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FrankRep
11-18-2010, 10:45 PM
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The John Birch Society to Attend CPAC 2011 as Affiliate (http://www.jbs.org/press-room/6544-the-john-birch-society-to-attend-cpac-2011-as-affiliate)


John Birch Society (http://www.jbs.org/) | Bill Hahn (mailto:bhahn@jbs.org), Public Relations Manager
12 November 2010


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The JBS announces it’s an affiliate of CPAC 2011, will have two booths with plenty of educational literature, once again interviewing attendees


APPLETON, WIS.—November 12, 2010—The John Birch Society has signed on as an affiliate for the 38th Annual Conservative Political Action Conference, otherwise known as CPAC 2011 (http://www.conservative.org/cpac/). This will be held February 10-12, 2011, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC. Last year’s appearance was the JBS’s first since the early 1990s.

“Last year’s appearance went so well that we are very happy to return,” said Bill Hahn, Public Relations Manager for JBS. “The attendees couldn’t have been nicer and it will be great to make further connections with those interested in learning more about Constitutional solutions for the problems affecting this nation.”

Over the last couple of years, JBS has seen a real thirst in the electorate for solutions to overbearing and unconstitutional government. JBS has responded with a number of activist and educational tools, many of which will be displayed and given out at the JBS CPAC booth # 310 and 312. Most prominently will be tools for choosing freedom and stopping ObamaCare (http://www.jbs.org/stopobamacare), including information on nullification, repealing and defunding the unconstitutional new health care law.

Campus Liberty Alliance (http://www.facebook.com/CampusLibertyAlliance), the collegiate organizing arm of JBS, will be promoted within the booth, as will the JBS news magazine, The New American (http://www.thenewamerican.com/).

The other half of the JBS booth will be used for on-camera interviews of conservative leaders and attendees by Liberty News Network (http://www.libertynewsnetwork.tv/). Last year, those interviewed included author Cory Emberson, National Right to Work’s President Mark Mix, American Petroleum Institute’s Chief Economist John Felmy, talk radio host Wayne Bradley, author James Bovard, syndicated columnist Star Parker, bestselling author and columnist Jerome Corsi, Eagle Forum’s Founder Phyllis Schlafly, American Policy Center’s President Tom DeWeese and former Congressman J.D. Hayworth. We also caught a lively, yet respectable discussion between MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and JBS staff at the booth. JBS CPAC 2010 video interviews can be seen here (http://www.libertynewsnetwork.tv/?s=CPAC+2010&x=0&y=0).

Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, The John Birch Society is dedicated to restoring and preserving freedom under the U.S. Constitution. Members come from all walks of life and are active throughout the 50 states on local, regional and national issues. United by a strong belief in personal freedom and limited government, members work to achieve the mission of the organization: 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. Visit JBS.org (http://www.jbs.org/) for more information.


SOURCE:
http://www.jbs.org/press-room/6544-the-john-birch-society-to-attend-cpac-2011-as-affiliate

FrankRep
11-18-2010, 10:48 PM
Yes, Ron Paul endorses the John Birch Society.


Ron Paul At the 50th Anniversary of John Birch Society (http://www.jbs.org/)

Viddler.com - Ron Paul At the 50th Anniversary of JBS - Uploaded by jbirch (http://www.viddler.com/explore/jbirch/videos/1/?advanced=fa23b1da?advanced=fa23b1da?advanced=fa23 b1da?advanced=fa23b1da)

MRoCkEd
11-19-2010, 06:48 AM
Good to see they invited JBS back. Can't wait to see people flip out again over it.

rp08orbust
11-19-2010, 07:01 AM
They were referred to as "sponsors" last year--is that different from being an "affiliate"?

Cowlesy
11-19-2010, 07:20 AM
I met John McManus last year. Nice fellow, as were frankly all the JBS people I met at CPAC. Too bad for the Jonah Goldberg's of the world they miss out on meeting more nice folks because of their bias.

MRoCkEd
11-19-2010, 07:20 AM
They were referred to as "sponsors" last year--is that different from being an "affiliate"?
Good catch. It's possible that they were downgraded, as some reports suggest GOPROUD was:

GOProud is listed on ACU's website as an "affiliate" for the 2011 CPAC conference. But sources reported GOProud was a "sponsor" last year, a higherstatus that provides greater influence over conference planning and selection of speakers.

FrankRep
11-19-2010, 07:28 AM
They were referred to as "sponsors" last year--is that different from being an "affiliate"?

CPAC is now broken into Sponsors and Affiliates. Right now only a small hand full of organizations are sponsors.

http://www.conservative.org/cpac/sponsors/


The American Conservative Union
Citizen Link (formerly Focus on the Family Action)
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Human Events
Leadership Institute
National Rifle Association
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation
Young America’s Foundation


The majority are now Affiliates.

http://www.conservative.org/cpac/participatingorganizations/


Including:

Campaign for Liberty
The John Birch Society
Eagle Forum
Terra Eclipse
Young Americans for Freedom
Young Americans for Liberty
Americans for Prosperity

Aratus
11-19-2010, 09:57 AM
CPAC is FEB 10th to 12th 2011 in D.C?

Vessol
12-23-2010, 06:58 PM
^Yes^

What's the difference between YAL(Young Americans for Liberty) and Young Americans for Freedom?

Bergie Bergeron
12-23-2010, 07:04 PM
YAF is the neo-con version of YAL.

Thomas
12-23-2010, 07:31 PM
So basically, the sponsors are neocon organizations.

Churchill2004
12-23-2010, 08:00 PM
It's my understanding that the JBS is much-reformed from the bad old days when they were basically McCarthy-ites on steroids, accusing everyone from Eisenhower to Martin Luther King of being a secret Soviet agent. Though that raises the question- why would a reformed JBS even still want to be associated with the name "John Birch Society"? Face it, you're never going to save that name from the gutter, no matter how good and noble whatever they advocate today is. Why would you want to waste time on an organization that seems to spend most of its energy trying to insist it's not the same as it used to be, and whose name attracts more scorn than its supporters bring help?

I'm not saying they should be ostracized (though it was right to have done so in the 50s and 60s) or otherwise unwelcome, I just don't understand why someone trying to advances the causes of the Old Right/paleoconservatism/anti-imperialism, etc. would choose the name "John Birch Society" as their vehicle. Hell, if I were advising them, I'd tell them to chunk the name and keep the already-reformed organization intact. The "Larry McDonald Society" would be a good choice, perhaps, or something more descriptive like "Old Right Society", or anything but JBS. Branding matters, and the JBS brand is irreparable.

Matt Collins
12-23-2010, 10:59 PM
Good to see they invited JBS back. Can't wait to see people flip out again over it.It's called neocon deflection. Hopefully this will keep the neocons away like it did last year. :cool:

shemdogg
12-23-2010, 11:24 PM
@ Churchill re: the tarnished name of John birch society ... Maybe the good ole boy neocon hacks who would pay to fly down to cpac know jbs but no one who I've met under the age of fifty has even ever heard of them. I would ventire to say that people under the age of thirty, even the onea who would come out for cpac, have no idea who they are. I feel like they didn't make a big enough impression back then for them to be able to be recognized by the (apathetic) general public today.

Churchill2004
12-24-2010, 12:15 AM
@ Churchill re: the tarnished name of John birch society ... Maybe the good ole boy neocon hacks who would pay to fly down to cpac know jbs but no one who I've met under the age of fifty has even ever heard of them. I would ventire to say that people under the age of thirty, even the onea who would come out for cpac, have no idea who they are. I feel like they didn't make a big enough impression back then for them to be able to be recognized by the (apathetic) general public today.

I think you underestimate just how well-known they were in their time. Maybe not among the general public today, but that makes it even worse because anyone publicizing the issue gets to make the first impression by citing their history. The "Birchers" were the go-to cultural reference for crazy, paranoid, ultra-far-right loons for most of the latter half of the 20th Century. You were a lot more likely to hear their existence referenced by lefties than by anyone on the right, most of whom (including Buckley and Goldwater) were embarrassed by them.

sgt150
12-25-2010, 01:48 PM
I think you underestimate just how well-known they were in their time. Maybe not among the general public today, but that makes it even worse because anyone publicizing the issue gets to make the first impression by citing their history. The "Birchers" were the go-to cultural reference for crazy, paranoid, ultra-far-right loons for most of the latter half of the 20th Century. You were a lot more likely to hear their existence referenced by lefties than by anyone on the right, most of whom (including Buckley and Goldwater) were embarrassed by them.

Those 'crazy, paranoid, ultra-far-right loons' believe in basically the same things Ron Paul does, FYI.

VT_Bircher
12-27-2010, 03:50 PM
It's my understanding that the JBS is much-reformed from the bad old days when they were basically McCarthy-ites on steroids, accusing everyone from Eisenhower to Martin Luther King of being a secret Soviet agent. Though that raises the question- why would a reformed JBS even still want to be associated with the name "John Birch Society"? Face it, you're never going to save that name from the gutter, no matter how good and noble whatever they advocate today is. Why would you want to waste time on an organization that seems to spend most of its energy trying to insist it's not the same as it used to be, and whose name attracts more scorn than its supporters bring help?

I'm not saying they should be ostracized (though it was right to have done so in the 50s and 60s) or otherwise unwelcome, I just don't understand why someone trying to advances the causes of the Old Right/paleoconservatism/anti-imperialism, etc. would choose the name "John Birch Society" as their vehicle. Hell, if I were advising them, I'd tell them to chunk the name and keep the already-reformed organization intact. The "Larry McDonald Society" would be a good choice, perhaps, or something more descriptive like "Old Right Society", or anything but JBS. Branding matters, and the JBS brand is irreparable.

We stand for the same values we always have, we will not change our name or back down because the neocons find us offensive. I look forward to volunteering with the Birch Society and CLA again this year and am looking forward to seeing you all there.

Matt Collins
12-28-2010, 07:36 PM
Same weekend also in town is this:






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▪ David Boaz, Cato Institute

▪ Joe Seehusen, Ron Paul 2008 Campaign

▪ Dan Halloran, New York City Councilman

▪ Jeff Frazee, Young Americans for Liberty

▪ Dr. Arnold Kling, Cato Institute Adjunct Scholar (Economics)

▪ Dr. Herb London, President of the Hudson Institute

▪ Joe Miller, North Dakota State Senator

▪ R. Kenneth Lindell, former Maine State Representative

▪ Christopher Doss, Leadership Institute

▪ Dr. Clifford Thies, Shenandoah University (Economics)

Agorism
12-28-2010, 10:40 PM
I was told that an Affiliate was an upgrade? Apparently not though?