In the 1960s, Goldwater was the golden boy of a resurgent conservative movement. But when it comes to policy, what the government should do in matters regarding racial justice, the distinction between the “strict constitutionalists” and the race-baiters should not be overstated. Some conservatives may want to muzzle Williams and other racist demagogues in their ranks. History suggests, however that Gerson is overstating the difference between the two.īecause when it came down to the basic issue of racial justice, Wallace and Goldwater shared common ground. Goldwater of Arizona, on the other hand, was a conservative constitutionalist. Wallace of Alabama was a sneering racist.
“Given our history,” Gerson warned, “the tea party movement has a positive duty to assure African-Americans that it is the second coming of Barry Goldwater, not of George Wallace.”īut did Gerson have it entirely correct? True, Gov. Bush speechwriter who now writes for The Washington Post, pointed to the dangers that racism poses to the conservative cause in particular. Laura has gotten into the act, with an n-word-filled rant. Bob McDonnell’s Confederate History Month pronouncement, the racist fulminations of tea party leader Mark Williams and the vilification of the black Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod marked low points.
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