4. The timing of Buckley's turn against Birch Society is crucial: it happened in 1965 after Birch Society came out against Vietnam War. (JBS thought, logically from their point of view, that communists in Washington worse than in Hanoi).
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@RuleandRuin is of course the world's authority on moderate Republicans (his book is very good! Should be widely read!). But I wonder if he doesn't understate how powerful Trumpian currents were in GOP since at least the 1930s.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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As long as the Fox-Industrial complex exists in its current form and viewership, this Trumpian wing of the GOP will prevail, and the long purge of liberal and moderate Republicans will be finally complete.
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Paul Ryan knows better and that's why he's quitting. It's a fantasy blown up by Trump. Movement conservatism was never more than a fig leaf to cover up a reactionary base and probably since say Cantor they know it.
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