Word: buchananism
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...clearest expression of cultural-war politics was Pat Buchanan's speech at the 1992 Republican convention in Houston. Buchanan even used the term itself. In his book, Quayle endorses the view that Buchanan's speech was a political disaster. He implies that he thought so at the time. He notes primly that in his own speech he used the term "cultural divide" instead of "cultural war," and insists that this is a crucial distinction...
...immediately after Buchanan's address, Quayle was interviewed on CNN and called it "a great speech." He said, "As a matter of fact, Marilyn and I were talking about it afterward. It was just the kind of speech we had hoped for." There are only two possibilities here. Either this comment is exactly the kind of mindless gushing that stamped Quayle with the image of an idiot -- which he claims is unjustified -- or what he said reflected his considered views on the subject. Which is it? Well, I don't think Quayle is an idiot...
...fact, you didn't have to be an idiot to think that cultural war was a winning strategy. At the time, I also thought that Buchanan's speech was effective -- chillingly effective. (And Buchanan contends that a script of the speech was cleared in advance by several Republican officials, despite their later efforts to portray him as an unguided missile.) But it turns out we were all wrong. The voters were not interested in a cultural war. What has changed in the political landscape in the two years since Quayle's Murphy Brown speech is not a return to "family...
While he does not advocate annexing Canada, Patrick Buchanan runs on an "America First" platform and wins 37% of the Republicans in the New Hampshire primary...
...rule it out," Buchanan said. "But Ithink [Tosteson] would acknowledge that that wasan ambitious goal...