Volume 3, Number 8 · December 3, 1964

The Liberal Victory

By Paul Goodman

A Liberal is a person who thought Goldwater 'might win,' just as in 1936 a Liberal was a person who thought Alf Landon was a 'fascist.' But in fact Goldwater got six states and less than 40 per cent of the vote, just as realists had predicted in July. (Landon got two states, as predicted.)



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