The Religious Right and the 1992 GOP Convention

[@antonioreid534]

Speaking from 2022. What was on center stage in Houston in 92 is now at the head of the Supreme Court in 22. We thought we defeated them, but in our ignorance they festered.

[@jayanthkaruturi9640]

It feels like the progress of the last 40 years is getting erased, when people thought they were vanquished the religious right was merely dormant, and they now once again hold a seat of power at washington, and god only knows how far they'll go.

[@thatleftyjames2893]

Great

[@placidwaves]

This is why separation of church and state is vital

[@theczechconquerer2664]

buh

[@jerm6585]

As a republican this makes me sick. I am a Goldwater republican, not this....

[@teddelguercio2173]

Same here - I miss Goldwater.

[@nikkihanover7922]

Found this after a search turned up Pat Buchanan’s 92’ speech as a precursor to what we are seeing in the right today. This shit is scary, hard to believe this was 30 years ago and these sentiments are still out there and again rising to the surface

[@Kyle-pj2vc]

This shit is based and correct. World would've been way better off with Pat Buchanan as president.

[@jjared__19]

@@Kyle-pj2vcHow would the world be better off? How would anyone be better off? I’m a gay man and I know for a fact if Buchanan was ever president, I would not have the civil rights I have today.

[@Kyle-pj2vc]

@@jjared__19 I mean the first words out of every gay man's mouth is that they're gay. Gays have always had civil rights, but marriage isn't a right imo.

[@thatleftyjames2893]

@@jjared__19 You had civil rights back then...

[@joshconlee9979]

Holy shit these individuals SUCK

[@أفلاكالأفكار]

2024 - those guys were right

[@teddelguercio2173]

Barry Goldwater was right. And that comes from a Christian libertarian.

[@JaseboMonkeyRex]

These men and women demonstrate why the church was separated from state in the first place

[@deus_vult8111]

No

[@MadisonCollieUwU]

I’m a Republican. I’m for God. I love Jesus Christ the son of God, savior of all. I’m very patriotic. I’m gay. I pay taxes, I vote, I work, I help out, I’m not on drugs and I am not a bad person! I work to build this country!

[@unifiedvision999]

If you're still a Republican, you're a damn moron.

[@trublu71]

The Republican party has changed ! No need to leave . We are the winning and inclusive team !

[@jjared__19]

Dude the republican party is against LGBT rights. They're okay with someone discriminating you in the name of religious freedom. They're not on your side.

[@nunereclipsereborn]

@@jjared__19 The regressive left of today's democratic party is objectively worse than the religious right.

[@nunereclipsereborn]

@@unifiedvision999 The regressive left of today's democratic party is objectively worse than the religious right.

[@airdriver]

Okay, One of the main goals of the Religious Right was to elect family valued conservative politicians who would appoint family valued conservative federal judges(Including Supreme Court Justices) who would in turn over turn Roe Vs Wade, bring prayer back to public schools and rule against gay rights. In other words, turn America back to family values. I wonder if they feel betrayed by the fact that a lot of the federal judges who are over turning gay marriage bans were appointed by REPUBLICAN presidents(Reagan/Bush/GW Bush)? I long for the day when Christians are no longer held hostage to Republican lies.

i long for the day all christians and their lies/hate disappear from our planet so we can start down the road of peace and understanding

[@reecemacaulay1690]

ORYIN Right, you have clearly not read or understood history ,your reason and basic morality is based (wether you like it or not) on a christian foundation (the poor being worthy of alms,murder being wrong in its own Right,sanctity of Life, the Right to equal Human Dignity, common Humanity,Human Rights ect) The foundations of science are basically Christian (they posit an ordered world, too ordered for it not to have been designed meaning created). I am a Catholic and i hate only people as much as the next man on Gods Earth. Grow up people dont get along, sorry son that is a part of being a human. Secular or Religious, Enlightened or Illiterate. Hows about the Secular regimes of Stalin,Mao and other communist countries?

[@perrycummins2717]

@@reecemacaulay1690 The atrocities committed in the name of Christ far outweigh the atrocities committed in the name of Secularism. Sad, though that is.

[@bestproto5117]

@@perrycummins2717 I personally feel very very sorry for all of those Religious Americans and traditional conservatives who have been voting for republicans for decades thinking that they would protect tradition protect religious liberty and protect the Unborn..... They have been betrayed by Reagan and Bush..... especially by Reagan because he is the one who mobilized these demographics into the republican party but the reality is that he was fishing for their votes I really feel so so sorry for theme. Trump has actually appointed some good judges when compared to His predecessors so i guess religious conservatives had to wait for a Non religious three time divorced man from New York to finally give theme the results that they've expected from Reagan.

[@falconwings1982]

Dan Quayle talks about Hollywood yet in 2008 John McCain attends fundraisers in...you guessed it... Hollywood.

[@bromidedrag]

This is widely known as one of the most polarizing conventions, even among republicans. Reagan's speech at the convention (which is not shown) was one of the few that was full of hope and not hate. It is funny to read peoples reasons as for why Bush senior lost the election. It wasn't the religious right, it was Ross Perot. He won almost 20% of the vote, which almost overwhelmingly would have gone to Bush. People forget that Clinton won with only 43% of the vote and never got 50% ever.

[@siddharthsen7035]

00:05 this kind of speech is absolutely needed these days.

[@jjared__19]

Depends on who it’s aimed for, because the words “pervert” and “communist” are thrown around a lot.

[@johnlorican]

I know McCarthy was a conservative Republican - and his name has become synonymous (right or wrong) with the demonization of others. There was no 'hate spouted' from these clips; they were simply viewpoints from a largely conservative Christian perspecttive. Groups like PAW, of course, take those clips and try to paint a broadbrush of demonization.....and, judging from your comments, I guess it's worked with you.

[@perrycummins2717]

Soft hate is still hate. These people are despicable human beings and I long for the day their evil perspectives are stomped out of social acceptance. They'll be seen as flat earthers.

[@IrenicMirror]

This is probably the scariest thing I think Ive seen, and Im a Christian. Seriously, this is nuts.

[@Andyhoffman98]

This regressivism still exists in the trump era.

[@cardonarobledo576]

we need to regress

[@KellyODo]

My God these people were scary. What a repulsive group.

[@carmelitabainesjohnston1194]

Yes, they are. Leaders of the U.S. Religious Right are the modern-day Pharisees of American Politics.

[@folofus4815]

Thank you for this great compilation of beautiful speeches!

[@fromthehaven94]

But now, these same people are so desperate for their platform to be front center that they let someone with zero experience in elected office before his presidential run become their leader. And lets him take credit for Roe V Wade being overturned. Which has proven NOT to be what the majority of Americans want.

[@theoelliott5944]

What's with the sinister music? These speakers were so based.

[@perrycummins2717]

They're fascists.

[@theoelliott5944]

​@@perrycummins2717 They're Christian Conservatives not fascists.

[@perrycummins2717]

@@theoelliott5944 Exactly. Wanting to force their beliefs on people who don't share them.

[@theoelliott5944]

@@perrycummins2717 Yeah that's liberals alright.

[@perrycummins2717]

@@theoelliott5944 Keep projecting.

[@Saleop]

Wow. I'm glad no one pays attention to these people anymore.

[@reecemacaulay1690]

No because most of them are dead, but they do pay attention to their successors. You simply dont hear about because you probably dont live in a place heavy with evangelical protestants such as California or New York. You think the reason most of the south votes consistently Republican for the past 20 odd years is a conscience? Nope, they certianly dont share the GOPs views (establishment views) on Trade and Immigration, maybe on Guns but everything else is the Christian Right that still delivers most Republican victories. The US aint Europe, Religion remains a massive thing in US life and Society and therefore Politics.

[@alessiodelcastillo1613]

@@reecemacaulay1690 Even Christians are getting tired of them now.

[@nunereclipsereborn]

@@alessiodelcastillo1613 The populist right aka the new right is not the religious right.

[@nunereclipsereborn]

@@reecemacaulay1690 The populist right aka the new right is not the religious right.

[@progressive29]

Ladies and gentleman, this is the AMERICAN TALIBAN😞😞

[@rexsteel8372]

Is that really an insult at this point? The Taliban seems to be for more competent then the American regime.

[@kathy160]

i was a catholic/christian because they said go judges you and i will burn until i was 14............ i read about ghost, spiritual fear, and religious take over. i read all religious beliefs only the most disgusting part. i learned it all the same hatred and thats why we have ignorant wars for racism.

[@MichaelLantz]

Substitute these people with the clerics in Saudi Arabia and you have a Christian Version of Saudi Arabia.

[@Vitez-sd2kc]

Quigle- Dorf Who are you to say that? You're false!

[@alessiodelcastillo1613]

@@Vitez-sd2kc He ain't wrong

[@toddmcrae3834]

What's wrong with that?

[@Shad3251]

Talk about a feeling of evil permeating this entire video...and I'm not referring to the score

[@ruralpotter]

"Amen" Brother or sister. Scary...really scary. Unfortunately, I have been surrounded by these folks and I still am. I have learned to keep my mouth shut...which is what they wanted. Maybe now using the Internet, we can begin to fight this.

[@colster4life]

Is Falwell nodding off at 3:53?

[@thatleftyjames2893]

Pat Buchanan is so based

[@guIIiver]

Best part is at the end, suggesting they're not extremists. It would be funny if it weren't so damn depressing.

[@thatleftyjames2893]

Besides the guy that wanted gays killed and some over the top rhetoric, I see nothing wrong here.

[@AXander1978]

So they were right

[@johnlorican]

I find it tough to view 'liberalism' - particularly in today's society - as a 'capitalistic ideology favoring DECREASED government encroachment on personal freedom.' The Democratic Party wants to get its hands in every single facet of our lives - from health care to education to religious expression, etc. Most of their viewpoints center on the redistribution of wealth and a 'government can cure all' philosophy.

[@acdclandon1]

@BobReidy I applaud you on your beliefs and honestly wish there were more Republicans like you, but what I'm saying is that I believe these kinds of republicans are evaporating.

[@johnlorican]

I meant to say TIME is hardly a 'conservative publication'....

[@jstephenj]

Another Hitchens gem: If you gave him an enema, you could fit him into a matchbox.

[@montsyblackmadonna]

God Bless the GOP !

[@TheManofthecross]

and to think what Buchanan said was 100% spot on. he like millions of others saw the democrats war on culture and warned of it now it has become reality and we have to now fight bloody pitched and pyritc battles to save what's left and clense the left of what they corroupted.

[@albertcalleros9489]

Boy are you so full of shit, Vicente Celeste.

[@theoelliott5944]

Exactly.

[@kady7869]

Scary stuff.

[@ReciprocalZeugma]

I know that some republicans are far-right religious zealots but they are in the minority... this video confuses conservatives with mainstream views (45% of USA want major restrictions on abortion- banned except rape/incest/life of mother, over 60% want parental notification/consent for minors, 70% support Hyde Amendment on public abortion funding; when this was said in 1980/92 over half of the southern/midwest states they were going for still made it ILLEGAL for 2 adults to have gay sex

[@johnnyohness]

Nothing has changed people. They just call themselves TEA BAGGERS NOW

[@Beefnhammer]

This country was founded on the freedom to practice any religion we want, not just Christianity, or to practice no religion at all if we choose. Christianity supposed to be about love, compassion, redemption, and forgiveness as taught by Christ, but that philosophy has been distorted beyond recognition.

[@tarantula619]

I noticed a significant lack of minorities....huh.

[@rexsteel8372]

Oh No, anyway

[@allgoo19]

Republican platform: "Small government, big churches"

[@joshatkins94]

link?

[@alexeykh]

It does not really mean anything to say that a country is the 'most religious on the planet.' We are religious creatures. What matters is what we make our religion - not what we profess to believe in but what the reality is (Mammon worship).

[@joshatkins94]

Van Jones doesn't claim to be communist, he said he agreed with some communist theory nearly twenty years ago.

[@Foxx36]

How exactly in the name of fuck do you "logically" derive mental and physical abuse from the right of adults to marry whomever they love? I gotta tell you... I'm not following that "logic."

[@FirstLast-qf1df]

I'm a conservative Christian and I wouldn't go within 69 feet of these clowns

[@josesevinelevin9262]

Simpler times

[@cardonarobledo576]

better times

[@Go4Noctis]

​@@cardonarobledo576 pfft the 80's and 90's were shit for a great many people. They are also why we are where we are today.

[@acdclandon1]

@BobReidy All I'm saying, is that that kind of Republican, moderate republicans are disappearing. The party is moving farther and farther to the right, and alienating the center-right section of their party which is the most popular.

[@loveangelc]

also, the black men are typically not marrying the women they impregnate. its fair to say if we have gay marriage, the value of marriage within the black community, and especially to black men, will further be marginalized, since most black men are very much opposed to same sex marrage and view it as abnormal.

[@HKK91]

You're using typical stereotypes of gays and lesbians. There are gays and lesbians that are masculine and feminine, respectively.

[@josephpalau897]

Buchanan should have won!

[@theoelliott5944]

Agreed! Pat Buchanan is so based.

[@theoelliott5944]

@@albertcalleros9489 no u

[@albertcalleros9489]

@@theoelliott5944 Never will i forget when far-right political gadfly Patrick J. Buchanan made that infamous 'An Ode to a Culture War' speech at the 1992 Republican National Convention in Hosuton, TX slightly more than twenty nine years ago. i became so profoundly revulsed over the extremely incendiary (inflammatory) tenor of that speech, that i simply COULD NOT in good conscience cast my first-ever presidential ballot for then-President George H. W. Bush. As a matter of fact, i voted for then-AR Gov. William J. Clinton. My twentieth birthday did not occur until 05 December 1992.

[@loveangelc]

strict monogamy is the exception rather than the rule among homosexuals. A recent survey found infidelity in about 62 percent of gay couples, which led researchers in the Journal of Family Psychology to write, The practice of sexual nonmonogamy among some gay couples is one variable that differentiates gay and heterosexual couples.

[@MisterSelatcia]

@kassiedill2 You don't see the huge flaw in your statement here? Using your logic, I'm going to say: This year, god had the choice of curing cancer or allowing Mark Buehrle to pitch a perfect game, he ended up choosing the latter because a whitesox fan prayed so hard. Instead of stopping world hunger, god gave a promotion to some random guy b/c his wife prayed for it. God made the great depression because the previous world series wasn't exciting enough for him. Great logic isn't it?

[@أفلاكالأفكار]

Absolutely based men. The country should have listened

[@MsPoliteRants]

Amazing how you think this is showing your side as favorable

[@joshatkins94]

When did religion ever become unpopular in the South?

[@Rixar13]

The Religious Right is Nucking Futs.... Smile :-)

[@g28725]

I'm European. The one thing that comes to my mind after watching this video is that America does not differ very much from Iran, also a theocracy, except for the turbans.

[@Rmauricio69]

You are comparing Bush with the Democrats and say that McCain and Palin is different. That is a typical Republican small town mind. McCain voted 90% with Bush. The deficit is 9.5trillion, 15% of Americans are losing there homes, gas is 4.00, Banks are going bankrupt, unemployment is 6.1%,big US companies are almost bankrupt. Please don't insult my big city mind!!!!!!

[@Foxx36]

This honestly makes me sick. I can't believe it.

[@Ncharlestun]

These GOPers say some wonderful things but they should have taken a bigger stance against the American welfare state and not focused mostly on homosexuals and abortion and then they may have won. People were tired of Bush's war on drugs speeches. We are going downhill fast today with Obama, Pelosi and Reid and the rest of Congress who have made a mess of everything.

[@loveangelc]

Obviously homosexuals aren't polygamists theyre homosexuals. My question is why is it ok to redefine marriage for homosexuals and not polygamists who are in a loving relationship?

[@Iofflight78]

I remember seeing those "family right forever gay rights never" during the convention. I threw up in my mouth a little and realized that the party was being hijacked by this crap. the Moderates are leaving or have left the party in droves.

[@buff114]

Did he just say safe sodomy subsidies??

[@johnlorican]

Josh, I would agree - as would most Americans with a conscience - that the first comment is hate-filled and repugnant. The others, however, represent mainstream Christian conservatism. It would be no different than, say, Keith Olbermann on his television show saying, 'I'm sick and tired of hearing about conservatives, Christians and religious people!' Would that statement make Olbermann a hatemonger? No. Iit would simply mean that he's tired of those people.

[@HKK91]

Just like long hair is a sin, right? The Bible isn't the law of the country and never will.

[@bilaljeYT5]

@KaiserTota Actually that is partially true. The Brownshirts and their leader before the night of long knives were homosexuals.

[@protossc541]

@wysoft - You're missing the point. The American Conservative Fiscal party would be made up of the top 1% of income makers in the US. That's not a large part of the population. In order to gather votes they have to pander to someone on moral issues, which is where religion comes into it.

[@joshatkins94]

A public option is nowhere near socialistic - if you want hurl that insult, look the way of single payer. Everyone pays taxes, so the healthcare is not free; the intention is that it will be universal (as taxation is). There is no 'government can cure all' mentality in the current administration, there is just an economic crisis during which any responsible government would increase spending to help fix, as the current administration has.

[@ChavoMysterio]

Fast forward 24 years, they now support the man of perdition as described in 2 Thessalonians 2.

[@Tokopol]

@BobReidy I think they are being marginalized rapidly. Mike Castle, whose views are similar to Giuliani, accomplished nearly 40 years of honorable public service without having to give his allegiance to the kooks on the Christian Right, and then along came O'Donnell.....

[@guIIiver]

@KaiserTota We don't.

[@ComradeSephiroth]

The new battle is not so much one of culture as one of economics and class. Today's economic liberals should do a similar video pointing out the corporate extremism of the Republican economic platform, ending with "If you want to become a soldier in the war against plutocracy...." The War On Plutocracy will be the next great fight that we must win to keep the American Ideal alive.

[@newstart18]

I am voting McCain/Palin. I have not been to church in the last 8 years.

[@Isaiah_53v6]

I wish the republican would go back to this, absolutely nothing wrong with anything they said at all. Jesus is the only hope for America look up sodom and Gomorrah and see what happened to them with their acceptance of homosexuality. Jesus died for the sins of all people so our sins could be punished without us suffering anybody who denies Jesus will burn in hell, you say that’s intolerant but it’s the most loving thing you’ll ever hear. God must punish our sin because He is just if somebody murdered your family you’d want justice it wouldn’t be right for the judge to say “I forgive you you can go free” so why do you expect God to do that? Your sins can be pardoned through repentance and faith Christ but they cannot be overlooked.

[@jjared__19]

America was a secular nation from it's inception. John Adams outright said America was not founded on Christian values but rather Enlightenment ideals.

[@theoelliott5944]

Couldn't agree more.

[@folofus4815]

@@jjared__19 “The Constitution of the United States is meant for a moral and religious people, it is wholly inadequate to the government of any other” ~ John Adams

[@pls_explain9608]

didn’t see many black people interviewed or in the audience

[@TraderJack641]

American way? Nah, I don't think so.

[@TheNextTurn]

watch?v=CPtiZGKE--Y This shows the over all trend. But a even bigger question is Europe, at one time the amount of Atheists in Eurpoe was less than 1%, now most countries are secular. Did these countries fall into immorality like the Holy books would suggest? (crime rates suggest otherwise) So how can you explain these non-religous trends? The USA was also 99% theist at one time, why would completly devote Christains change thier minds on this VERY important matter.

[@loveangelc]

they do harm to society. do you think just because a person is in a threesome loving relationship they should be able to get married? or a four-some? why should people who are attracted to more than one person not have their 'civil right' to marry?

[@FirstLast-qf1df]

And I thought Trump supporters were wacky

[@larma7]

Yeah, I myself am a pacifist with libertarian leanings (social libertarian, mostly). I never heard of that group, though.

[@Rmauricio69]

How do you propose to pay for 8 yrs of Bush debt. 9.5 trillion??? Make it go away, maybe??? Oh, I am sorry maybe having small town value can help.

[@acdclandon1]

@BobReidy My friend, you're not really a Republican than. Not anymore.

[@acdclandon1]

@BobReidy Maybe the Religious Right is dying out, but nevertheless the party is still shifting to the right. Both McCain and Graham used to be "mavericks", and today they are both getting pushed to the right by the establishment. For instance McCain introduced that Immigration bill a few years ago, and now he is backing away from a lot of the principles in that bill. Graham wants to change the 14th amendment, doesn't like "centrist" republicans to me, no offense.

[@Starvalleybotany]

You are right on. Megan McCain would agree with you there.

[@distiller50]

these ''god loveing'' people have to reolise god LOVES ALL equal that includes homosexual people hey have rights and it is my right to love a woman, why cant they love the way GOD made them, this isnt a ''god'' issue is a people issue and they cant look past there own fears.... realy sad people when you thingk about it..

[@montaigne]

You're right about H.W., but I think W. is intellectually lazy enough to be more or less on board.

[@reecemacaulay1690]

W is a conversion story, they do happen, its not an intellectual thing its a sort of sudden moment sort of thing, i believe he had a form of conversion event to be an evangelical Christian (methodist i think). In any case im not sure what an ex presidents Religious beliefs are to do with any of this. If a man is to be motivated by something why not good old fashioned methodism? Its more robust than most political ideologies.. and id rather politicans were motivated by deeply held spiritual beliefs than Greed, or lust for power.

[@kleffbois]

Well I have a problem with the Bible then

[@loveangelc]

not the same

[@larma7]

Reverend Gene Antonio is fucking nuts!! "The Nazi movement, the New World Order of its day . . . " -- LMFAO!!!

[@bunnyfish714]

this is crazy funny kathy...lmao

[@starscreamdkmo]

a deist movment is need to work along side the atheist movement in dec of ind thats the deist god not the christain god

[@joshatkins94]

No, really, it doesn't. If you listen to Glenn Beck, and believe what he says, you might think that, but it's not the case. No one wants to trample on your religious freedom (examples?), taxes are far lower than they were under 'conservative' Democratic administrations like JFK's, and no one is suggesting the government can cure everything. A public option in healthcare is not taking away your freedom, it's giving you more freedom. You would still be able to have private insurance if you want.

[@TheWitty135]

To quote Christopher Hitchens on Jerry Falwell's death: "I pity there isn't a hell for him to go to."

[@michaelniemeyer5116]

Well, they lost.

[@IrenicMirror]

Hooooooooooly crap.

[@gggreggg]

ah, yes!!! the christian taliban is speaking

[@acdclandon1]

@BobReidy Yep, I definitely have found a new respect towards both moderate republicans and libertarians for there stances on social issues. I also do hope that your right and that the religious right is dying. I can definitely tell there is a change, the stuff that was being said in this video couldn't stand up today, not at all.

[@johnottr]

These people make me LMFAO!

[@DanielVanVuren]

pigs