Sept. 14, 1964 - The Saturday Evening Post, which has supported Republican Presidential candidates as far as its history can be traced, endorsed President Johnson today.
The magazine said it was confident that Senator Barry Goldwater, the Republican candidate, would not make a good President, and added he “has not even made a good Senator.”
“Goldwater is a grotesque burlesque of the conservative he pretends to be,” The Post declared. “He is a wild man, a stray, an unprincipled and ruthless jujitsu artist like Joe McCarthy [the late Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin].”
A Post spokesman said the magazine, founded in 1728, has traditionally supported Republicans.
“As far back as we have been able to trace its history, we have been unable to find any editorial support of a Democrat — certainly not in this century,” the spokesman said.
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