Not a good association for CPAC.
How many booths are there at CPAC? I have a feeling that the Birchers are doing a some self-agrandizing by calling rental of a couple of booth spaces at a conference a "cosponsorship".
Why do we need this crap here at FR?
The John Birch Society is one of the best patriotic organizations we have. I’d love it if they joined up with the Tea Partiers!
Why not save your time and share booths with Cindy Sheehan and the Code Pinkos as the JBS shares the same anti war,
views and both believe the NeoCons, (Jewish Conservative Republicans) are more dangerious than the IslamOfascists.
CPAC allows [Republican] homosexual activist group "GOProud"
The John Birch Society
(Michael Brown)
Oh we’re meeting at the courthouse at eight o’clock tonight.
You just come in the door and take the first turn to the right.
Be careful when you get there, we’d hate to be bereft,
But we’re taking down the names of everybody turning left;
‘Cause we’re the John Birch Society, the John Birch Society,
Here to save this country from a communistic plot.
We’re the John Birch Society, help us swell the ranks.
To get this movement started, we need lots of tools and cranks.
Now there’s no one that’s certain that the Kremlin doesn’t touch.
We think that Westbrook Pegler doth protest a bit too much.
We only hail the hero from whom we got our name.
We’re not sure what he did, but he’s our hero all the same.
Oh, we’re the John Birch Society, the John Birch Society,
Socialism is the “ism” dismalist of all.
Join the John Birch Society, there’s so much to do.
Have you heard they’re serving vodka at the W.C.T.U.?
Well you’ve heard about the agents that we’ve already named.
Well M.C.A. has agents that are flatly unashamed.
We’re after Rosie Clooney, we’ve gotten Pinky Lee,
And the day we get Red Skelton won’t that be a victory!
For we’re the John Birch Society, the John Birch Society,
Norman Vincent Peale may think he’s kidding us along,
But the John Birch Society knows he spilled the beans.
He keeps on preaching brotherhood, but we know what he means!
We’ll teach you how to spot ‘em in the city or the sticks,
‘Cause even Jasper Junction is just full of Bolsheviks.
The CIA’s subversive and so’s the FCC.
There’s no one left but thee and we, and we’re not sure of thee.
Oh we’re the John Birch Society, the John Birch Society,
Here to save our country from a Communistic plot.
Join the John Birch Society, holding off the Reds.
We’ll use our hands and hearts, and if we must, we’ll use our heads.
Friends, do you want Justice Warren to be your Commissar?
Do you want Mrs. Khrushchev in there with the DAR?
You cannot trust your neighbors, or even next-of-kin.
If mommy is a Commie, then you gotta turn her in.
Oh, we’re the John Birch Society, the John Birch Society
Fighting for the right to fight the right fight for the right.
We’re the John Birch Society, as we’re marching on,
We’ll all be glad to see you when we’re meeting in the John,
In the John, In the John Birch Society.
- The Chad Mitchell Trio, Kapp Records, 1962
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Oh boy. Watch the double standard swing into play.
As others have pointed out, The John Birch Society is a damaged brand and by the time the news media maligns it, CPAC might find a dwindled speakers’ list for next year.
Of course, the media might lie in wait and pounce at the most opportune time.
JBS’s participation doesn’t sound like a winner to me.
Please let this be satire.
I don’t think Bill Buckley would be happy about this.
What is the John Birch Society?
http://www.jbs.org/about
CORE PRINCIPLES
MISSION
To bring about less government, more responsibility,
and — with God’s help — a better world by providing
leadership, education, and organized volunteer action
in accordance with moral and Constitutional principles.
Preserving Individual Rights & National Independence
“These United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be
Free and Independent States … We hold these Truths to
be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that
they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit
of Happiness.” — Declaration of Independence, 1776
The Declaration of Independence established the independence
of both the original 13 American colonies and the United
States of America that they together formed a decade later.
The Declaration proclaimed that our personal rights come from God, not from government.
The John Birch Society endorses the timeless principles
of the Declaration of Independence. The Society also labors
to warn against and expose the forces that seek to abolish
U.S. independence, build a world government, or otherwise
undermine our personal liberties and national independence.
RESTORING THE CONSTITUTION
“That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted
among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of
the Governed.” — Declaration of Independence, 1776
The Constitution of the United States of America instituted
the government that secures our God-given rights.
The John Birch Society endorses the U.S. Constitution as the
foundation of our national government, and works toward
educating and activating Americans to abide by the original
intent of the Founding Fathers. We seek to awaken a sleeping
and apathetic people concerning the designs of those who
are working to destroy our constitutional Republic.
Horrible move on CPAC’s part to associate itself with the nutty birchers.
Noticeably in the last year the Birchers and Paulists have been filling the vacuum left by the purged people who did so much to build FR and made it better then just some proudly “fringe” website. I think it will get worse.
Somebody call the plumber, I think this JBS thread backed up the commode.
My dad, who was quite conservative, had reservations about JBS, thought it was too extreme, as I recall. I think I asked him to read the book, but don't remember what he specifically said about it. Hadn't thought of JBS for a long time.
In a related report, A+Bert and Ash both recalled five dollar donations to FR made during black-outs and have announced their cosponsorship of the famous Jim Thompson internet site, FreeRepublic.