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To: Vn_survivor_67-68
"My personal favorite was their claim that General Eisenhower was a Communist agent."

Surprise me by showing me some proof that JBS ever said that!

From Wikipedia:

"Republican mainstream unhappiness with the Birch Society intensified after Welch circulated a letter calling President Dwight D. Eisenhower a possible “conscious, dedicated agent of the Communist Conspiracy.” Welch went further in a book titled The Politician, written in 1956 and published by the JBS in 1963, which declared that Eisenhower’s brother Milton was Ike’s superior within the Communist apparatus and alleging that other top government officials were also Communist tools. Included were ex-president Truman, Roosevelt, the last Sec. Of State John Foster Dulles and former CIA Director Allan W. Dulles. Conservative writer William F. Buckley, Jr., an early friend and admirer of Welch, regarded his accusations against Eisenhower as "paranoid and idiotic libels" and attempted unsuccessfully to purge Welch from the JBS. Welch responded by attempting to take over Young Americans for Freedom, a conservative youth organization founded with assistance from Buckley."

68 posted on 03/22/2006 9:07:36 AM PST by wideminded
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To: wideminded

sorry, wikipedia won't do it.....wikipedia is as likely to be false and misleading as it is to be right and forthright.

Wikipedia is little more than a free-for-all blog.....


82 posted on 03/22/2006 9:29:28 AM PST by Vn_survivor_67-68
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