http://wendellrobinson.com/blog2/2007/06/02/review-invasion-of-the-party-snatchers-by-victor-gold/ What I Think And Why Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:27:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://wendellrobinson.com/blog2/2007/06/02/review-invasion-of-the-party-snatchers-by-victor-gold/#comment-446 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:25:17 +0000 http://wendellrobinson.com/blog2/2007/06/02/review-invasion-of-the-party-snatchers-by-victor-gold/#comment-446 [...] I was happy to see that Bill Moyers had a piece on the PBS front page which involved Victor Gold and the state of the Republican party.  We recently reviewed Gold’s book (Invasion of the Party Snatchers) on this page and it remains a high volume traffic recipient. [...] […] I was happy to see that Bill Moyers had a piece on the PBS front page which involved Victor Gold and the state of the Republican party.  We recently reviewed Gold’s book (Invasion of the Party Snatchers) on this page and it remains a high volume traffic recipient. […]

]]> http://wendellrobinson.com/blog2/2007/06/02/review-invasion-of-the-party-snatchers-by-victor-gold/#comment-445 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:56:22 +0000 http://wendellrobinson.com/blog2/2007/06/02/review-invasion-of-the-party-snatchers-by-victor-gold/#comment-445 [...] In his book Invasion of the Party Snatchers (reviewed here), former Barry Goldwater confidante Victor Gold claims that the group most responsible for the Republican Party’s shift toward a strong emphasis on theologically moral issues can be traced to the movement of evangelical voters from Jimmy Carter (Pat Robertson was a significant supporter of Carter) to Ronald Reagan. Recognizing the value of a committed voter base, the Reagan administration and the Republican party placated the evangelicals and Robertson’s Christian Coalition came into vogue. This newly minted voter bloc which prided itself on faith, family and the farm adopted the moniker of Christian Conservatives, but as Gold (and many others) point out they maybe Christians, but they are most certainly not Conservative. [...] […] In his book Invasion of the Party Snatchers (reviewed here), former Barry Goldwater confidante Victor Gold claims that the group most responsible for the Republican Party’s shift toward a strong emphasis on theologically moral issues can be traced to the movement of evangelical voters from Jimmy Carter (Pat Robertson was a significant supporter of Carter) to Ronald Reagan. Recognizing the value of a committed voter base, the Reagan administration and the Republican party placated the evangelicals and Robertson’s Christian Coalition came into vogue. This newly minted voter bloc which prided itself on faith, family and the farm adopted the moniker of Christian Conservatives, but as Gold (and many others) point out they maybe Christians, but they are most certainly not Conservative. […]

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