JFK camaigned as a Republican in 1960 (sarcasm)

[denem]

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Once upon a time, when a Democratic candidate says "I will fight for you", it a actually meant something.

[misterhighwasted]

1. Todays GOP was like the John Birchers of the 60's

It was indeed a different time, politically speaking.

[Ford_Prefect]

2. It was another world indeed. Saw him at a campaign stop in Springfield PA. He was awesome.

The possibility of a better world in real terms, not just reserved for the select few or those who bow in the approved way to the correct god.

BYW: Today's GOP are direct decedents from the Birch Society of 1960. Fred Koch helped start that whole deal and his wealth financed its growth.

[appalachiablue]

3. Thank you. Few people realize the continued influence of the John Birch Society

founded in 1958, especially with the power now of David and Charles Koch, sons of JBS co-founder father Fred Koch of Wichita and Koch Industries. Robert Welch was the groups founder and national leader for 32 years. Welch's daughter, Claire Conner is a DU member who has written a recent expose book about the radical right wing advocacy group that is anti-communist, anti federal government and anti civil rights and wants to take America back to the year 1900, "Wrapped in the Flag" (2012).

Claire Connor, daughter of John Birch Society founder Robert Welch, and author of the book, "Wrapped in the Flag", exposing the plans of right-wing radicals to take America back to 1900.





Read more:
http://claireconner.com/

Wiki, JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birch_Society

[zeemike]

4. I have seen excerpts of that book but never read it.

But I know what it is about...I was recruited by one member and actually attended a meeting or two before I caught on the their game...they were as racist as the KKK but not as obvious.
Their main focus then was the destruction of public education...funny now that they have almost done that now.

[IHateTheGOP]

5. The right wing is a plague

[INdemo]

6. Fred Koch was "The" John Birch Society

Remember the early 60's when about every other phone/electric pole was pasted with Join the John Birch Society

I do. In rural areas they were all over the place

[Robbins]

7. Remember

Untill the dot-com boom of 1990's the best economic times was the Kennedy/JOhnson economy.

It's complete laughable to say Kennedy would be republican today.Even his tax cut had much higher tax rate than today.Back then
rich had to pay more than they do today.

Kennedy may have come from wealth but that wasn't what drove him.In fact that was some wealthy didn't like him.he had money and couldn't be bought.

He campagened on medicare.That alone proves he would never have been republican.

on foreign policy he took blame for bay of pigs failure and then fired the leadership of CIA.could you imagine a republican or corporate Dem of today doing that.He didn't treat the military's word as gossepl.Otherwise the world would have been blown up over Cuba.

Doing a TV ad with Harry Belafonte was risky due to him needing the south to win.