Word: birchism
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Dates: during 1962-1962
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meeting with newsmen, he switched the subject to Democratic extremism. Said he: "Their extremist group is the Communist Party elements. Their problem is in the form of Communism, not in the form of Birchism. That has been historically true. In the last 30 to 35 years, they [the Communists] have worked themselves into positions of importance not only in Government, but into the ranks of the party. I think that Communism is still a problem in the Democratic Party." Was Romney implying that Michigan's Democratic Party is presently infiltrated by Communists? Romney hedged: "It's difficult...
Nixon's problems with the extreme right of his party reflect more than an ideological split. Californians reject the give-and-take game which most people consider politics, in favor of much more devious routes to power. The conspiratorial flavor of Birchism, rather than its philosophy, reflects this penchant--as does the elaborate scheme worked out in 1958 by ex-Senator Knowland for putting himself in the Governor's Mansion (and then, presumably, in the White House) and Goody Knight in the Senate. Knowland's scheme crashed around him, and like a defeated putsch-ist he has retired from politics...
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