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In reply to the discussion: When and how did you figure out that American Conservatism was a scam? [View all]walkingman
(8,123 posts)guess what. Richard Nixon won the '72 election by a landslide. The conservative movement was fueled by Christian anti-communists, who were often Christian Evangelicals, strongly endorsed the war. This helped strengthen ties between the Religious Right and conservatism, which developed into a fruitful relationship, forever changing the ideology of the conservative movement. As the 70's passed the Reagan election once again ignited the culture wars with the "War on Drugs", anti-union sentiment, and the Jerry Falwell "Moral Majority" crap. The 90's proved to be a mixed bag - on one hand you have the Clinton election which offered kind of a centrist movement (definitely not progressive) and the Newt Gingrich "Contract with America" and "Family Values" crowd. Karl Rove/Atwater era and the endless attack by Ken Starr against anything Clinton went on until 2000. Bush stole the election and now we are in the modern era of Conservatism - Endless War, Support the Troops, Tax Cuts, anti-immigrant sentiment rising, I'll stop there because it just gets worse after a brief interval of HOPE by Obama.
I consider the GOP simply the WPP (White People's Party) willing to do and say anything to win and turning America into something I barely recognize. We are now living in just another version of National Enquirer for government. Cabinet appointees based upon those that despise the very organizations they represent.
I recognized when I was 18 years old the hypocrisy of the Conservative Movement.