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Part Two: How The John Birch Society Invented The Modern Far Right

Behind the Bastards

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Barry Goldwater's Republican Party Nomination - The John Burt Society

The John Burt Society helped Barry Goldwater win the 1964 Republican presidential nomination. The society spent millions of dollars buttressing Goldwater support and spreading his ideas to whole new segments of American society. It worked to win Barry the nomination over men like Nelson Rockefeller, the Jeb Bush of his age.

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