Brit Hume Freaking Out Over John Birch Society Success

[FrankRep]

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Brit Hume Freaking Out Over John Birch Society Success (http://dailyteaparty.com/2010/12/02/brit-hume-freaking-out-over-birch-success/)


Daily Tea Party (http://dailyteaparty.com/)
Dec 02, 2010


With his own affected pomposity and phony newsman voice, Brit Hume aspires to be some sort of neo-Bill Buckley in the latest Fox News documentary on the history of conservatism. No need to think for yourself the minions of, pornographer, amnesty and open-border advocate, and Obama-supporter, Rupert Murdoch will tell you what it is to be a conservative and will tell you to stay away from the John Birch Society (http://www.jbs.org/).

Fox narrator Brit Hume informed viewers: “In the mid 1960s the loudest anti-communist voice in America belonged to Robert Welch, the candy mogul who invented the Sugar Daddy and who started the John Birch Society in 1958.” However, averred Hume, “the organization soon became labeled as kooks when Welch claimed that the U.S. was dominated by a Communist conspiracy and that President Eisenhower was actually abetting it.”

Read the rest here (http://thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/5263-faux-conservatism-fox-gets-it-wrong).

Of course, Brit Hume is in good company with this Birch attack, it was around this time last year, when the John Birch Society announced it would be in attendance to introduce Constitutionalist issues at the largely neoconservative Conservative Political Action Conference (http://www.conservative.org/cpac/) that Rachel Maddow started her rehash of the old, tired attacks (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/2602-rachel-maddow-recycles-falsehoods-against-the-john-birch-society) on the John Birch Society.

Brit Hume and Rachel Maddow on the same page.

Surprised?

Why would Rachel Maddow be opposed to Birch influence on the conservative movement?

Wouldn’t those “kooks” lead to electoral defeat for any and all Republicans who embraced their issues and tactics?

Of course not, when the establishment moves closer to Birch Constitutionalist positions, they win.


SOURCE:
http://dailyteaparty.com/2010/12/02/brit-hume-freaking-out-over-birch-success/

[FrankRep]

However, averred Hume, “the organization soon became labeled as kooks when Welch claimed that the U.S. was dominated by a Communist conspiracy and that President Eisenhower was actually abetting it.”

Robert Welch was Right.

http://www.thenewamerican.com/images/stories/AP-1-2010/bensoneisenhower-t-ap.001.jpg
Ezra Taft Benson, left, Secretary of Agriculture, reaches over to get some papers as
he meets with President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the president's temporary offices
in the Gettysburg Hotel, Aug. 19, 1959:


Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson: Robert Welch was Right about Eisenhower (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/history/american/5207-benson-letter-backed-welch-against-ike)

A confidential letter from Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson said John Birch Society founder Robert Welch was right about the tragic effect of Eisenhower's policies toward Communism.


FBI files shed light on Ezra Taft Benson, Ike and the John Birch Society
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/50349153-78/benson-hoover-fbi-society.html.csp




http://www.shopjbs.org/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/T/h/The-Politician.jpg (http://www.shopjbs.org/index.php/books/the-politician.html)


The Politician: A look at the political forces that propelled Dwight David Eisenhower into the Presidency (http://www.shopjbs.org/index.php/books/the-politician.html)


Originally intended to be an unpublished letter to friends, "The Politician" became one of the most provocative books in American history. A timely foreword explains the continuing significance of Welch's expose' of the forces that propelled Dwight D. Eisenhower into the presidency. (2002ed, 544pp, pb)

[AdamT]

I learned something new today. The founder of JBS invented the Sugar Daddy.

[Chester Copperpot]

I learned something new today. The founder of JBS invented the Sugar Daddy.

yeah me too

[nate895]

I learned something new today. The founder of JBS invented the Sugar Daddy.

That makes him the coolest guy in the world. :cool:

[angelatc]

I always heard that the Birchers were a bunch of racists, then I thought I found I had been misinformed, and now, seeing anti-Muslim FrankRep posting pro-Birch stuff, I don't know what to think again.

[Vessol]

http://www.nashvillenut.com/images/candy_sugar_daddy.gif

[FrankRep]

I always heard that the Birchers were a bunch of racists, then I thought I found I had been misinformed, and now, seeing anti-Muslim FrankRep posting pro-Birch stuff, I don't know what to think again.

The John Birch Society isn't Racist and being against Shariah Law isn't Racist.

Notable Black JBS members:

Rev. Steven Craft - John Birch Society
YouTube - Rev Steven Craft At John Birch Society Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsL6NJQUucE)

Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson - JBS Member (http://www.jbs.org/action/speakers-bureau/1745)
http://www.jbs.org/images/stories/Speakers_Bureau/rev.jessepeterson.001-001.jpg

[FrankRep]

Brit Hume Accepts William F. Buckley Jr. Award for Media Excellence (http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb-staff/2009/03/20/brit-hume-accepts-william-f-buckley-jr-award-media-excellence)

News Busters
March 20, 2009

I guess Brit Hume really is a neo-Bill Buckley type guy.

[ExPatPaki]

The John Birch Society isn't Racist and being against Shariah Law isn't Racist.


There's no such thing as "Shariah Law" but you're too stupid to understand that.

[moostraks]

The John Birch Society isn't Racist and being against Shariah Law isn't Racist.

Notable Black JBS members:

I believe she was referencing Middle Eastern hatred in her post...

[sofia]

Birch Society revealed that OK City bombing was an inside job, but....strangeley promotes the 9/11 official story nonsense


they also kick out members who even dare to discuss the USS Liberty or Israel's death grip on our foreign policy...

I'm not saying that they are false oppossition.....but clearly they are willing to compromise principles...

Their total sellout on 9/11 is what prompted me to stop supporting the JBS

[FrankRep]

I believe she was referencing Middle Eastern hatred in her post...
The John Birch Society doesn't hate the Middle East and doesn't hate the people living in the Middle East. Also, The JBS is Non-Interventionist and doesn't support the War on the Middle East.

The JBS disagrees with the Middle Eastern politics and the radicalized terrorist groups over there, but that doesn't mean the JBS hates the Middle Eastern people.

[ExPatPaki]

The JBS disagrees with the Middle Eastern politics and the radicalized terrorist groups over there, but that doesn't mean the JBS hates the Middle Eastern people.

The JBS has no business in disagreeing with the Middle Eastern's people's right to support groups that fight US and Israeli imperialism. The JBS only "disagrees" out of pure hatred. The term terrorist is meaningless anyway when America supports terrorist groups and engages in terror as well.

[moostraks]

The John Birch Society doesn't hate the Middle East and doesn't hate the people living in the Middle East. Also, The JBS is Non-Interventionist and doesn't support the War on the Middle East.

The JBS disagrees with the Middle Eastern politics and the radicalized terrorist groups over there, but that doesn't mean the JBS hates the Middle Eastern people.

My point was in you refuting racism you failed to acknowledge the race to which she referred. If I am accused of hating purple orchids and show a picture of yellow orchids in my home as proof I love purple orchids it fails to dismiss the accusation. Know what I mean???

[jmhudak17]

Birch Society revealed that OK City bombing was an inside job, but....strangeley promotes the 9/11 official story nonsense


they also kick out members who even dare to discuss the USS Liberty or Israel's death grip on our foreign policy...

I'm not saying that they are false oppossition.....but clearly they are willing to compromise principles...

Their total sellout on 9/11 is what prompted me to stop supporting the JBS

9/11 wasn't an inside job.

[FrankRep]

Birch Society revealed that OK City bombing was an inside job, but....strangeley promotes the 9/11 official story nonsense

The JBS doesn't support the Official Story of 9/11, however, the JBS doesn't feel that "9/11 was an inside job" either.



hey also kick out members who even dare to discuss the USS Liberty

That's false.

The USS Liberty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident) attack is well noted.


In May 1968, the Israeli government paid US$3,323,500 as full payment to the families of the 34 men killed in the attack. In March 1969, Israel paid a further $3,566,457 in compensation to the men who had been wounded. On 18 December 1980, it agreed to pay $6 million as settlement for the U.S. claim of $7,644,146 for material damage to the Liberty itself.

On December 17, 1987, the issue was officially closed by the two governments through an exchange of diplomatic notes.


Israel's death grip on our foreign policy...

The JBS is Non-Interventionist and wants to cut all foreign aid to ever country -- including Israel.

The JBS doesn't support the politics of the Neoconservatives and the power of AIPAC is troubling. Let me remind you again that the JBS is Non-Interventionist and puts America First.



I'm not saying that they are false oppossition.....but clearly they are willing to compromise principles...

The JBS hasn't compromised their Non-Interventionist principles.



Their total sellout on 9/11 is what prompted me to stop supporting the JBS

Again, the JBS doesn't support the official story of 9/11.

[Fredom101]

I always heard that the Birchers were a bunch of racists, then I thought I found I had been misinformed, and now, seeing anti-Muslim FrankRep posting pro-Birch stuff, I don't know what to think again.

I've read a lot about the history of the JBS.
In the 70's there was an all-out smear campaign of them, trying to show that they were aligned with the KKK. Of course none of it was true but the campaign worked like a charm, and now, most people think as you do- that it's an organization based on racial hatred.

Having said that, I do not agree with the JBS in many areas. For example, they are "closed border" types who want to deport people. Their stance on gays is pretty out there too, they think that there is a "homosexual agenda" out there that must be stopped.

I think the JBS has some good intentions but it will never succeed, as it is far to alienating.

[FrankRep]

I always heard that the Birchers were a bunch of racists, then I thought I found I had been misinformed,


I've read a lot about the history of the JBS.
In the 70's there was an all-out smear campaign of them, trying to show that they were aligned with the KKK. Of course none of it was true but the campaign worked like a charm, and now, most people think as you do- that it's an organization based on racial hatred.

The Mass Media ran the same type of Racist Smear campaign against Ron Paul. The charges against Ron Paul and the JBS are both false.