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The subtitle of this book accurately defines its message. Viguerie has the authority to speak out for the conservative movement and critique those who have abandoned its purpose and goals. Recognized as the "Funding Father of the Conservative Movement," he developed the direct-mail and fundraising technologies that played an essential role in building the conservative movement from the 1960s through the 1980s. Now, Viguerie is thinking outside of the "Bush GOP" box and Viguerie reminds us that Barry Goldwater called President Eisenhower's policies a "dime-store New Deal," and that Ronald Reagan wouldn't have been elected President in 1980 if he had not directly attacked the foreign policy of President Gerald Ford. Viguerie's solution for the conservatives' dilemma is to build a "Third Force" (not a Third Party) that will hold Republicans and Democrats accountable. Pointing to the tremendous successes of single-issue organizations, such as the National Rifle Association and Stop ERA (which defeated the Equal Rights Amendment), he urges us to let a thousand new conservative single-issue organizations bloom. He demands that Congress go on "pork-free diet," cut out corporate welfare, pull the plug on failed programs, and terminate unconstitutional federal handouts. Conservatives Betrayed is a call to action to reassert conservative principles and retake the Republican Party away from the Big Government/globalist Republicans. (Bonus Books, Los Angeles, 2006, 255 pp., $24.95) |
reminding conservatives that they exist as a movement to speak for limited government and a foreign policy based on American national interests and security. Is it heretical to speak out against an incumbent Republican President?
