Word: birching
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...name, bragged of their close association, preached Goldwater conservatism. Like Goldwater, he criticized the United Nations, blasted the New Frontier, complained about the Administration's failure to act against Cuba. But Mecham (pronounced Meek-am) managed to look even more conservative. He invited the support of the John Birch Society, which Shadegg had criticized by saying, "The oversimplified, dogmatic answers of the extremists of the far right offer little hope for progress...
...seemed at times as though John Birch's name was on the ballot in Wisconsin's Republican primary for Governor. One candidate had the Birch Society's support and was glad of it; the other thought that was terrible, and made the most of it-and the society itself became the main issue. As the votes were counted last week, the man with the Birch backing...
...storage businessman, a former G.O.P. state chairman and a longtime backer of Senator Joe McCarthy. During this year's campaign, Kuehn said he would be proud to be called "Barry Goldwater Junior." Back in July, Dr. Theodore L. Taylor, 32, a Madison dentist and head of the local Birch chapter, gave his personal endorsement to Kuehn. Kuehn seemed pleased: "I will accept the support of any Wisconsin voter who thinks I am the best qualified candidate for Governor...
Candidate Wilbur Renk, a middle-roading Republican, figuring that the Birch Society's support was a liability, seemed equally pleased. Crowed he: "I think I may have won the election.'' Kuehn tried to scoff off the criticism that came his way, joking to a group of University of Wisconsin students: ''If you have been following the newspapers, you know that for the past few days I have been hacking my way out of a Birch forest. And I can tell you that the Birch bark is worse than the Birch bite...
Romney and his followers were furious when Kelly hung a Birch sign outside his door and began peddling the Birch Society's Blue Book at $2 a copy to people heading for Romney's suite. At one point, someone tried to tear down Kelly's sign...