Posted on 12/04/2012 4:02:01 AM PST by publius1
IT is a shame that William F. Buckley Jr. passed away in 2008. The conservative movement could use him or someone like him right now.
In the 1960s, Buckley, largely through his position at the helm of National Review, displayed political courage and sanity by taking on the John Birch Society, an influential anti-Communist group whose members saw conspiracies everywhere they looked.
Fast forward half a century. The modern-day Birchers are the Tea Party. By loudly espousing extreme rhetoric, yet holding untenable beliefs, they have run virtually unchallenged by the Republican leadership, aided by irresponsible radio talk-show hosts and right-wing pundits....
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The "extreme rhetoric" from the Tea Party is the claim that we are Taxed Enough Already - and decent people consider that an obvious fact, not an extreme position. The "untenable belief" is that federal spending can be cut, but I hope that position will be found tenable before the American economy collapses under the weight of federal debt.
William F. runs his Firing Line show up in Heaven with Elvis, Buddy Holly and Patrice Lumumba!
As well as with Bruce... Welch of the Shadows, and GASP! with Bob... Welch of Fleetwood Mac.
Dunno. He was goin’ a bit wobbly there at the end.
A Communist rag advocating for a Socialist Republican Party that gracefully loses to the Democrats. The author is what we call a “concern troll.”
Savor the irony. I wonder if David Welch is aware of it.
The Birch Society was a controlled and organized group. The Tea Party's a lot more amorphous and free-form. Maybe that unruliness is precisely what Welch objects to. But making it into something close to the exact opposite is bizarre, not to say unfair.
David Welch is part of the "GOP elite," but that's not really saying much nowadays. He's just a guy who worked on campaigns till he got a (presumably highly paid) consultant's job. Not exactly a Rockefeller.
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