The New Right And The Old Paranoia
January, 1981
A prominent hero of the "old" right, who had had an encounter with some members of what is called the New Right, acknowledged what he judged to be their good qualities--conviction, hard work and determination--then added, "But if they disagree with you one bit, you're a no-good s.o.b."The speaker was the senior Republican Senator from Arizona, Barry Goldwater, who'd incurred the wrath of the New Right by backing President Ford in 1976 because he considered some of Ronald Reag...
