Name that Judge ...
Q: What Wisconsin appellate judge "grilled" U.S. Sen. Barry
Goldwater on national television in 1956?
A: The Hon. Gordon G. Myse, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District
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In 1956 Judge Myse was enrolled in a program through Beloit
College called "Washington Semester," studying government at American
University in Washington, D.C. While there, Myse and his classmates
attended the filming of the television show "College Press Conference."
On the show, which ran Sunday afternoons on ABC, politicians and other
prominent figures faced a panel of college students.
After the filming, Myse and his classmates had a chance to talk to
the show's participants. "Based on my comments, the producers asked me
to be a panelist on the next show," says Myse. He recalls that he and
that show's guest, Sen. Barry Goldwater, weren't politically
"sympatico." "Goldwater and other conservative Republicans had taken
issue with one of President Eisenhower's foreign policies and he was
explaining why. I basically accused him of not supporting the president.
That stunned him."
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