Barry Goldwater: Yesterday's Conservative

I can remember when Republican presidential Barry Goldwater was considered by many to be too conservative for the country. The times have changed; here's the story from The Carpetbagger:

You know the Republican Party has shifted to the far-right when Barry Goldwater starts to sound like a liberal.

An interview in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine with C.C. Goldwater reveals that her HBO film to be aired Sept. 18 paints her late grandfather, Sen. Barry Goldwater, "as a kind of liberal," with testimonials from Al Franken, Sen. Ted Kennedy, James Carville and Sen. Hillary Clinton.

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In 1996, Goldwater joked to Bob Dole, "We're the new liberals of the Republican Party. Can you imagine that?" As it turns out, yes.

How the times have changed.