Even the ultra-RW John Birch Society wants Bush impeached

[2008]

"The John Birch Society is an Americanist organization founded in 1958 to fight what it saw as growing threats to the Constitution of the United States, especially a suspected communist infiltration of the United States government, and to support free enterprise.

"It was named after John Birch, a United States military intelligence officer and Baptist missionary in World War II who was killed in 1945 by armed supporters of the Communist Party of China, and whom the JBS describes as 'the first American victim of the Cold War.' His parents joined the society as life members.

"Based in Appleton, Wisconsin, the society describes itself as 'a membership-based organization dedicated to restoring and preserving freedom under the United States Constitution.' It says that members come from all walks of life and are active in all 50 states via local chapters. Its mission is to achieve 'Less Government, More Responsibility, and — With God's Help — a Better World.' The JBS was formed as an educational organization and does not endorse candidates, but regularly condemns political figures with whom it has political disagreements.

"The JBS is anti-leftist, particularly anti-socialist, anti-communist, and authoritarian. It strenuously defends what it sees as the original intention of the US Constitution, it promotes the idea that America is founded on Judeo-Christian principles, and it supports a strong Judeo-Christian influence in culture and government. It idealizes the Founding Fathers and anti-communists. The JBS opposes what it describes as collectivism, which in its view includes wealth redistribution, economic interventionism, socialism, communism, and fascism."

- Wikipedia


That's the John Birch Society, in a nutshell. They make the average freeper look like Phil Donahue.

This is something I didn't know about the JBS until just this morning:

(emphases mine)

In recent years, the JBS has been just as critical of President George W. Bush as it has been of Democratic presidents, accusing the Bush administration of advocating and carrying out acts of torture against suspected terrorist leaders during the War on Terror. In a 2005 online poll, the organization's membership voted for President Bush's impeachment, citing issues such as the USA PATRIOT Act, the proposed sell out of US Seaports to Dubai Ports World, and recent allegations against the Bush administration concerning domestic telephone surveillance of suspected terrorists operating within the United States. These were cited as evidence of Bush's lack of regard for the Constitution.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birch_Society

[Xipe Totec]

1. King George, The Uniter

Only the chimperor is capable of uniting the country into one common cause, with one common enemy.

[connecticut yankee]

2. I think

they're against him because he's not Conservative enough for them.

[2008]

3. still

they're against:

the USA PATRIOT Act
the proposed sell out of US Seaports to Dubai Ports World
domestic telephone surveillance
Bush's lack of regard for the Constitution


while I'm not jumping on the JBS bandwagon, I like seeing this ultra-RW organization take issue with the same abuses we've been kicking in the DU threads

[mmonk]

4. What's an Americanist organization?

[2008]

5. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines it as...

Amer•i•can•ist \-ke-nist\ noun (1881)
1: a specialist in American culture or history
2: a specialist in the languages or cultures of the aboriginal inhabitants of America
(C)1997, 1996 Zane Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.

something tells me the John Birch Society prefers to describe itself with the first definition rather than the second
:spray:

[mmonk]

6. Most definitely.

[133724]

7. Chad Mitchell Trio...

by Michael Brown

Oh, we're meetin' at the courthouse at eight o'clock tonight
You just walk in the door and take the first turn to the right
Be careful when you get there, we hate to be bereft
But we're taking down the names of everybody turning left

Oh, we're the John Birch Society, the John Birch Society
Here to save our country from a communistic plot
Join the John Birch Society, help us fill the ranks
To get this movement started we need lots of tools and cranks

Now there's no one that we're certain the Kremlin doesn't touch
We think that Westbrook Pegler doth protest a bit too much
We only hail the hero from whom we got our name
We're not sure what he did but he's our hero just the same

Oh, we're the John Birch Society, the John Birch Society
Socialism is the ism dismalest of all
Join the John Birch Society, there's so much to do
Have you heard they're serving vodka at the WCTU?

Well you've heard about the agents that we've already named
Well MPA has agents that are flauntedly unashamed
We're after Rosie Clooney, we've gotten Pinkie Lee
And the day we get Red Skelton won't that be a victory

Oh we're the John Birch Society, the John Birch Society
Norman Vincent Peale may think he's kidding us along
But the John Birch Society knows he spilled the beans
He keeps on preaching brotherhood, but we know what he means

We'll teach you how to spot 'em in the cities or the sticks
For even Jasper Junction is just full of Bolsheviks
The CIA's subversive and so's the FCC
There's no one left but thee and we, and we're not sure of thee

Oh, we're the John Birch Society, the John Birch Society
Here to save our country from a communistic plot
Join the John Birch Society holding off the Reds
We'll use our hand and hearts and if we must we'll use our heads

Do you want Justice Warren for your Commissar?
Do you want Mrs. Krushchev in there with the DAR?
You cannot trust your neighbor or even next of kin
If mommie is a commie then you gotta turn her in

Oh, we're the John Birch Society, the John Birch Society
Fighting for the right to fight the right fight for the Right
Join the John Birch Society as we're marching on
And we'll all be glad to see you when we're meeting in the John
The John, the John Birch So- ci- i- teee