Tag: Barry Goldwater

Is Donald Trump the New Barry Goldwater?

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A lot of people have been comparing Donald Trump to Barry Goldwater because they are both “anti-establishment” candidates who still have popular support. But that’s about where the comparison ends. Barry Goldwater, like Ron Paul, stood by fixed convictions that made him very unpopular with establishment GOP players. He wasn’t able to be manipulated. In […]

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The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of Electability, Bernie Sanders Edition

Posted on by Michael Minkoff, Jr. · Leave a comment

Electability. How I hate that concept. Unless you are talking about constitutional requisites for holding office, that is. Otherwise, electability is a stupid manipulation. Electability is a self-fulfilling prophecy built entirely on the commoditization of ideas. And vanity. Let’s not forget vanity. The world didn’t used to look at itself so much. Now that’s all […]

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