Word: buchananism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Because of his abnormally large lead so early in the primaries, Bush does not need to go towards the right and can offer the moderate republican image from the beginning of the race. In 1996, Bob Dole was stuck in a close race for the republican nomination with Pat Buchanan. Buchanan won the New Hampshire primary, in some respects forcing the Republican Party to adopt an extremely conservative platform...
Bush has not allowed his opponents' hard-line stances draw him away from his precious middle ground. However, Bush's recent attempts to keep Pat Buchanan in the Republican Party make people question how moderate he really is. He is also letting a great opportunity slip away...
...examine what the Republican Party would be losing if they let Pat Buchanan leave through a few of his most recent and salient points that have put him in the newspapers. He has claimed that "non-Jewish whites.... get the shaft" at Harvard where Jews and Asians represent disproportionate percentages of the student body compared to national levels. In his recently published book "A Republic, Not an Empire," Buchanan questions America's involvement in World War II. It makes you wonder, what are the Republican Party and Bush so afraid of losing...
...Republican Party is also referred to as the conservative party and this is another reason why Buchanan does not belong in its midst. The word conservative should connote a certain skepticism about the efficiency of government and its ability to solve social problems. Many of Buchanan's views are more fundamentalist than conservative--he seems to have incredible faith in the government's ability to implement its programs...
Reagan, the most recent icon for conservative government, advocated freedom. Buchanan opposes free trade and wants the government to close our borders. He speaks for a small percentage of the white right that the Republican Party should not worry about losing. Elections are won in the middle, not on the intolerant fringes of political belief...