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Part One: Phyllis Schlafly: The Mother of all Culture Wars

Behind the Bastards

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Phyllis Schlaffley and Admiral Ward's Strike From Space

Phyllis Schlaffley and Admiral Chester Ward wrote a series of books about the Soviet first strike that all Americans ought to fear every day. Her focus in these books is to convince Americans that the Soviets are gonna get the drop on us, that they have better technology. And so we have to keep building better and better missiles otherwise we won't be able to kill them first. The only thing the government should be doing in Phyllis Schlafly's mind is building news. She was also anti-Semitic psycho analysis of Henry Kissinger who she hated for his interventionist leanings.

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