A Glimpse Into the Minds of Today’s Conservatives

Published 9 Mar 2010, 11:02 am - 1 Comment -
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CRA Exclusive Report by Uprising Correspondent Chris Bennett:

“This past weekend, I attended the California Republican Assembly’s 75th Anniversary Celebration & Endorsing Committee Convention at the Knott’s Berry Farm Hotel Resort in Buena Park. The California Republican Assembly, which regards itself as the conscience of the Republican Party, exists to provide a platform for congressional and gubernatorial candidates to garner support and endorsements from other Republicans. I went to the CRA to find out why there was so much political polarization and why conservatives think President Obama is a socialist. What I found was an overlap among liberals and conservatives in their thinking that the political system in Washington is broken and corrupt. What I did not find were any new accountability standards or ideas to prevent a possible conservative resurgence in November from descending into bigger, or more corrupt government– as the 1980 Reagan Revolution and the 1994 Contract With America movements did. Within the CRA I found elements of the Tea Party movement. While there is talk of whether the Tea Party is co-opting the Republican Party or vice versa, conservatives in both camps regard a splinter third party as political suicide for the gains they already expect to make in November.”

We start out hearing from Hannah Giles and James O’Keefe, the two young Conservatives turned superstars who proudly brought down the poor people’s organization ACORN through undercover videos. We also hear from conservative comedian Erik Golub, right wing activist Mark Harris, and Larry Neritelli, a candidate for governor in the Republican primary.

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1 Comment to ‘A Glimpse Into the Minds of Today’s Conservatives’:

Laura Redmond on 19 Mar 2010 at 4:40 pm: 1

This was an informative look inside the minds of Tea Party believers.

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