Word: buchananism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Citing Patrick J. Buchanan's Republican National Convention speech, Gates ended by saying, "There is such a cultural war going on...This war is not for the soul of America. This war is the soul of America...
...perceived power plays of minorities. Just because Americans didn't like the rhetoric of some of the conservatives at the Republican Convention doesn't mean they have liked the behavior of the liberals since. Each group stands convicted of the sin of bellicosity: the right for declaring - (in Patrick Buchanan's words) a cultural war, the left for waging...
...family values" slogan Republicans used at their last convention does not really advance the cause of family. Speakers such as Patrick Buchanan, who has allegedly made anti-gay and anti-Semitic comments, and Pat Robertson,, who carries the flag of the religious right, deflected the real issues. "Family values" were perceived as a shallow ploy to appeal to voters. The phrase became detached from its original meaning and was associated instead with homophobia and bigotry...
...other hand, Clinton, Jerry Brown, Pat Buchanan and other political pros had read his book" and drawn on its theses." Nyanya-nya, in other words...
Frank Luntz, an Institute of Politics (IOP) Fellow and former pollster for the Buchanan and Perot campaigns, moderated the discussion, which focused heavily on the print media...