re: #129 Charles

I guess you disagree with William F. Buckley, then, who made it very clear that the best place for the John Birch Society was as far away from the GOP as possible. You think they should be embraced and “controlled.”

Good luck with that.

And that never happened, the Birchers have been hanging around the edges of the GOP almost since their inception.

I’m curious to know how much influence that they have had on the GOP since 1958.

How much of the GOP’s agenda has been shaped by the Birchers, in the past and currently? How many conservatives are actually members of the John Birch Society and what effect will they have on the future of the GOP based on their past influence?