Comments on: Funny thing I noticed about the Goldwater Institute http://www.democraticdiva.com/2009/10/04/funny-thing-i-noticed-about-the-goldwater-institute/ because a well-behaved diva rarely makes history Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:56:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Donna http://www.democraticdiva.com/2009/10/04/funny-thing-i-noticed-about-the-goldwater-institute/comment-page-1/#comment-44951 Donna Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:02:18 +0000 http://www.democraticdiva.com/?p=916#comment-44951 Huh? Where did I say or even imply that Barry Goldwater was progressive? Huh? Where did I say or even imply that Barry Goldwater was progressive?

]]> By: Ronnie http://www.democraticdiva.com/2009/10/04/funny-thing-i-noticed-about-the-goldwater-institute/comment-page-1/#comment-44949 Ronnie Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:49:30 +0000 http://www.democraticdiva.com/?p=916#comment-44949 Goldwater opposed civil rights legislation. Please don't use his quotes as if he were progressive. He wasn't. Our country forgets too quickly. Goldwater opposed civil rights legislation. Please don’t use his quotes as if he were progressive. He wasn’t. Our country forgets too quickly.

]]> By: Italiana http://www.democraticdiva.com/2009/10/04/funny-thing-i-noticed-about-the-goldwater-institute/comment-page-1/#comment-44725 Italiana Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:53:50 +0000 http://www.democraticdiva.com/?p=916#comment-44725 Oh yeah -- the Goldwater Institute is totally afraid of p*ssing off the CAP crowd. Why? I don't know...especially when they did some good work exposing Arpaio. Oh yeah — the Goldwater Institute is totally afraid of p*ssing off the CAP crowd. Why? I don’t know…especially when they did some good work exposing Arpaio.

]]> By: todd http://www.democraticdiva.com/2009/10/04/funny-thing-i-noticed-about-the-goldwater-institute/comment-page-1/#comment-44724 todd Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:41:58 +0000 http://www.democraticdiva.com/?p=916#comment-44724 That 'report' was one of the biggest pieces of garbage I have read and, since I read most all of the Goldwater 'reports', that's saying a lot. It was clearly setup in such a way to skew the results towards their desired outcome. Many of the progressive things in the state constitution, like education, universities, mental hospitals, schools for blind and deaf, were totally ignored. That ‘report’ was one of the biggest pieces of garbage I have read and, since I read most all of the Goldwater ‘reports’, that’s saying a lot.

It was clearly setup in such a way to skew the results towards their desired outcome. Many of the progressive things in the state constitution, like education, universities, mental hospitals, schools for blind and deaf, were totally ignored.

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