My husband, Bob U., wrote a series of articles, which I think are really insightful. This is Part 5. I invite your comments. You can visit Bob at http://bobuhlar.gather.com/
The conservative billionaires now funded a media initiative to label the mainstream media as being "anti-business" and having a "liberal-bias." They also would fund conservative media outlets that would package conservative propaganda as "news."
But the Watergate scandal would temporarily stall the conservative juggernaut.
After the shock of seeing a Republican President and Vice President resign rather than be prosecuted, Southern conservatives had a tough choice in 1976. They failed to get conservative Ronald Reagan nominated as the Republican candidate for President.
Do they support a moderate Michigan Republican Gerald Ford, or a moderate Georgia Democrat Jimmy Carter, who also was a born-again, Sunday-school-teaching Baptist?
Most of them supported Carter.
Imagine their shock when Carter wanted to focus on human rights and the war on poverty instead of abortion and prayer in public schools.
President Carter also had to cope with an unstable world. Ultra-conservative Muslims revolted against the oppressive government of Iran and took hostages at the U.S. embassy. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.
Carter had to shift his focus to foreign affairs.
The massive social changes of the 50s, 60s and 70s had generated massive resentment among conservatives here at home.
Conservative Christians were also upset. And conservative Republicans were courting their favor. Conservative Christians were getting organized.
Tomorrow - Part 6: Pray, But Be Sure to Vote
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Comments: 13
There's no helping the delusional.
It is interesting that the conservative fundamentalists so condemned Jimmy Carter for showing that he actually was a Christian in deed as well as word. He actually took what Christ said seriously and acted upon it. Naturally, they hated him for that.
I think this period might have been when Hal Lindsay wrote his Countdown to Armeggedon, also.... when Russia went into Afghanistan...... right wing fearmongering, so old, you'd think people would catch on sooner or later: Keep em busy in fear, so they won't realize what we're really up to. This time, we did know and we allowed Bush to rob the bank anyway.