I seriously think we are seeing the beginning of America seperating into two or three countries.

[KansDem]

274. "I think Kansas has been pretty conservative for quite a long time."

You have a point. I remember hearing about the John Birch Society when I was growing up in Long Beach (CA). What I didn't realize until just a few years ago is that it was co-founded by the father of the Koch Bros., a Kansas dynasty (Koch Industries headquarters are located in Wichita), so I imagine Koch Family politics have influenced Kansas for quite some time.

Also, I discovered recently that the organization that placed the JFK "wanted" posters around Dallas just days before his assassination was financed by the Birchers:



On the very day JFK visited Dallas and died, the local newspaper, The Dallas Morning News, featured a full page, black-bordered anti-Kennedy advertisement prepared and paid for by persons affiliated with the John Birch Society, one of the most infamous right-wing extremist organizations of the 1960’s. The ad claimed to be the work of “The American Fact-Finding Committee,” in reality a nonexistent organization. Bernard Weissman, listed on the ad as the chairman of the Committee, however, did exist; he was the person who actually placed the ad. Weissman later testified before the Warren Commission. He was one of the few witnesses before that body who deemed it prudent to appear accompanied by an attorney.

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http://www.law.uga.edu/dwilkes_more/jfk_24blownaway.html