Phyllis Schlafly Was There to Kick Ass And Chew Bubblegum, And Phyllis Schlafly Was All Out of Bubblegum It was spring of ’66 in Washington DC and the smell of Napalm was in Phyllis Schlafly’s hair. She’d just been robbed of her coveted Presidential coronet at the 14th biennial convention of the National Federation of Republican Women, whose board had pulled a procedural trick to avoid her automatic succession from “First Vice President” (she had been elected to this post at the previous convention in ’64) to National President, a succession that had been almost guaranteed (according to Phyllis) to all First Vice Presidents since the 1st biennial convention in 1940.
What a fantastic read! Thank you, Lisa Wines, that was engrossing. I've long been fascinated by that tumultuous era (Mad Men fan here), and this is such an interesting aspect to it. Bravo, so well done.
I remember him & his brother Roger from the old USENET group talk.origins (Yes, I use the wonkette-for-olds link, why do you ask?) That was before he started Conservapedia. What an obtuse pair they were. I had a hard time believing it wasn't a put-on. But no, Conservapedia -- he's the real deal. A genuine moron.
Goldwater was extremely conservative, but he wasn't stupid and he wasn't a whack job. He warned the GOP what would happen if they welcomed the fundies into the fold and it has become reality
Normally I would say something snarky like she should go back to baking cookies but I fear her idea of a cookie would contain razor blades, chipmunk poop, cardboard and (shudder) coconut.
What a fantastic read! Thank you, Lisa Wines, that was engrossing. I've long been fascinated by that tumultuous era (Mad Men fan here), and this is such an interesting aspect to it. Bravo, so well done.
I remember him & his brother Roger from the old USENET group talk.origins (Yes, I use the wonkette-for-olds link, why do you ask?) That was before he started Conservapedia. What an obtuse pair they were. I had a hard time believing it wasn't a put-on. But no, Conservapedia -- he's the real deal. A genuine moron.
I'm not having any problems today
Vlad the Impaler?
Bigger then Barbara Bush!
Goldwater was extremely conservative, but he wasn't stupid and he wasn't a whack job. He warned the GOP what would happen if they welcomed the fundies into the fold and it has become reality
I learn so much at the Wonkette.
"Her podium was assaulted without shoes"...just one more WTF touch to a post heavy with them.
I thought she was a Breck girl.
Amazing post! You and your mom are awesome ladies, Lisa.
long, but worth the read
they are truly Machiavellian to the extreme
that's Headley
moar ice cream, less daisies
Normally I would say something snarky like she should go back to baking cookies but I fear her idea of a cookie would contain razor blades, chipmunk poop, cardboard and (shudder) coconut.
yes