“Some people say I’m extreme, but they said the John Birch Society was extreme too."

[Kablooie]

Spoken by Kelly Khuri, founder of the Clark County Tea Party Patriots.

and a bit of trivia:

Fred Koch, father of the Koch brothers who are major funders of the Tea Party, was one of the founders of the John Birch Society in 1958.

[datasuspect]

1. the John Birch Society WAS extreme

that's why they were marginalized.

[whathehell]

7. Indeedy...

As my yellow dog Democrat Dad said "They'd call you a communist if you wore red socks".

[gmoney]

15. Anyone remember "The Christopher Mott Society"?

From the Norman Lear movie "Cold Turkey" which was a send-up of big tobacco -- there was a small group of fanatical "patriots" who were Birchers, thinly disguised as the "Christopher Mott Society." Lear had a lot of fun with their jingoistic paranoia and authoritarian "love of freedom."

Great movie, now out on DVD (sort of) after all these years: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003B3O5GS/

[BurtWorm]

17. I do.

:thumbsup:

[ck4829]

2. Fred Koch also liked Mussolini and thought the civil rights movement was a communist plot

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer?currentPage=all

[BanzaiBonnie]

3. Hooray for Fascism

The system the Koch family promotes.

[whathehell]

8. Sounds like a Helluva guy..

:eyes:

Were they pals with Prescott Bush?

[barbtries]

4. if jb society is not extreme

what is. what unnerves me about all the press these extremists are getting is that extremism could become mainstream (if it hasn't already, you wouldn't know it by watching/listening msm).

[whathehell]

9. Absolutely...My understanding is that William F. Buckley cut them off from the conservative movement

but some teabagger allowed them back?:shrug:

[sufrommich]

5. They aren't even trying to hide it anymore. nt

[whathehell]

6. "Some people" were right (as in correct) both times. n/t

[jmondine]

10. "People say I'm crazy, but they said Son of Sam was crazy too"

With all due respect to Chevy Chase and the writers of Caddyshack.

[provis99]

11. does Khuri think that flouride is a mind-control communist plot?

That was one of the milder goofy ideas that the Birch society cooked up

[WinkyDink]

12. "The John Birch Society Song":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG6taS9R1KM&p=07316B7E5978773A&playnext=1&index=47

Chad Mitchell Trio

[eppur_se_muova]

13. I can't argue with that. nt

[ThoughtCriminal]

14. How extreme? They thought Eisenhower was a communist tool

who should be tried for treason. EISENHOWER!

[Raksha]

16. I guess there's no such thing as "extreme right" on the right any more.