[driftless2]

Fifty years ago media was as liberal as it is today and just as dismissive and sneering of conservatism. Conservatives had to battle hard to enter the arena of ideas.

Buckley with the media and Goldwater with politics were the biggest names in the conservative movement. Before them liberals loved to identify all conservatives as crazy nuts like John Birch Society or KKK members. Buckley and Goldwater made conservatism respectable and made people sit up and take notice.

[Verginius Rufus]

National Review was being published for several years before Robert Welch founded the John Birch Society.

Conservatism never had anything to do with the KKK, except in the imaginations of some liberals.

[Verginius Rufus]

National Review was being published for several years before Robert Welch founded the John Birch Society.

Conservatism never had anything to do with the KKK, except in the imaginations of some liberals.

[Verginius Rufus]

National Review was being published for several years before Robert Welch founded the John Birch Society.

Conservatism never had anything to do with the KKK, except in the imaginations of some liberals.