Barry Goldwater: Abraham Lincoln and Trump Allies

barry goldwater: Donald Trump officially secured the Republican presidential nomination early in the evening, completing his once-unthinkable takeover of the party of Abraham Lincoln, Barry Goldwater and the Bushes, according to The Toronto Star. But, for once, the proceedings were only occasionally about him. In practice, it was a second consecutive attack parade devoted to the party foremost goal: savaging the character and record of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Instead, speaker after speaker went after his opponent once more. They did so, however, with far less vigor than the speakers who appeared on Monday night, when a procession of angry Trump allies painted a dark picture of a country besieged by enemies foreign and domestic. Mostly abandoning the economic arguments the Trump campaign claimed would be the focus – the official title of the night was Make America Work Again – a procession of party politicians denounced Clinton as a liar, a phony, a weakling, a security risk. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.