Word: birching
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After the movie, Robertson directed a question period, during which he asserted that he did not know much about the John Birch Society but considered its portrayal of former President Eisenhower as a Communist outrageous. But, he stated that the Society was "on the whole a good thing," and recommended the reading of Robert Welch's One Hundred Steps to Truth...
...been withdrawn by YAF because in entering the Texas gubernatorial primary he might place himself in opposition to another conservative candidate, Shafto said. However, it is known that several influential conservatives, namely Senators Tower and Goldwater, lobbied for Walker's removal because of his ties with the John Birch Society...
Thus Feiffer himself must have winced during a skit entitled FCC, when the biggest laugh of the afternoon thundered down on an allusion to Robert Welch, that was neither funny nor original. The skit, however, met his demands for fresh commentary, as it turned the Birch Society's rise into the logical extension of Kennedy's plea for a unified, anti-Communist attitude during "this time of crisis...
What America needs are more crusaders like Dr. Schwarz. He and others like him, who are free from the subversive secrecy of organizations like the John Birch Society, will surely be most instrumental in the final victory over world Communism...
...Thunder on the Right," a special on U.S. right-wing conservatives, with John Birch Society Founder Robert H. Welch, Senator Barry Goldwater, Frederick C. Schwarz, founder of the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade...