That particular movement was informed by the Populist/Progressivist movement best represented y William Jennings Bryan and Bob LaFollette, respectively.
There is such a thing as Hamiltonian federalism as well as a Jeffersonian school.
Sorry, Joe. You don't get to monopolize the discourse.
(2) Mr. Sobran is one of those crackpots who believes that William Shakespeare could not possibly have written his own plays and that they were the work of a nobleman writing in secret with the help of an extensive crew of conspirators that honeycombed the Elizabethan stage world.
He's become a nutter.
The America First Committee was comprised of people who believed that we should only fight a war if America's vital interests were threatened. It was bipartisan, but essentially conservative in nature. One of the founders at Yale was Gerald Ford. The best known member was Charles Lindbergh. Other members were Col. Robert McCormick, another prominent conservative. The group disbanded itself after Pearl Harbor, and most of the younger members joined the military. A decent history can be found here:
http://www.etherzone.com/2001/raim080101.shtml
I agree that the America First Committee (which has not existed in 63 years) should not dominate the discussion. I posted this article because I also believe that the empire-building neo-cons who are willing to get us into any war they can should not dominate the discussion either.