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The American Spectator: The Fire This Time

After losing the 1964 presidential election, Barry Goldwater remarked of his own candidacy, "If I had to go by the media reports alone, I'd have voted against the sonofabitch, too."

John McCain can probably sympathize. In the closing days of the presidential election, Goldwater's successor in the Senate faces a similarly uphill battle for the White House against a crafty opponent and a compliant media.

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Sounds a lot like what Byron York was saying about Palin, huh? I wonder if CNN would have quoted Goldwater to himself and said 'A Prominent Republican candidate has recently said, 'I'd have voted against the sonofabitch, too.' How do you respond to that?"