Word: rightism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tough to get people fired up to be moderate," Steinberg says of his efforts. Though Specter may seem moderate in this era of radical rightism, in reality he is anything but. As an economic and fiscal conservative and social libertarian, the three-term Senator has become the point man for liberal Republicans in their battle against the ominous forces of the "Religious Right." None other than Barry Goldwater has lent him support in the fight against "far-right groups in our party...
...signs of this year's race point to a Weld presidential candidacy: a changing GOP, for one. The party is slowly trading the rightism that produced Pat Robertson and "family values" in 1992 for expanding acceptance of abortion and gay rights...
...issues? Tax cuts versus deficit cuts. Libertarianism versus religious rightism. Protectionist isolationism versus free trading internationalism. Jack Kemp versus Phil Gramm. William J. Bennett versus Bill Weld. Party ideologue and retiring Rep. Vin Weber of Minnesota versus James A. Baker III. Patrick J. Buchanan versus everyone. It's gonna be a bloodbath...