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Politico Absurdly Hypes Supposed Resurgence of John Birch Society
NewsBusters ^ | July 16, 2017 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 07/16/2017 6:15:46 PM PDT by PJ-Comix

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Meanwhile Socialism has taken over the Democrat party and Politico somehow does not take notice.
1 posted on 07/16/2017 6:15:46 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
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“Meanwhile Socialism has taken over the Democrat party and Politico somehow does not take notice.”

They notice, and they approve.


2 posted on 07/16/2017 6:21:00 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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I don’t know much about them but back during the 50s they were saying Fidel Castro was a Communist and everyone else including the government was saying the opposite.

They turned out to be right and everyone else was wrong.


3 posted on 07/16/2017 6:21:42 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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The media is so stupid and thinks the conservative movement is monolithic, and includes the likes of faux-conservatives David Brooks, Billy Kristol, George Will, Bill O’Reilly, Glenn Beck, Peggy Noonan and other such nabobs of negativism.


4 posted on 07/16/2017 6:22:21 PM PDT by shalom aleichem
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What’s so bad about the John Birch Society? They have proven to be more accurate than the average college professor.


5 posted on 07/16/2017 6:27:42 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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See here: be amazed, be very amazed ...

speech by Robert Welch in 1958 predicting Insiders plans to destroy America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZU0c8DAIU4
6 posted on 07/16/2017 6:28:34 PM PDT by IWontSubmit (2)
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The Birchers got themselves in a pickle when they opposed the Civil Rights Movement in the 60’s, not because of rights per se, but because they claimed the movement was full of communists in leadership positions. To this day their main cause is the fight against the spread of communism and socialism


7 posted on 07/16/2017 6:30:02 PM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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A long time ago, I was a reader of the New American. I never joined despite being contacted to attend a meeting. I have no problem with most of Birch’s stated positions (strict adherence to the Constitution), but there was something about the organization that did not sit well with me. Moreover, some ex-members of management have described leadership that seemed less than principled. Glad I did not join. I doubt they will see a resurgence.


8 posted on 07/16/2017 6:30:29 PM PDT by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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Democrats are the new Birchers. Looking for Russians under every bed.


9 posted on 07/16/2017 6:31:57 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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Back in the 1970s they had a billboard off Hwy. 231 between Dothan and Ozark, Alabama. It said “impeach Earl Warren”.

I certainly agreed with it.


10 posted on 07/16/2017 6:32:26 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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Years ago I heard of them as “The Society for the Preservation of Wooden Toilet Seats” - The Birch John Society.

I still like that today.


11 posted on 07/16/2017 6:34:07 PM PDT by budj (Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!)
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In an episode of "King of the Hill," Hank Hill said that we once had a female Chief Justice, "and her name was Earl Warren."
12 posted on 07/16/2017 6:35:12 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon.)
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The lefties are still stuck in the sixties. If they are looking for their enemies, they should check out Reddit and 4chan, not a bunch of old geezers in Texas.


13 posted on 07/16/2017 6:37:41 PM PDT by proxy_user
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#5: "What’s so bad about the John Birch Society?"

Yeah, they say it like it's a bad thing. The Birchers were one of the few grassroots pillars against communism/socialism/leftism/deviants. They had an extensive publishing and "samizdat" operation a couple decades before the Internet existed. They were a vital part of the conservative movement during the Great Society years.

14 posted on 07/16/2017 6:40:25 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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The JBS lost steam when the Soviets assassinated its leader, and never seemed to get its footing back.


15 posted on 07/16/2017 6:42:15 PM PDT by PAR35
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#7: "they claimed the movement was full of communists in leadership positions."

They were correct. Martin King was a commie, or at least a pinko sympathizer. Why haven't the FBI files been released? He's been dead almost 50 years. Inquiring minds want to know!

16 posted on 07/16/2017 6:46:01 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG6taS9R1KM


17 posted on 07/16/2017 6:46:48 PM PDT by mylife (the roar of the masses could be farts)
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one near me in the 70’s was “Get the US out of the UN”

Should have done it back then


18 posted on 07/16/2017 6:48:49 PM PDT by digger48
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Yuppers

Humorous in a dark weird way.


19 posted on 07/16/2017 6:51:00 PM PDT by mylife (the roar of the masses could be farts)
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I’ve been told that the head of the John Birch society praised some supposed white supremacist. But then I’ve heard the same thing about Trump voters, Trump, et al and can’t trust much of anything said in derision of those opposed to Communism, globalism, or the uniparty.


20 posted on 07/16/2017 7:01:11 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Bill Clinton and Al Gore took illegal campaign contributions from the Chi-Coms and 'nobody' cared...)
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