And Still Goldwater Can Win

One would think that after the brutal assassination of President Kennedy, responsible men would have recoiled in horror from capitalizing upon it for ideological ends. Yet, hardly had John F. Kennedy been officially pronounced dead than the Liberal Establishment broke forth in a nationwide television and radio orgy of lynch incitement against the American Right. And when, after a few uninhibited hours of hate-mongering, it became clear that if any ideology motivated the murderer, it was not right-wing but leftwing in inspiration, they were muted but an hour or so before they regrouped their forces and returned to the charge.

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Frank S. Meyer

Frank S. Meyer was a senior editor of National Review.

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One would think that after the brutal assassination of President Kennedy, responsible men would have recoiled in horror from capitalizing upon it for ideological ends. Yet, hardly had John F. Kennedy been officially pronounced dead than the Liberal Establishment broke forth in a nationwide television and radio orgy of lynch incitement against the American Right. And when, after a few uninhibited hours of hate-mongering, it became clear that if any ideology motivated the murderer, it was not right-wing but leftwing in inspiration, they were muted but an hour or so before they regrouped their forces and returned to the charge.

Meyer