Kitchel once said that he had an active distaste for campaigning , or " kissing babies , " as he called such demands . However , Kitchel exerted leadership regarding issues , strategies , and drafting policy statements . Kitchel wrote Goldwater 's Senate speech , which explained his then opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , on constitutional and libertarian grounds . Then , Governor Mark O. Hatfield of Oregon , a moderate Republican and later a Senate colleague of Goldwater , who was the keynoter of the 1964 Republican National Convention in San Francisco , introduced Kitchel at a caucus of the Oregon delegation as a man of little background in national politics ... . Just as voters this year have been confounding the pollsters , this man has confounded the professional politicians . Kitchel and several others in the Goldwater inner circle were hesitant to allow Reagan 's well-remembered half-hour televised address on Goldwater 's behalf . The program , " A Time for Choosing " , aired on October 27 , 1964 , under auspices of F. Clifton White 's " Citizens for Goldwater-Miller " organization
1964 Republican National Convention
1964 Republican National Convention
Denison Kitchel