Tag Archives: Religious Right

C-SPAN: Hustler Magazine vs. Jerry Falwell- Pornography and the First Amendment

  Source:The FreeState “Hustler Magazine v Falwell Pornography and First Amendment Rights 1997.” From CSPAN Interesting case whatever your position on pornography is whether you think it should be legal or not. Or whether you enjoy it or not which isn’t … Continue reading

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Human Events: Opinion: Ann Coulter: Fighting the Last War: Dixie Republicans vs. Northeastern Republicans

This post was originally posted at FreeStatePlus on WordPress, April, 2012 Human Events: Opinion: Ann Coulter: The Last War The Republican Party back in the 1980s and even before that going back to the 1930s and even farther than that, … Continue reading

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Hardball With Chris Matthews: Bill Maher On Sarah Palin & Michelle Bachmann

  Source:The Daily Journal I don’t want to sound like a preacher because I’m completely unqualified to be one, which doesn’t stop many other people from preaching by the way. But it stops me from doing it, so one up … Continue reading

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

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

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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National Post: F.H. Buckley: Canadian Conservatives Shouldn’t Look South For Right-Wing Inspiration

The only thing I agree with F.H. Buckley in his piece comparing Canadian Conservatives with American Conservatives is that “Canada shouldn’t look South for right-wing inspiration”. For obvious reasons I believe, but a big one being that a Canadian Conservative … Continue reading

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

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

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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Mundane Matt: Is Fred Phelps Dying?

Source:The FreeState I’m not going to say that I hope that Fred Phelps is dying (at least not in public).  That would simply not be the polite thing to do.  It is not consistent with our social mores to wish … Continue reading

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National Review: Jim Geraghty Interviews Ralph Reed at CPAC 2014

Source:The New Democrat  The face of the GOP is really the religious right, the “get big government into our personal lives wing of the Republican Party.” I wonder what the Conservative Libertarian wing of the GOP led by Rand Paul, … Continue reading

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