What’s New in Right Wing Historical Revisionism

“The John Birch Society was always cautious in accusing people of being part of a conspiracy...” recent statement put out by The John Birch Society in The New American 12/21/09

“Whether you like it or not or whether you believe it or not, our Federal government is already, literally, in the hands of Communists... “ Rachel Maddow, quoting John Birch Society founder Robert Welch:

Well, something had to be done in the wake of the announcement that The John Birch Society is a new co-sponsor of the 2010 CPAC. Rachel Maddow has nailed the latest effort by the right to lie to those who are too young and/or too uneducated to actually know about anything that took place in the last century.

Along with the Nazis and the KKK being liberals instead of violent right wingers, Joseph McCarthy being a hero instead of an irresponsible demagogue, and the Republicans single handedly working for black Civil Rights in the 1960s, we now have the John Birch Society being touted as a thoughtful, responsible conservative organization of Americans who always “dispelled all the wild black helicopter rumors.”

I kid you not. The very organization that inspired the character of General Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove is trying to pass itself off as the voice of reason.