We have recently seen how Robert Barnes’ brilliantly perceptive analysis of the 1920 United States general election was remarkably historically accurate regarding the massive public backlash against Woodrow Wilson’s policies.Here is the breakdown of how his points align with the historical record:• The Repudiation of Wilsonism: He is entirely correct. The election was a massive referendum on Wilson. Having won reelection in 1916 on the famous slogan “He Kept Us Out of War,” his subsequent entry into WWI and his unyielding push for the League of Nations triggered a massive isolationist backlash.• The Presidential Landslide: Voters decisively rejected Wilsonian internationalism. Republican Warren G. Harding won in a historic landslide over Democrat James M. Cox, securing 60.3% of the popular vote—the largest popular vote percentage margin in modern U.S. history.While it was an absolute rout, Democrats did not lose all U.S. Senate and House races being contested. They maintained a substantial minority presence in both chambers, largely anchored by their domination of the “Solid South”.The actual congressional shifts for the 1920 election were:Chamber Democratic Seats Left Republican Seats Gained Resulting Balance of PowerU.S. Senate 37 seats (Lost 10) +10 seats 59 Republicans / 37 DemocratsU.S. House 131 seats (Lost 61) +63 seats 302 Republicans / 131 Democrats / 2 OthersThe Bottom Line: Barnes’ thesis was absolutely spot on. The 1920 election was a historic, crushing rejection of the sitting president’s party and platform. However, the Democrats were not completely wiped out of Congress; they were simply reduced to a heavily depleted minority.So how did the Democrats eventually react and dramatically fight back during FDR’s subsequent New Deal and Truman’s Fair Deal against this anti-war, noninterventionist populist element in the heartland?Here is that Golden Key:Accordingly, I am eagerly anticipating at VivaBarnesLaw.Locals.com Robert Barnes’ upcoming “Hush Hush” podcast on the Deep State’s subversion/replacement of the anti-war, anti-interventionist Old Right populist opposition to the domestic and foreign policies of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and Harry Truman’s Fair Deal with the post-WWII creation by the National Security State of synthetic “liberal” and “conservative” ideological movements which sought to rationalize the projection of power and hegemony of the American empire.This was the origin of the establishment “bipartisan consensus” foreign policy. It began prior to the United States’ entrance into WWII, and continued after this global conflict, first in the name of “anti-Communism” and later after the end of the Cold War, the War on Terrorism. The American people have been pawns on the deep state’s chessboard for over seven decades.How the Deep State Destroyed the Old Right and Created Synthetic “Liberal” and “Conservative” Movements to Rationalize the Projection of Power and Hegemony of the American EmpireThe post The Golden Key to Unlocking US Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy Since World War II appeared first on LewRockwell.