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“NICE GUYS NO LONGER NEED APPLY”by Paul R. Hollrah, ©2012

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Barry Goldwater was a five-term senator from Arizona who ran for president in 1964 but was defeated by Lyndon B. JohnsonJan. 31, 2012 —

The Johnny-come-lately media conservative commentators Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly, etc., as well as those of the has-been professional Republican class Karl Rove, Ed Rollins, etc. appear fearful that Republicans will ruin all chances of defeating Barack Obama in 2012 by nominating a true conservative.For example, Hannity and O’Reilly have suggested that “establishment” Republicans are so fearful of a repeat of 1964… when Barry Goldwater suffered a defeat of landslide proportions at the hands of Lyndon Johnson… that they are willing to join liberals and Democrats in destroying any conservative who might achieve frontrunner status in the 2012 primaries.

As evidence, they cite the relentless attacks on Newt Gingrich… from the left and from Republican moderates… since his rise to the top of the opinion polls.They are either too young to remember political history, or they tend to remember political history… conveniently.The Draft Goldwater Committee was organized in the early 60s by a group of dedicated Young Republicans who understood that, in order to nominate a true conservative to run against John F. Kennedy, it would be necessary to seize control of the Republican Party from the Rockefeller wing of the party… the “eastern liberal establishment.”

As a card-carrying member of the Draft Goldwater Committee, I traveled across the Midwest with other Young Republicans, helping to build support for Goldwater and recruiting convention delegates……

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