Post by RS Davis on Feb 8, 2004 5:55:01 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. Wrote:[/glow]"America would remember the sixties as a decade of the Left," writes Rick Perlstein, in his fascinating and revisionist account of how the 1964 presidential campaign marked a new course of American political life. Really it was the decade "when the polarization began."
The polarization concerned the role of government. In his 1964 campaign against Barry Goldwater, Lyndon Baines Johnson articulated the postwar liberal consensus: "Government is not an enemy of the people. It is the people." Goldwater championed individual rights and liberties, and called the government "a Leviathan, a vast national authority out of touch with the people, and out of control." LBJ won the election by a huge margin, but over the long run, according to Perlstein, Goldwater's vision has triumphed.
The polarization concerned the role of government. In his 1964 campaign against Barry Goldwater, Lyndon Baines Johnson articulated the postwar liberal consensus: "Government is not an enemy of the people. It is the people." Goldwater championed individual rights and liberties, and called the government "a Leviathan, a vast national authority out of touch with the people, and out of control." LBJ won the election by a huge margin, but over the long run, according to Perlstein, Goldwater's vision has triumphed.
- Rick
