Wrapped in the Flag (50 page)

33
. James Ridgeway,
Blood in the Face: The Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, Nazi Skinheads, and the Rise of a New White Culture
(New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press, 1995), 130–31.

34
. Daniel Levitas,
The Terrorist Next Door: The Militia Movement and the Radical Right
(New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2002), 122–23.

35
. “Conservative Group Gives Prizes to Senator Byrd and William Loeb,”
New York Times
, May 11, 1972; “John G. Schmitz, Biodata,” John G. Schmitz website,
http://www.johngschmitz.com
.

36
. Olsen,
If Loving You Is Wrong
, 20–24.

37
. Schmitz,
Stranger in the Arena
.

38
. John B. Judis,
William F. Buckley, Jr.: Patron Saint of the Conservatives
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988), 317–20.

39
. L. Brent Bozell, foreword, in Schmitz,
Stranger in the Arena
, v-vi.

40
. Matt Coker, “John G. Schmitz, In His Own Words,” January 18, 2001,
OC (CA) Weekly
,
http://www.ocweekly.com
.

41
. Anastasia Toufexis and Joseph J. Kane, “Color Gloria Allred All Rebel,”
Time
, December 3, 1984.

42
. Richard Bergholz, “Birch Council Drops Schmitz: Furor Over Remarks Leads to His Removal,”
Los Angeles Times
, February 24, 1982.

43
. “
Fouling Up,”
Time
, August 2, 1982.

44
. Olsen,
If Loving You Is Wrong
, 43–54.

45
. Ibid., 55.

46
. John Cloud et al., “A Matter of Hearts,”
Time
, May 4, 1998.

47
. Mark Weber, “John Schmitz, RIP,”
Journal of Historical Review
.

48
. John Schmitz: John G. Schmitz website,
www.johngschmitz.com
.

49
. Schmitz,
Stranger in the Arena
, 314.

1
.   In Gloria Feldt,
The War on Choice: The Right-Wing Attack on Women’s Rights and How to Fight Back
(New York: Random House, 2004), 20.

2
.   Alan F. Guttmacher and Anthony Ravielli,
Pregnancy and Birth: A Book for Expectant Parents
(New York: New American Library, 1959 and 1964).

3
.   Laurence H. Tribe,
Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes
(New York: W. W. Norton, 1992), 146.

4
.   Ibid., 139.

5
.   Lennart Nilsson,
A Child Is Born
(New York: Dell, 1965).

6
.   Nilsson photos: “The Drama of Life Before Birth,”
Life
, April 30, 1965.

7
.   Sandra Matthews and Laura Wexler,
Pregnant Pictures
(New York: Routledge, 2000), 195–96.

8
.   Peter De Rosa,
Vicars of Christ: The Dark Side of the Papacy
(New York: Crown Publishers, 1988), 365–67.

9
.   Ibid., 374.

10
. See
CatholicReference.net
.

11
. De Rosa,
Vicars of Christ
, 376–77.

12
. Ibid.

13
. Charles E. Rice,
The Vanishing Right to Life: An Appeal for a Renewed Reverence for Life
(Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1969).

14
. “A Stunning Approval for Abortion,”
Time
, February 5, 1973.

15
. Max Blumenthal,
Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement That Shattered the Party
(New York: Nation Books, 2009), 25.

16
. Ibid.

17
. Frank Schaeffer,
Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (Or Almost All) of It Back
(New York: De Capo Press, 2007), 289.

18
. Ibid.

19
. Ibid., 297–98.

20
. Robert Welch,
John Birch Society Bulletin
, July 1976 (Belmont, MA: John Birch Society, 1976), 52.

21
. “What Is the Hyde Amendment?,” American Civil Liberties Union website, July 21, 2004,
http://www.aclu.org
.

22
. Robert M. Baird and Stuart E. Rosenbaum, eds.,
The Ethics of Abortion: Pro-life vs. Pro-choice
(Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2001), 58–59.

23
. Rice,
The Vanishing Right to Life
, 38.

24
. Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Willke,
Handbook on Abortion
(Cincinnati: Hiltz Publishing, 1971), 35.

25
. Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Willke,
Why Can’t We Love Them Both: Questions and Answers about Abortion
(Cincinnati: Hayes Publishing, 1997), 234–44.

26
. Feldt,
The War on Choice
, 103.

27
. Rice,
The Vanishing Right to Life
, 46.

1
.   George J. Church et al., “Reagan Coast-to-Coast,”
Time
, November 17, 1980.

2
.   Sara Diamond,
Roads to Dominion: Right-Wing Movements and Political Power in the United States
(New York: Guilford Press, 1995), 205–11.

3
.   Gregory L. Schneider,
The Conservative Century: From Reaction to Revolution
(Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009), 147–48.

4
.   Ronald Reagan, “First Inaugural Address,” January 20, 1981,
American Rhetoric
,
http://www.americanrhetoric.com
.

5
.   Diamond,
Roads to Dominion
, 172–77.

6
.   Ed Magnuson et al., “The Conservatives Are Coming,”
Time
, November 24, 1980.

7
.   Reagan on the homeless:
Good Morning America
, January 31, 1984.

8
.   Steven V. Roberts, “Reagan on Homelessness: Many Choose to Live in the Streets,”
New York Times
, December 23, 1988.

9
.   William Kleinknecht,
The Man Who Sold the World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main Street America
(New York: Nation Books, 2009), 188.

10
. Ibid.

11
. Ibid., 196.

12
. P. J. O’Rourke quotes:
Good Reads
,
http://www.goodreads.com
.

13
. “I’ve Had a Bum Rap,”
Time
, May 17, 1976.

14
. Quoted in Will Bunch,
Tear Down This Myth: How the Reagan Legacy Has Distorted Our Politics and Haunts Our Future
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009), 52.

15
. Robert Welch,
John Birch Society Bulletin
, January 1981 (Belmont, MA: John Birch Society, 1981), 1–2.

16
. William B. Guidry, “Pending Legislation,” in ibid., 25.

17
. Robert Welch,
John Birch Society Bulletin
, July 1981 (Belmont, MA: John Birch Society, 1981), 4.

18
. Thomas N. Hill, “The Making of Tragedies,”
John Birch Society Bulletin
, March 1982 (Belmont, MA: John Birch Society), 2–3.

19
. Ibid.

20
. Herb Joiner, “Aid and Trade—STOP Financing Communism,”
John Birch Society Bulletin
, October 1987 (Belmont, MA: John Birch Society, 1987), 12.

21
. William E. Dunham, “Birch Tax Reform Movement,”
John Birch Society Bulletin
, August 1982 (Belmont, MA: John Birch Society, 1982), 5–6.

22
. Diamond,
Roads to Dominion
, 212–14.

23
. Robert Welch, supplement to
John Birch Society Bulletin
, April 1982 (Belmont, MA: John Birch Society, 1982), 1.

24
. Robert Welch,
John Birch Society Bulletin
, December 1982 (Belmont, MA: John Birch Society, 1982), 2, 11–12.

25
. Rep. Lawrence P. McDonald (1935–1983) biographical information:
Congress.gov
.

26
. Strobe Talbott et al., “Atrocity in the Skies: KAL Flight 007 Shot Down by the Soviets,”
Time
, September 12, 1983.

27
. Ibid.

28
. Thomas Frank,
The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Ruined Government, Enriched Themselves, and Beggared the Nation
(New York: Henry Holt, 2008), 232–33.

29
. Alan Stang, “Congressman Larry McDonald: Prisoner of War,” Rense.com, August 29, 2003.

30
. Christian Gomez, “Larry McDonald—An American Hero Remembered,” John Birch Society website, September 1, 2010,
http://www.jbs.org
.

31
. “Cash Crunch, Feuding Plague John Birchers,”
Chicago Tribune
, August 28, 1986.

32
.
Ibid.

33
. Suzanne Spring, “John Birch Society Still Fighting Communism,”
Observer-Reporter
(Washington, PA), March 7, 1985.

34
. Benjamin Wilson, “The Rise and Fall of Laetrile,” February 17, 2004,
Quackwatch: Your Guide to Quackery, Health Fraud and Intelligent Decisions
,
http://www.quackwatch.org
.

35
. Stephen Barrett, MD, “A Close Look at Robert W. Bradford and His Committee for Freedom of Choice in Medicine,” March 20, 2012, ibid.

36
. Ibid.

37
. A. J. Matt Jr., “Stillwell Jay Conner: 1910–1992,”
Wanderer
, July 23, 1992.

38
. “In Memoriam—Stillwell J. Conner,”
John Birch Society Bulletin
, August 1992 (Appleton, WI: John Birch Society), 30.

1
.   Leonard Zeskind,
Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream
(New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009), 490.

2
.   Michael Riley, “White & Wrong,”
Time
, July 6, 1992.

3
.   Ibid.

4
.   Arthur R. Goldwag,
The New Hate: A History of Fear and Loathing on the Populist Righ
t (New York: Pantheon Books, 2012), 285.

5
.   William F. Jasper, “To Free Education,”
John Birch Society Bulletin
, August 1988 (Belmont, MA: John Birch Society, 1988), 9.

6
.   John F. McManus, “Merger Mania,” ibid., 3, 5.

7
.   John F. McManus,
The Insiders: Architects of the New World Order
, 5th ed. (Appleton, WI: John Birch Society, 2004), 53–54.

8
.   George H. W. Bush, “Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the Persian Gulf Crisis and the Federal Budget Deficit,” September 11, 1990, George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, Public Papers, 1990–September,
http://www.bushlibrary.tamu.edu
.

9
.   McManus,
The Insiders
, 77.

10
. Ibid., 79.

11
. William Jefferson Clinton, “First Inaugural Address,”
YouTube.com
.

12
. Short biography of John F. McManus: John Birch Society website,
http://www.jbs.org
.

13
. John F. McManus, “It All Fits!,”
John Birch Society Bulletin
, November 1993 (Appleton, WI: John Birch Society, 1993), 3–10.

14
. Ibid., 10.

15
. “Brady Background Checks in the Brady Law,” Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence,
http://www.bradycampaign.org
.

16
. Daniel Levitas,
The Terrorist Next Door: The Militia Movement and the Radical Right
(New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2002), 301–16.

17
. Ibid., 290.

18
. Andrew Macdonald,
The Turner Diaries
(Fort Lee, NJ: Barricade Books, 1978).

19
. Zeskind,
Blood and Politics
, 482.

20
. Macdonald,
The Turner Diaries
, 36–39.

21
. Ibid., 41.

22
. Ibid., 158–59.

23
.
Timothy McVeigh Trial: Documents Relating to McVeigh’s Arrest and the Searching of His Vehicle
, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School website, “Famous Trials: Oklahoma City Bombing Trial,”
http://law2.umkc.edu
.

24
. Bill Hewett, “April Mourning,”
People
, May 15, 1995; photo of Chris Fields holding Baylee Almon: “Oklahoma City Bombing, 1995,” World’s Famous
Photos,
http://www.worldsfamousphotos.com
.

25
. Penny Bender Fuchs, “Jumping to Conclusions in Oklahoma City?,”
AJR: American Journalism Review
(June 1995),
http://www.ajr.org
.

26
. Steven Emerson,
American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us
(New York: Free Press, 2002), 17–18.

27
. Ibid., 48–49.

28
. “Terror Hits Home: The Oklahoma City Bombing,” Federal Bureau of Investigation,
http://www.fbi.gov
.

29
. “Sketch and Photo of Timothy McVeigh,” ibid.

30
. David Johnston, “Terror in Oklahoma; Just Before He Was to Be Freed, Prime Bombing Suspect Is Identified in Jail,”
New York Times
, April 22, 1995.

31
. Ibid.

32
. Mike German, “Behind the Lone Terrorist, a Pack Mentality,”
Washington Post
, June 5, 2005.

33
. Levitas,
The Terrorist Next Door
, 114.

34
. Ibid., 111.

35
. James Ridgeway,
Blood in the Face: The Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, Nazi Skinheads, and the Rise of a New White Culture
(New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press, 1990, 1995), 132.

36
. Ibid.

37
. Levitas,
The Terrorist Next Door
, 127.

38
. Ibid., 301–12.

39
. Mark England and Darlene McCormick, “The Sinful Messiah,”
Waco Tribune-Herald
series,
Fort Worth Star Telegram
, March 3, 1993.