1. A few thoughts on the late Phyllis Schlafly & the centrality of the conservative Dolchstoßlegende in GOP history.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
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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That "Lindbergh" should also be a "Taft." Unless you meant Lindbergh as a stand-in for all the anti-interventionists.
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No, there is a stabbed in the back myth from 1940.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Lindbergh did not run in 1940. The leading anti-interventionist candidate was Taft.
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I was thinking about the last minute push for Lindbergh at convention that Charlie Peters wrote about.
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Peters makes it sound like there was a serious push at convention which was rebuffed & fed story of conservative betrayal
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