They told me if I voted for Goldwater, he would get us into a war in Vietnam. Well, I voted for Goldwater and that's what happened.
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This appears to be a variant of a widely disseminated Republican joke with no published attribution of its authorship to Buckley.
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Variant: They told me if I voted for Goldwater in 1964, that we'd have more war and higher prices. Well, I did, and we do.
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Mark Hatfield, as quoted in The Condition of Republicanism (1968) by Nick Thimmesch, p. 65William F. Buckley
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They told me if I voted for Goldwater we'd be at war in Vietnam in six months — and I did and we were.
William F. Buckley
Buckley did say this on the Firing Line episode "Vietnam: Pull Out? Stay In? Escalate?". According to the transcript here, he says "...if someone told me that if I voted for Goldwater, we would escalate the war, I did and we have."
William F. Buckley
It would be a much better country if women did not vote. That is simply a fact. In fact, in every presidential election since 1950 — except Goldwater in '64 — the Republican would have won, if only the men had voted.
Ann Coulter
On social issues, and this is where you get the charges of hypocrisy, Craig has pledged his opposition to gay marriage and civil unions, he voted against allowing gays and lesbians in the military, he voted against abortion rights, and he voted guilty in the impeachment trial of Bill Clinton.
Larry Craig
America, the only nation ever founded in the name of liberty, never had a more ardent champion of liberty than Barry Goldwater. Simply put, Barry Goldwater was in love with freedom.
Barry Goldwater
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