The Real Winner of 2008: Barry Goldwater

No, I’m not a member of the ranks of Republicans or modern conservatives who, as Kos and Paul Krugman each note, believe the electoral victory of Barack Obama is a message form a “center-right” country that conservatism and small government is the way to go. Rather, I’m here to kiss Republicans goodbye:

When you say “radical right” today, I think of … trying to take the Republican party and make a religious organization out of it. If that ever happens, kiss politics goodbye.

Indeed, I think there is a case to be made that Goldwater’s views are more akin to those of the moderate Republicans we see being banished from the conversation instead of the far-right that is slowly taking over the Republican party (thank you Club for Growth!). The elctorate has been kind enough to give the Republicans two years to find themselves… Although,  still think we can deliver a permanent blow to them, but more about that in future posts.