1. A few thoughts on the late Phyllis Schlafly & the centrality of the conservative Dolchstoßlegende in GOP history.
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2. To understand Schlafly, first recognize that for American right, the main foes aren't socialists or liberials but moderate Republicans
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3. Right wing activists of Schlafly's generation grew up believing that it moderate & liberal Republicans were traitors. The main enemy
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4. The thinking was that if GOP just nominated someone sufficiently right-wing enough, it would win & overturn New Deal.
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5. Instead of nominating right-wingers, GOP supposedly stabbed conservatives in back, choosing Wilkie over Lindbergh, Eisenhower over Taft
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6. This Dolchstoßlegende of betrayal by liberal Republicans animated Schlafly's bestselling book, "A Choice, Not An Echo."
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7. Even after Goldwater got nomination, stabbed-in-the-back legend persisted because his loss blamed on those meddling liberal Republicans
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8. Schlafly's famous campaign against Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was part of this longer war against liberal & moderate Republicans
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9. For decades ERA had bipartisan support (
@dick_nixon favored it). Schlafly's campaign aimed at undermining GOP support.1 reply 16 retweets 39 likes
10. As a driving force in making GOP more socially conservative (on abortion & LGBTQ as well as ERA) Schlafly helped create gender gap.
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11. Here's the final irony of Schlafly's career. In last political act, she divided her Eagle Forum by endorsing Trump over Cruz.
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12. Cruz has every reason to be bitter. He was expert exploiter of conservative Dolchstoßlegende: the purist who fought the RINOs.
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