Leaving aside the validity of the Anglosphere concept, let alone its practicality (as a resident of England and constant observer of the political scene here, to say that I have my doubts is a wee understatement) ? leaving all that aside? that is a pretty impressive statement that Goldwater made.

It is a statement that only a guy from a traditionally Jewish family turned Episcopalian and settled in Arizona could make. I mean, those were the days when being Episcopalian meant being an Anglophile, even more so than it does today. And with his Anglophilia, old Barry mixes in the sense of Latin American connections that thoughtful residents of the American southwest recognize as givens. The Anglosphere as Goldwater portrays it is, oddly enough, connected to the Hispanosphere, with the United States as the bridge between the two.

I don't think this is something Anglospherists or, for that matter, idee-fixe immigration consevatives would would really appreciate. Can you see John O'Sullivan or Peter Brimelow standing up and saluting this section of Goldwater's speech?

Nope, did';t think so.