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Word: birchers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...national New Right tried but then despaired of helping Kathy McDonald. "To be perfectly candid," said Paul Weyrich, director of the right-wing Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress, "they ran one of the worst campaigns I have ever witnessed. If I were a Bircher, I would believe the KGB was running the campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elections '83; A Winning Round | 11/21/1983 | See Source »

...conversation ended there, moderation, played by the Bircher, would have triumphed. But he had to say it, courageous in a way. "I guess the only thing we don't entirely agree about is Blacks," he said. "What?" the robed figure cried. "What has a nigger ever done for you? Tell me, what has one ever done for you?" The short guy, he blanched a little, and the words started to spill out fast--"Oh, I know in general they're a problem, and for the most part you're right that they're a blight. But I knew one once...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: View From the Fringe | 9/22/1980 | See Source »

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