Tag Archives: Christian Right

The Washington Post: Michael Gerson: The Tea Party Risks Scaring Away Voters

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  I’m going to take you on a trip back in time to the mid 1960s and we’ll work are way up to the early 1980s as well. Imagine had the Barry Goldwater classical conservative movement managed to … Continue reading →

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Patrick J. Buchanan: ‘Richard Nixon’s Southern Strategy and the Big Liberal Lie’

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  I first saw Pat Buchanan’s column about Richard Nixon’s Southern Strategy over the fourth as I checked my email that day. And because of other things I’ve done the last few days it’s just now that I’m … Continue reading →

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Liberty Pen: John Stossel: Alan West & Alex McFarland on Personal Freedom

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  I have a real hard time listening to people who claim to be against big government and essentially say that “big government is essentially bad except when we are in favor of big government”. So they say … Continue reading →

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Washington Examiner: Michael Barone: Why Even Ronald Reagan Couldn’t be Ronald Reagan Today

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  To put it simply the Republican Party has moved away from Ronald Reagan. When President Reagan was in office in the 1980s he was that unifying force that could keep a large and very politically diverse political … Continue reading →

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American Thinker: Christopher Chantrill: ‘Liberals Digging Their Political Graves’

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Richard Nixon was a brilliant political strategist, whatever else you may think of the man.  In the late 1960s, he could see the country moving politically. The Democratic Party was moving left and away from the Confederate … Continue reading →

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Townhall: Opinion: Jacob Sullum: Pot, Poker, Prohibition: Do Republicans Really Want to be the Party of Unprincipled Killjoys?

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Townhall: Opinion: Jacob Sullum: Pot, Poker and Prohibitionism: Do Republicans Really Want to be the Party of Unprincipled Killjoys? Rik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter This post was originally posted at The … Continue reading →

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Slate: Jamelle Bouie: Jim DeMint, American Abolitionism & Constitutional Conservatives

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Representative Michele Bachmann announced she was running for president in, I believe, August of 2011.  Her  presidential campaign lasted all of four months.  It was one of the shortest presidential campaigns in American history.  When she announced … Continue reading →

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American Thinker: Rick Moran: Can Stephen Colbert be Funny Without Making Fun of Right-Wingers?

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  There’s been this latest complaint, well not really a late complaint, it goes back to at least the 1960s, from the American Right that the American media, especially the entertainment industry, don’t like right-wingers and love to … Continue reading →

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The Young Turks: ‘Kissing Representative Vance McAllister Caught on Camera’

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat Perhaps the new way to describe the Christian Right in America is to call them the “Do What I Say Not What I do Right.”  Perhaps the so-called the “Family Values Coalition” (which has as much meaning … Continue reading →

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American Thinker: Brad Lips: A Populist Libertarian Youth Movement?

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  As a member of Gen-X, I see two growing movements in American politics, both anti-big government. On the right, the young libertarians seem to be anti-government all together.  Both young liberals and young libertarians want the freedom to live … Continue reading →

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