Safe - Not Sorry

Safe - Not Sorry (December 1967), by Phyllis Schlafly, is a heavily documented, scathing criticism of the Deep State and the politicization of the Department of Justice in the mid-1960s. It includes a lengthy discussion of the secretly fomented race riots in Detroit, New Jersey, and other cities in 1967, and a scandal concerning a military contract for a supposedly advanced fighter jet known as "TFX". The book, which includes some humorous cartoons, lampoons the TFX as "The Flying Edsel."

This book coined the "Injustice Department" phrase (Chapter VIII, pp. 98-109). It describes the Deep State's mistreatment of General Edwin Walker, which included imprisoning him in solitary confinement (pp. 101-02).

Expressions from this book,which contains about 42,000 words with heavy documentation in its footnotes, include:

• "the twin evils of crime and Communism" (p. 121).

Political Prophet

• stated in December 1967 concerning President Lyndon Johnson and ending the Vietnam War: "Johnson's political future depends on ending the war in some way." (p. 126) The following year Johnson was humiliated in his own presidential primary and withdrew from his reelection campaign, due to the ongoing issue of the war.

Vocabulary

• spoor - the scent or track of an animal or person, or (verb) to follow it
• hoary - old, gray-haired, or trite
• smearbund (p. 112) - reporters, columnists, and commentators who smear people in the liberal media for political gain. This term was famously used by the conservative congressman Martin Dies (D-TX)