Fighting the Right

Fighting the Right

A new generation of Religious Right leaders is turning conservative churches into political machines for far-right Republican candidates with rhetoric that might make Pat Robertson blush. The new report by People For the American Way Foundation, NAACP, and the African American Ministers Leadership Council documents how high-level Republican officials in Ohio and elsewhere are embracing the self-proclaimed "Christocrats" and counting on a new wave of aggressive politics-from-the-pulpit to win elections.

Pat Robertson: Sharon Invited God’s Wrath

On today’s 700 Club, Rev. Pat Robertson blamed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s recent stroke on God’s “enmity against those who ‘divide my land,’” an implicit reference to recent steps the Prime Minister has taken to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

“For any prime Minister of Israel who decides he is going to carve it up and give it away, God says ‘no, this is mine.’ … He was dividing God’s land and I would say woe unto any Prime Minister of Israel who takes a similar course,” Robertson said.

A Statement by PFAWF President Ralph G. Neas

On yesterday’s Salem radio broadcast of Bill Bennett's Morning in America, archconservative commentator Bill Bennett questioned the accuracy of a study suggesting that legal abortion has reduced the crime rate by reducing the number of unwanted children, and then said this:

Who Shot Lincoln Videotape?

UN-dermined: The Right's Disdain for the UN and International Treaties

The influence of right-wing political groups on domestic policy is well-known, but they are equally active on issues pertaining to foreign policy and international affairs.

Laurence Silberman: the Right Man or the Right's Man?

Is retired federal judge Laurence Silberman the right person to co-chair the Iraq intelligence commission? Those who know him—including onetime Nixon aide and respected author Kevin Phillips, former independent counsel and Eisenhower deputy attorney general Lawrence Walsh, and reformed right-wing hit man David Brock—raise serious concerns about Silberman’s past activities, his temperament, his judgement and his unyielding commitment to right-wing orthodoxy. After reviewing this criticism, along with Silberman’s own statements, it becomes clear that Silberman is ill suited for a role on the intelligence commission.

Voucher Veneer: The Deeper Agenda to Privatize Public Education

Today, governmental responsibilities in education and the strong connection that
Americans have with their public schools are being put to a serious test. A network of Religious Right groups, free-market economists, ultraconservative columnists and others are using vouchers as a vehicle to achieve their ultimate goal of privatizing education.

Robertson’s Rage – There He Goes Again

Is God going to destroy America because our Supreme Court has incurred his wrath? Televangelist Pat Robertson says so -- and he's organizing his viewers to put more Justices like Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas on the Court.

Political and Marketing Muscle for Bush Tax Policy Provided by Groups Out to Drastically Reduce Gov't Services

Massive and unfair tax cuts that would drive the federal government deeper into debt are being aggressively promoted by powerful right-wing groups that are ideologically opposed to the government’s role in providing basic services and protections to individuals.

Privatization of Public Education: A Joint Venture of Charity and Power

When good people give their own money to a child in need, the best of the human spirit is
revealed. When our nation writes its laws and public policies, the spirit of the nation must be
reflected in order to care for all children. The decisions we make today about the best way to
educate our children must be conducted in the full knowledge that these decisions will shape our
children’s future and our future as a nation.