Funding Father of the Conservative Movement Smacks Down Ted Kennedy

ConservativeHQ.com ^ | August 31, 2009 | Richard A. Viguerie

[ConservativeHQ]

It’s not my purpose or intent to list his sins and weaknesses or those of his brothers, John and Robert. But while these are mostly covered up or overlooked by the national media, all conservatives know the mistakes of a conservative become the focal point of much of their obituary.

This is the double standard that the national media apply to liberals and conservatives.

I wonder how many well-read readers or the general public know that Joseph Kennedy, the father of John, Robert, and Ted, in the 1930’s was a well-known anti-Semite and was an admirer of Adolph Hitler and the Nazis (which, of course, is shorthand for National Socialism). It’s alleged he made millions in prohibition days as a rum runner. If that were the profile of the father of John McCain or any other Republican, wouldn’t that be a major part of the narrative of their lives?

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[ConservativeMind]

“Funding Father”? I think you need that corrected.

[Arthur McGowan]

It’s a pun. You must be too young to remember when he was a household word. He was a pioneer in direct-mail back in the seventies, maybe the sixties. Before the internet, the main medium for the conservative message was fund-raising letters. They contained lots of information—and lots of red meat, of course.