re: #574 freetoken

There is no doubt in my mind that Goldwater would be considered the ultimate RINO by today’s social conservative republicans. The irony is, of course, that the man they hold up as the model republican is Reagan, who was a Goldwater conservative, and was really launched nationally because Senator Goldwater made it happen.

Ultimately, I think this is an issue that could take decades to solve. The left has been working on their indoctrination since the late 60s and it’s obviously entrenched from the schools to the media. How creationism is supposed to turn that back- I’m still trying to figure out. I’d rather see conservative values like individual liberties make their way back into the ideological battlefield because I think it comes down to individualism vs. collectivism. And perhaps therein lies the rub- it’s hard to get individualists to work collectively towards something. It goes against their nature.