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Goldwater Vs. JFK Echoes in '08

Posted May 21, 08 12:19 PM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – The coming Obama/McCain matchup is an echo of another presidential bout, David Talbot writes for Salon—one that never happened between JFK and Barry Goldwater in 1964. Then as now, a young idealist takes on a seasoned ex-soldier over negotiation with hostile governments, to debate a fundamental question of whether it is more important to project understanding or strength to the world.

When Kennedy was assassinated, he was about to deliver a speech that demanded America “practice what it preached” on Democratic principles, rather than bullying the globe into obedience. That message, Talbot writes, has lacked a suitable herald until now, and the election will be “the debate over war and peace that President Kennedy and Senator Goldwater never got to hold.“

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