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Authors: John W. Dean
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82.
Al Gore, “Transcript: Former Vice President Gore’s Speech on Constitutional Issues,” CQ Transcripts,
Washington Post
(January 17, 2006) at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/16/AR 2006011600779_ pf.html.
83.
Joshua Micah Marshall, Talking Points Memo (January 17, 2006) at http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/007455.php.
84.
Joseph J. Collins, “War and Destiny: How the Bush Revolution in Foreign and Military Affairs Redefined American Power,”
Joint Forces Quarterly
(First Quarter 2006), 93.
85.
Jeffrey Goldberg, “Breaking Ranks: What turned Brent Scowcroft against the Bush Administration?”
New Yorker
(October 31, 2005) at http://www. newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/051031fa_fact2.
86.
Steve Mavros, “Letters to the Editor: Cheney and the Politics of Terror,”
New York Times
(September 9, 2004), A-32. Also, commentators have, from
time to time, addressed the fearmongering of Bush and Cheney. For example, Bob Herbert, “Get It Together, Democrats,”
New York Times
(October 17, 2005), A-19. (“Ever since Sept. 11 President Bush and the G.O.P. have been pushing the nation’s fear buttons for all they’re worth,” Herbert wrote); and Joshua Kurlantzick, “The Rise & Fall of Imperial Democracies,”
Washington Monthly
(January/February 2006), 33. (“President George W. Bush tapped a powerful vein of nationalism and fear after 9/11 to expand his authority, intimidate opponents, reward corporations allied with his party, and punish dissent within the government. He then used his enhanced powers to invade and occupy Iraq and to capture and imprison thousands of individuals suspected, rightly or wrongly, of being terrorists,” Kurlantzick noted in passing in his essay).
87.
Taranto, “The Weekend Interview with Dick Cheney,” A-8.
88.
Karl Rove, “The GOP Remains the Party of Ideas,” January 20, 2006, address to the Republican National Committee at http://www.realclearpolitics.com/Commentary/com-1_21_06_Rove.html.
89.
Luke Mitchell, “At Issue in the 2004 Election: A Run on Terror,”
Harper’s
(March 2004), 79.
90.
Jim Harper, “Secrecy fetish hurts war on terror; Assessing the risk is made more difficult,”
Orange Country Register
(February 15, 2006).
91.
John W. Dean,
Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush
(New York: Warner Books, 2005), 194. Citing Oren Gross, “Chaos and Rules: Should Responses to Violent Crisis Always Be Constitutional?”
Yale Law Journal,
vol. 112 (March 2003), 1011, 1030–31.
92.
Dan Eggen, “U.S. Is Given Failing Grades by 9/11 Panel: Bipartisan Group Faults Counterterrorism Progress,”
Washington Post
(December 6, 2005), A-1.
93.
Anonymous, “Mortality Fears as Measure of Politics?”
Los Angeles Times
(July 25, 2004), A-23.
94.
Associated Press, “More Americans fear terrorists are winning,” MSNBC.com (April 22, 2004) at http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4805575.
95.
CNN, “U.S. President/National/Exit Poll,” CNN.com at http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html.
96.
Martha Crenshaw, “Counterterrorism in Retrospect,”
Foreign Affairs
(July/August 2005) at http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20050701fareviewessay84414/martha-crenshaw/counterterrorism-in-retrospect.html.
97.
Al Gore, “The Politics of Fear,”
Social Research,
vol. 71:4(Winter 2004), 20.
98.
Robert O. Paxton,
The Anatomy of Fascism
(New York: Knopf, 2004).
99.
Bob Altemeyer,
Right Wing Authoritarianism
(Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1981), 4.
100.
Al Kamen, “Scooter Finds Fellowship at the Hudson Institute,”
Washington Post
(January 6, 2006), A-17.
Abelson, Donald E.
Abortion issue
Abramoff, Jack
Indian tribes and
indictment of
personal history of
relationships with representatives
relationships with senators
Abu Ghraib
Activist judges
Adams, John
Addington, David
Adorno, T. W.
Agentic conscience
Aggressive support of authority
Agnew, Spiro T.
Alien and Sedition Act
Alien Imposition Act
Alito, Samuel
Allard, Wayne
Al Qaeda.
See
bin Laden, Osama
Altemeyer, Bob
American Association for the Advancement of Science award
“Authoritarian Aggression”
Alter, Jonathan
Alterman, Eric
American Revolution, conservatives interpretation of
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Enterprise Institute
Americans for a Republican Majority (ARMPAC)
Americans for Tax Reform
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
The American Revolution
(Jensen)
A Modern Maistre: The Social and Political Thought of Joseph de Maistre
(Bradley)
Anti-Semitism
Pat Robertson
Paul Weyrich
Appropriation bill abuses
Aquinacons
Arendt, Hannah
ARMPAC.
See
Americans for a Republican Majority (ARMPAC)
Arndt, Jamie
Atta, Mohammed
Austriocons
“Authoritarian Aggression” (Altemeyer)
Authoritarian conservatism
Alexander Hamilton
compared to libertarianism and traditional conservatism
current levels of
early years of
federal judiciary accession to
historical overview
in House of Representatives.
See
House of Representativesinitial Congressional display of
means of exercising control
neoconservatives.
See
Neoconservativesin Senate.
See
Senatesocial conservatives.
See
Social conservatives
Authoritarian conservatives
Authoritarian followers.
See
Followers, authoritarian
Authoritarianism
The Authoritarian Personality
studycharacteristics of
effect on conservatives
in George W. Bush administration
in House of Representatives.
See
House of RepresentativesI. Lewis “Scooter” Libby
incompetence and
in Nixon administration
problems with
relationship to ideology
religious authoritarianism.
See
Religious authoritarianismright-wing authoritarianism
in Senate.
See
Senatestudies of
Authoritarian leaders.
See
Leaders, authoritarian
Authoritarian Personality, The
, study
Authoritarian Specter, The
(Altemeyer)
Authoritarian thinking and behavior
Authority
aggressive support of
obedience to
submission to
Babcock, Charles R.
Bacon, Perry
Bailey, Holly
Bailley, Phillip Mackin
Bailyn, Bernard
Baker, Howard H., Jr.
Baker, Peter
Bakes, Phil
Baldwin, Abraham
Bandow, Doug
Barr, Bob
Beckel, Bob
Beckerman, Marty
Beiler, David
Belk, Bill
Bell, Jeff
Bennett, William
Berry, Jeffrey M.
Bimes, Terri
Bin Laden, Osama
Birnbaum, Jeffrey H.
Black-bag jobs
Blind Ambition
(Dean)
Block, Jack
Block, Jeanne H.
Blumenthal, Sidney
Blunt, Roy
Boaz, David
Boehner, John
K Street Project
Boerne v. Flores
Bolton, John R.
Bond, Christopher
Boorstin, Daniel J.
Bork, Robert
Boston, Robert
Bradley, Jennifer
Bradley, Owen
Bramwell, Austin W.
Bramwell, Sarah
Breyer, Stephen
Brock, David
Brookings Institution
burglary plan for
Brown, Bill
Brown v. Board of Education
Bruce, Steve
Buchanan, Patrick
conscience of
role in Watergate defense
Buchanocons
Buckley, William F., Jr.
Burke, Edmund
Burkean conservatism
Burnham, James
analysis of conservatism
Burns, Jennifer
Burton, Dan
Bush, George H. W.
Christian conservatives’ influence on
Bush, George W.
administration’s thought process leading up to invasion of Iraq
authoritarian nature of administration
Christian conservatives’ influence on
comparison to Richard Nixon
as Double High authoritarian
effect of terrorism on policies of
efforts to address terrorism
exploitation of 9/11 terror attacks
failure to follow conservative agenda
fearmongering
invasion of Iraq
judicial appointments
manipulation by Dick Cheney
mental acumen of
neoconservatives’ objections to foreign policies of
politics of fear
preemptive war
protection of
as radical
radical policies of
relationship with Tom DeLay
secrecy of administration
Supreme Court nominations
2000 election results
Bush, Jeb
Buzzhardt, Fred
Byrd, Robert
Caesarism
Call-girl operation, Watergate
Cannon, Joe
Carlinin, John
Carter, Dan
Carter, Jimmy
views on mixing religion and politics
Carter, L. H.
Catocons
Cato Institute
Centrists
Chafee, Lincoln
The Challenge of Democracy: Government in America
(Janda, Berry & Goldman)
Chapman, Bernard
Chemerinsky, Erwin
Cheney, Dick
attempt to block anti-torture amendments
bad judgment by
as chief of staff to Nixon
competency of
effect of terrorism on policies of
exploitation of 9/11 terror attacks
fearmongering
Halliburton Corporation
influence on Bush administration
justification for torture
manipulation of Bush by
mistakes made by
policies imposed by
politics of fear
positions held in Washington
protection of
as radical
radical policies of
secrecy of
support for torture
views on executive authority
Cheney, Richard B.
as Double High authoritarian
Chimpanzee Politics
(de Waal)
Christian Coalition
support for Republicans in 1994 elections
Christian conservatives.
See also
Social conservatives
agenda of
authoritarianism of.
See
Religious authoritarianismcharacteristics of
enemies of
political tactics
Republican Party reliance on
Christian fundamentalists.
See also
Evangelical Christians
Christian right.
See
Religious right
The Christian Right in American Politics: Marching Toward the Millennium
(Green)
CIA leak case.
See also
Plame, Valerie
Citizens for America
Classic conservatism
Classic liberalism
Cleland, Max
Clinton, Bill
actions during shut-down of government
domestic policies
health care proposal
impeachment proceeding
Monica Lewinsky affair
Republican attack on
Clinton, Hillary
Cloture vote
Coburn, Tom
Cochran, Thad
College Republican National Committee (CRNC)
Collins, Joseph J.
Collins, Susan
Colodny, Leonard
Colson, Chuck
attempt to nullify Supreme Court decisions
hypocrisy of
obedience to authority
reaction to
Boerne v. Flores
Colyandro, John
Comey, James
Committee on Rules, House of Representatives
Communism
Communitarianism
Congress and the American Tradition
(Burnham)
Conscience
agentic conscience
obedience and
Conscience of a Conservative, The
(Goldwater)
Conscience of a Majority, The
(Goldwater)
Conscience of the marketplace
Conservatism
antipathy to liberalism
authoritarian conservatism.
See
Authoritarian conservatismBurnham’s analysis of
classic conservatism
contradictory thinking within
defining
description of
as dysfunctional family
enemies of
factions of
family tree
future direction of
Goldwater conservatism
in House of Representatives.
See
House of Representativesmodern history of
modern phase
as movement
nature of
perversions of
“Political Conservatism as Motivated Cognition” study
post-modern period
power of negative thinking
present day
present state of
psychological perspectives on
in Senate.
See
Senatetraditional conservatism