"A new kind of conservative, the religious right, crawled out of the sewer

[smartvoter]

and unlike the libertarian-type conservatives of the past, wasn't about live and let live -- they wanted into your life, to have a say over what you did."

A quote from an old Goldwater supporter / conservative activist who called in to a local radio show last night.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

1. Agree with that one.

In fact, they don't deserve to be labeled with such an innocuous term as 'conservative'...Rapturist Right, Batshitcrazy Zealots are more fitting labels.

[noahmijo]

I like American Taliban or Necromonger

[smartvoter]

12. Go with the first one. Few Freeps could figure out "necromonger." nt

[carnie_sf]

6. I've been saying all along

that they're not conservative, they're reactionary.

[smartvoter]

9. Same here. And I think the people at the top don't even believe

the religious rhetoric they spew to get their sheeple in line. They say "God" and it's like a hypnotist's trigger word. It allows them to do whatever they want.

[davepc]

2. Guy by the name of Alan Crawford wrote a book about the phenomena

back the the late 70's called Thunder on the Right.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0394506634/qid=1123256664/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-5608920-4667112?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

Talks about the whole phenomena of the religious right and how at its core the movement is really detrimental to real "conservative" (ie, jeffersonian) ideals.

It's scary to read something 20 years old and realize most of what is being talked about as 'going to happen', or 'happening' has come to pass.

[smartvoter]

10. That was what this caller was saying. He watched them slowly

take over the party -- in power if not in number.

[MissMarple]

3. Barry Goldwater is spinning in his grave.

Somehow I don't have a lot of sympathy. :shrug:

[smartvoter]

5. I know. But wouldn't you rather be fighting that kind of

conservative, who at least used reason, as opposed to trying to convince zealots why Secretary Fallwell is a really bad idea?

[MissMarple]

7. Absolutely, I want my sane conservatives back.

At least they knew they were in the broader liberal tradition that is the foundation of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. These idiots are fascists, but they are backed by the big money, anti any regulation, no tax is a necessary tax capitalists who are giggling all the way to the bank. The barbarians have long left the Trojan horse they came in with and are pillaging our country for profit and power.

Oh, dear...you got me started. :)

[smartvoter]

8. LOL! I know how that goes == I sometimes take breaks from

DU because it gets me wound up... :-)

[Tesha]

11. Yeah, but couldn't we at least attach him to an electrical generator...

...and use the power produced by his spinning?

Tesha

[McCamy Taylor]

4. Old kind. Nazi-fascist kind. Prescott Bush was Hitler's banker.