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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: thames_sider who wrote (14340)5/26/2001 9:23:46 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
Here's a bit more on the ideological realignment of the parties if you can stand it. If not, please just ignore.

<<"For the movement Republicans, the drive begun by [National Review founder] William F. Buckley Jr., and [1964 GOP nominee] Barry Goldwater, to create an ideological Republican Party was a remarkable success," said Seymour Martin Lipset, a George Mason University political scientist. The conversion of the GOP into a more ideological movement has, however, created a climate in which dissenters are viewed as "traitors," Lipset said.

"If the guy is one of yours [a Republican] and he is fighting you, he is worse than the enemy," said Lipset. "That is a traitor within your ranks."
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washingtonpost.com