D'artagnan wrote:
Well, I was a Goldwater Republican in my youth...I'll bet ol' Barry is rolling in his grave right now to see what his party has become: Narrow-minded, gov't interference in people's lives, faith-based policy making. Not exactly what a libertarian like Goldwater had in mind.
Yes, I remember Goldwater. LBJ came out with that ad on TV with a little girl walking through the field of daisies, next frame a mushroom cloud, message, Goldwater was a warmonger and very dangerous. The ad worked, with help from the press and the grand old Walter Cronkite of course, and LBJ won in a landslide. Of course LBJ was the man that escalated the war in Vietnam into a full blown war. So who was the warmonger after all? Goldwater was painted as a right wing extremist by the Democrats and the press. Hey, not much has changed has it?
You were a Goldwater Republican but a Democrat now? What happened to you?
I missed a bunch of posts, but I noticed the picture of dyslexia's house in Wolf Hole. I like it, and I admire anybody that likes the wide open spaces.
And blatham, I think you asked what the federal govenment is mandated to do? I think not much more than defense of the country, protections of our basic rights as guaranteed in the constitution, throw in international commerce, trade, and a few things like that. What else do you need to know?