al@ames.UUCP (07/17/84)
> When I first heard about Lyndon La Rouche he was running with the >backing of the Communist Workers Party or Socialist Workers Party or some >other left-wing outfit like that. > It appears that they have found out that no matter how hard you >try to sell these philosophies openly, it always comes back and hits you >in the face. What really sells well in America is right-wing politics: >the KKK, John Birch Society, Moonies, George Wallace, Barry Goldwater, etc. >So, they have decided to repackage La Rouche and sell him with a conservative >wrapper rather than a red one. None of these right wing groups that 'really sells well' have particularly large followings compared to centrist organizations such as the republicans and democrats. Note that Barry Goldwater got trounced by LBJ in the election. Interestingly, LBJ claimed Barry would get us into a war. Soon after the election LBJ sent half a million U.S. troops into Vietnam.