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player ready...Without Ronald Reagan and the Cold War to draw them together, conservatives don’t know where to turn except against each other. There’s ideological warfare on the Right, but it’s hard to keep all the conservative factions straight. So, here’s everything (?) you wanted to know about sects but were afraid to ask a conservative.
Blame in on neo: Neoconservatives, said writer Irving Kristol, are “liberals who were mugged by reality.” These former Democrats talk about tax policies to help the underclass, quote Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. and favor a foreign policy that exports American-style democracy. Doesn’t anyone here want to repeal the welfare state?
We organized for Barry in `64: Paleoconservatives are of the Old Right. They love the founding fathers and free markets and hate Big Government, a “One World” foreign policy, unlimited immigration, and neos.
Life, liberty and the unorganized pursuit of happiness: Libertarians whose philosophy on drugs and sex might be summed up as “Let’s party!” Paleolibertarians would rather stay home with a book.
Onward, Christian nation: On the Religious Right, learning the 10 Commandments may be more important than learning the Bill of Rights.