The Conservative Mind: vs GOP: Republican party

Submitted by jules (United States), Jul 21, 2016 at 23:38

Then do you consider yourself to be described by the lines of "conservatism" that the book, The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot, by Russell Kirk that topped best seller lists in the 1950s?

An advocate and exemplar of the conservative mind was Senator Barry Goldwater AZ-R when he ran for POTUS on its main tenets in 1964

"Despite losing the election by a landslide, Goldwater is the politician most often credited for sparking the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s. He also had a substantial impact on the libertarian movement." wikipedia

1964: Although Goldwater was not as important in the American conservative movement as Ronald Reagan after 1965, he shaped and redefined the movement from the late 1950s to 1964. (ibid)

www.heritage.org/research/reports/2014/07/barry-m-goldwater-the...
Goldwater shaped the Republican Party's positions on limited government, welfare, and defense, which would carry the United States into the 21st century.

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