During the CPAC convention, Glenn Beck was the keynote speaker. We was espousing long held beliefs of the John Birch Society AND the JBS was a sponsor of the event. Even though the radical ideas of the John Birch Society have been promoted by the Ron "Get rid of the Fed" Paul most people dismiss him as a kook, Glenn Beck with his wild popularity (though still considered a kook) has brought JBS ideas back to the forefront.
The basic tenets of the society are:
Strict Constitutionalism
Isolationism (no United Nations...)
Anti Income Tax
Anti Social Safety Net
Anti Busing for the Purpose of Desegregation (I through this in for context... they were anti civil rights)
Judeo-Christian value (without the Judeo part as they hate Jews)
Big 10th Amendment proponents (powers to the states...)
Basically the idea is that Bush was not really a conservative. Bush's No Child Left Behind, Medicare Drug Benefit, and huge Growth of Debt and the Federal Government was a betrayal of the conservative movement and that's why they lost the last election. Also given the fact the McCain Loved Teddy Roosevelt, anathema to JBS, was a reason to stay home. The new direction of the party seems to be a Pre-Teddy Roosevelt revolution. They want to dismantle the legacies of Roosevelt, Wilson, FDR, and Carter. More about the History of the JBS tomorrow.
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