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Ken Cuccinelli
Religious Conservative Event Features 'Christocrat' Pastor, Controversial Evangelist -- And Ken Cuccinelli
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli has made his latest play to curry favor with the GOP's far-right wing, and to turn himself into a power player in conservative circles.
The hard-charging Virginia attorney general addressed religious conservatives Thursday night at an event sponsored by Jerry Falwell's Liberty University -- whose roster of speakers included a self-proclaimed "Christocrat", as well as an evangelist who has claimed she can cure AIDS and other diseases through prayer.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (14) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Cindy Jacobs, Ken Blackwell, Ken Cuccinelli, Liberty University, Rick Scarborough, Right-wing extremism, Tony Perkins
Tea Parties
Return Of the Repressed? Birtherism, Homophobia, Racial Paranoia Rise To Surface At Tea Party Confab
Tea party in Hartford, Connecticut in 2009
The National Tea Party Convention, which wrapped up Saturday night with a televised speech by Sarah Palin, offered an outlet for some of the fouler strands of modern conservatism that had long been bubbling beneath the surface of the Tea Party movement.
Tea Party leaders had worked hard to keep the public face of the movement focused tightly on a small government, anti-tax message, largely steering clear of social issues, and appeals based explicitly on race. But this weekend, from the podium at Nashville's Gaylord Opryland Hotel, convention speakers espoused birtherism, anti-immigrant nativism, homophobia, Christian fundamentalism, and an apparent nostalgia for racially discriminatory barriers to voting.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (260) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (13)Topics: Birthers, Joseph Farah, Racism, Rick Scarborough, Right-wing extremism, Roy Moore, Sarah Palin, Tea Parties, Tea Party Patriots, Tom Tancredo
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