| I recently picked up the essential book on the | | | | know whatthe work means," he told an |
| conservative movement Conscienceof a | | | | interviewer in 1994. "They think I'veturned liberal |
| Conservative, and am certainly glad I did. | | | | because I believe a woman has a right to an |
| Frequently when a book is old as this one we | | | | abortion. That's adecision that's up to the pregnant |
| shrugoff reading it, this is one that demands your | | | | woman, not up to the pope or some |
| attention. If you previouslyread this years ago go | | | | do-goodersor the Religious Right." |
| read it again. The latest version has a | | | | A good look at his stance on the Soviet menace, |
| newforeword by George Will and a new | | | | reveals a lot about how weneed to look at the |
| afterword by Robert Kennedy, Jr. | | | | war on terrorism. He had a no nonsense no |
| Barry Goldwater is considered the father of the | | | | compromise viewthat we needed to defeat the |
| conservative moment and withgood reason. He | | | | soviets not just detain them. |
| eloquently states his case for smaller government | | | | The GOP often invokes the name of Ronald |
| and lesstaxes. He takes a definitive stance on | | | | Reagan as the great leader of the |
| states rights and nearly fifty years ago he had | | | | GOP, but apparently it is often forgotten that |
| the foresight to see the fallacy of the | | | | Reagan was a student of Goldwater. |
| welfarestate. | | | | That in fact the efforts that Goldwater started in |
| Goldwater defines the conservative stance as | | | | his 1964 presidential runactually culminated in 1980 |
| asking not if there is a problembut does Federal | | | | with Reagan's win. Goldwater is the one who |
| government have the constitutional authority to | | | | broughtconservatives out of the boonies when |
| be involved inthe answer. He strongly believes | | | | the liberals were dominating politics. |
| that we should adhere to the principles of the | | | | I think its time the real conservatives start to |
| constitutionspecifically the 10th Amendment, | | | | rally and exhume |
| "those powers no delegated to the United | | | | Goldwater. We need to have more folks who are |
| States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to | | | | willing to stand up courageouslyand proclaim |
| the states, are reserved tothe States | | | | enough of expanding government lets get back to |
| respectively, or to the people." | | | | the constitution. |
| Staunch conservatives may be surprised to hear | | | | Its time many so called conservatives read his |
| that Goldwater was pro-choice,supporting Roe V | | | | book and find out whatconservative really means. |
| Wade. "A lot of so-called conservatives don't | | | | |