The far right started 60 years ago when Arizona's Barry Goldwater ran for President

The Republican National Convention is underway in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this week, and Donald Trump is the GOP's official pick for president. But Trump's bombastic attitude and brash words aren't new to American politics.

Sixty years ago, another grandiloquent and explicitly extreme presidential candidate appeared on the scene: Barry M. Goldwater.

For longtime Arizonans and political historians, the name Goldwater is synonymous with "extremism" and the man who voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act. For conservatives, he was a leader they could rally behind during a time of immense change. 

Just who was Goldwater and was he really as extreme as history says he is?

In this episode, we look back at that historic campaign between Goldwater and Lindon B. Johnson.

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