Incidentally, critics have included such prominent Americans as: Sen. Barry Goldwater, Cong. Walter Judd, Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, Russell Kirk, Eugene Lyons, Willmoore Kendall, James Burnham, Robert Bork, J. Edgar Hoover, Herbert Philbrick, Frank S. Meyer, Cong. Gordon H. Scherer, William F. Buckley Jr., Patrick Buchanan, Fred Schwarz, Lee Edwards, the editors of the conservative newspaper, Human Events, George Sokolsky, Roy Cohn, Anthony Bouscaren, plus even many former Birchers such as: Alan Stang, Gary Allen, Milorad Draskovich, John Rees, William Norman Grigg, Mrs. Robert Welch -— and many many more.
So, is it YOUR contention that NONE of these persons was “an actual conservative” — because many of them associated themselves with Buckley’s position on the JBS?
Most of those you noted became well known as just more Red Republicans or Conservative Inc. members. Primarily enablers of massive centralized government as are 98% of politicians and bureaucrats. Wm Buckley was one arrogant tool and the JBS had the fraud’s number. Sorry if that upsets your applecart but sometimes reality does not support generic history lessons as the victor’s write it.
As for Eisenhower, if there’s any justice he’s burning in hell after what he did to the German prisoners of war.