Reply #5: I heard not to long ago

[waiting for hope]

a piece with Goldwater's granddaughter CC that he would be considered a moderate today by the GOP standards:

"Still, those opinions have echoes today, and as the documentary shows, while my grandfather didn’t leave his party, his party has left him. Though he’s often depicted as the father of conservatism, Barry Goldwater would be considered a moderate today. He was firmly pro-choice, a supporter of gay rights and, in his later years, said that he thought it was okay for gays to serve in the military."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14863898/site/newsweek/

The GOP is definitely not the party that Goldwater subscribed too - they have sold their souls to the almighty dollar (devil) and have forever changed the dynamics.