By 1980, he was acknowledged as the founder of a conservative movement that had become a vital element in mainstream Republican thinking and a major ingredient in Reagan's political ascendancy. It was a 1964 speech delivered on behalf of Mr. Goldwater that brought Reagan to national prominence and helped launch his political career.
I will never forget the Democrat add on TV with the ending of the exploding Bomb. With the air that Goldwater would use it easily. As he came out a warmonger. But they never discoused Viet Nam?