How To Beat a Good Congressman

Simple. Just keep repeating, Birch . . . Bircher . . . Birchest . . . . No matter what the Fair Campaign Practices Committee says

How are Republican candidates going to handle “the problem” of the John Birch Society in future campaigns? That problem, most Republicans agree, has resulted from the successful efforts of the Democrats to brand anyone who is a member of the John Birch Society, and anyone who is a friend or backer of any member of the John Birch Society, as someone who a) suspects Eisenhower might have been a Communist, b) wants Earl Warren impeached, c) agitates to get out of the United Nations (now), and d) favors repeal of the income tax.

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Neal B. Freeman

Neal B. Freeman, businessman and journalist, was a director of National Review Inc. for 38 years.

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Simple. Just keep repeating, Birch . . . Bircher . . . Birchest . . . . No matter what the Fair Campaign Practices Committee says

How are Republican candidates going to handle “the problem” of the John Birch Society in future campaigns? That problem, most Republicans agree, has resulted from the successful efforts of the Democrats to brand anyone who is a member of the John Birch Society, and anyone who is a friend or backer of any member of the John Birch Society, as someone who a) suspects Eisenhower might have been a Communist, b) wants Earl Warren impeached, c) agitates to get out of the United Nations (now), and d) favors repeal of the income tax.