that's -- take that idea and it takes up the whole second half of the book and it's a very, i think, profound and sometimes difficult thing to wrestle with. and so one of the examples i use in the book to illustrate this point of how much culture matters is plane crashes. i have a whole chapter on plane crashes so what i thought i would do today is tell a story from that chapter. and i'll warn you, though, that i'm not going to tell the whole chapter. the whole chapter -- i'm taking an excerpt out and so what i'm going to tell you you makes a good deal less sense than the version you'll read in the book and it's also a good deal scarier than the version you'll read in the book. but who in this room will be flying on a plane in the next month o

but i voted for goldwater. host: he came there during the 1964 campaign?tsfield. reagan came to pittsfield. he came to the fire station. he is another man that told it like it was. people are afraid. people are afraid of everything. i come from a time when its yield was a tiny town, 1945. my sister married a gi. host: the housing situation there, you are ok with your house, what about your neighbors? caller: my neighbor is ok, the problem is that nobody cares about kids. look at them. if they can buy something, they pay for it. c'mon, let's get it. host: thank you for joining us this morning. our topic for the next 40 minutes is ben bernanke, the fed share. -- safed it share -- the fed chair. this was a speech that he gave yesterday in atlanta. open-" this year's meeting has been dominated by debate and causes and consequences of the crisis. while many economists here believe a recovery is under way, they're also worried." wayne, democratic line. what you think? is more regulation needed to prevent these excesses'? caller: i believe that that is true. the

in the republican party on its right, you had barry goldwater and on its left, you had jacob javits.the democratic party you might have had eastloand of mississippi and ted kennedy. Ñííthe coalitions were made up n the basis of philosophy and public policy. that is to say, the conservative element in the democratic party worked with the conservative element of the republican party. similarly, on the progressive side, both parties and coalitions and there was a moderate middle of worked together. you had people that work across the aisle by necessity in order to advance the political agenda. now, regrettably, on one side of the aisle, it is basically we will not reach across the aisle. we want to take this legislation down. the difference is, there is a different view from the minority point of view. they are very narrow. the breadth of political ideology is in the democratic party. russ feingold saione and at one end. it is much easier to discipline the republican party, particularly if their agenda is to stop any legislation rather than to constructively work with the majority party

when i got older and got some sense, i voted for goldwater. he came to its field. that was the time of the republicans. host: he came there during the campaign in 1964? caller: yes, yes, yes, he came to pittsfield. reagan came to pittsfield. went to the fire station. her is another man that told it like it was. you are all afraid of everything. everyone is afraid. host: let me ask you about the housing situation there. you are ok with your house. what about your neighbors? caller: they are ok. the problem is that nobody cares about gas. look at the kids. if you can buy something, you have got to pay for it. c'mon, let's get it. host: thank you for joining us this morning. our topic for the next 40 minutes is ben bernanke, the fed share. -- safed it share -- the fed chair. this was a speech that he gave yesterday in atlanta. open-" this year's meeting has been dominated by debate and causes and consequences of the crisis. while many economists here believe a recovery is under way, they're also worried." wayne, democratic line. what you think? is more regulation need

then when i got older and got some sense, i voted for goldwater goldwater came to pittsfield. that was the kind of republican. >> host: he came there during the campaign? 19 cd4 or something like that? >> caller: yes, yes, he did. reagan came to pick the. went to the fire station. he's another man that told like it was. people are afraid. they are afraid of everything. i come from a time when pittsfield was a little tiny town. moved in 1945 because my sister married. >> host: let me ask you about the. the housing situation there. you are okay with your house, but what about around you? what about your neighbors? >> caller: my neighbors are okay. the problem is nobody cares. look at kids. i mean, if you can buy something you've got to pay for it. my husband built a house, i mean, come on. >> host: thanks for joining us this morning inside the walter to our topic is for the next 40 minutes or so about ben bernanke, the fed chair, fed chief closes. blames lax regulation not central-bank policies for for the housing crisis. again, this was a speech he gave yesterday in atlanta, an

department of the gaming and former director of the center for constitutional government at the goldwaterstitute will serve as chairman. [applause] i will consult with the president and speaker said they can join me in this very important effort. second, i am also proposing reforms to our existing medicaid program beginning with one that is quite fundamental. in these times, they must be asked to reconsider the prop 204 expansion . [applause] contrary to what they say, there is no such thing as free health care. supporters assured us it would be covered by tobacco revenue, but in reality almost $1 billion of our general fund deficit can be directly attributed to this enormous expansion. we must ask the voters to roll it back. [applause] we agree we must provide the symbol services to those with no other place to turn. we must also offer those benefits necessary and assure we have a program free of abuse or waste. it to that end, i am instructing the program to pursue changes to require a photograph of every adult's and roll the cards of the right person is getting the treatment. -- of eve