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- Newsgroups: alt.fan.dan-quayle
- Path: sparky!uunet!hobbes!erics
- From: erics@sco.COM (eric smith)
- Subject: Re: The real Dan Quayle
- Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:15:23 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.231523.10965@sco.com>
- References: <D2150056.isnl7t@erics.infoserv.com> <1992Nov17.224209.25491@news.vanderbilt.edu>
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- mwmv@athena.cas.vanderbilt.edu (Michael Mogensen-Vermillion) writes:
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- >In article <D2150056.isnl7t@erics.infoserv.com> erics@infoserv.com writes:
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- >(discussion of whether conservatism is pouplar or not deleted)
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- >>In the '60s, being labelled a conservative was just about
- >>the kiss of death for a political candidate. At the 1964 Republic Convention
- >>Barry Goldwater had to plead "conservatism in the defense of liberty
- >>is no vice", but he went on to a crushing defeat in the election.
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- >Goldwater said "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice."
- > ^^^^^^^^^
- >Granted, in his case, the extremisim was of a conservative bent, but
- >if you're going to put quotes around a phrase, make sure it's accurate.
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- You are correct of course; my memory was at fault. But my error may
- in fact just add to my point. Although Goldwater may have been
- considered the conservative's Conservative, just the application
- of the term "conservative" was tantamount to being called an
- "extremist" for a great many people.
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- -----
- Eric Smith | "My friends, no matter how rough the road may be,
- erics@sco.com | we can and we will, never, never surrender
- erics@infoserv.com | to what is right."
- CI$: 70262,3610 | - J. Danforth Quayle
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