AUH2O

I really like Barry Goldwater. I remember one of my friends from high school and grade school, Stephen Reichert had a huge Barry Goldwater political button on his shirt collar for his sophomore picture for the yearbook. They blotted it out, if I remember correctly. But the individual pictures that you traded with friends displayed it proudly. I wish I still had that picture. Hey, Steve, if you ever read this blog, send me one, por favor.

One thing I liked about Mr. Goldwater was that he said what he believed. He was not PC, which is fine by me. He loved the Southwest and the Native American culture. Ah, there you go--not Indian, but Native American. That's right and I think Barry would have approved, too. Why refer to them as Indians, which was simply a mistake that Chris Columbus made because he didn't know where he had landed? They are not Indians, and if I were an Indian from that country, I'd be a little disappointed, too, by that nomenclature.

A staunch conservative, he demonstrated his principles his entire political life. Which means he said what he meant and meant what he said. Not a waffle in his political house. I've often wondered what our country and the world would look like had he been the President instead of LBJ.

He's revered in AZ. As is anyone connected to that family. I didn't know about his love for photography which was spawned after he received a camera at Christmas from his wife. The Monument Valley picture above is one of his shots.

AUH2O was one to stir things up. He must have been an interviewer's delight.