Word: buchananism
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...second protective womb for the developing organism on CNN's "Crossfire" and in such conservative papers as the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, which voiced expressions of support for Barry Goldwater and Senator Joseph McCarthy. Finally, one week ago, the moment of emergence arrived, and out came Patrick J. Buchanan as New Hampshire's victorious Republican candidate...
...that his ultra-right platform has not just suddenly appeared, but has been growing since the mid-1960s. Yet only recently does it seem to have attracted such attention. That it has gained this recognition today is an unfortunate reflection on the direction in which this country is moving. Buchanan's extremist ideologies are directed toward addressing people's fears and resentments, giving him what New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani termed "a career in which he has by and large been against things...
...seems few people comprehend the grave implications of Buchanan's appeal. Responses to his growing power are disappointing in that they fail to address the anti-democratic (with a lower-case "d") and un-American nature of Buchanan's beliefs. Many Republicans see his corporate bashing and economic protectionism as an affront to and betrayal of their party platform, ideas which reach out to a Democratic constituency. In addition, they mourn the fact that his ultra-conservatism is giving the party a bad reputation and posing an unexpected challenge to the more moderate Bob Dole, who fares a far better...
Dole, selfishly-motivated, refers to Buchanan as an extremist so as to paint himself in the colors of moderation. The New York Times reported him as saying, "This now is a race between the mainstream and the extreme, that's what it's all about." Democrats, on the other hand, are celebrating the demise of Republicanism as it becomes tainted with and supplanted by Buchananism. Pat Buchanan's extremism has left President Clinton with what the New York Times called "quiet glee," making Clinton's mistakes and controversial policies seem relatively excusable...
TUSCON, ARIZONA: An increasingly confident Pat Buchanan continued his push for a win in Tuesday's Arizona primary. At stake for Buchanan is not only the 39 delegates in the state's winner-take-all event but also vitally needed momentum. "I'm beginning to think I'm going all the way," he said Monday. "A victory in Arizona I think would give us such propulsion it would be very, very difficult to stop us from winning the nomination." On the eve of the vote, most polls show Buchanan locked in a tight race with Bob Dole and Steve Forbes...