FACT 's findings were based on questionnaires returned by those APA members who chose to respond. Only about 20 percent responded--a self-selected group who may have had especially strong feelings about the candidate. It did not require of them any deep familiarity with Goldwater's biography, private, or even public behavior. Though the responses were indeed more critical of Goldwater than supportive, they by no means reflected any consensus about his mental profile. Many responses, furthermore, were clearly informed by their authors' politics. (One example: "Goldwater's insecurity and feelings of inadequacy cause him to reject all changes and to resent what he considers to be excessive power by the Federal government. His rejection may in fact reflect a threat by a father-image, namely someone who is stronger than he, more masculine and more cultured." Another: "Can pro-Americanism, anti-communism, and pro-individual freedom and initiative really be as terrible as the communication media would have us believe? Yes, I believe that Barry Goldwater is psychologically fit to serve as president.") To make matters worse, Ginzburg combined and doctored the quotations. FACT ran two articles in its September-October 1964 issue based on the survey, one of which claimed that "Mr. Goldwater's illness is not just an emotional maladjustment, or a mild neurosis, or a queerness" and that he displayed "unmistakable signs of paranoia."