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Palin, Faye
Palin, Sarah
abortion and
CNP and
Dobson, J., and
McCain and
Obama, B., and
Palin, Todd
Palin, Track
Palin, Trig
Palmer, Scott
“Pamela Has a Problem” (Focus on the Family)
Parsley, Rod
Parsons, Jack
La Pasionara
The Passion of the Christ (film)
Haggard, T., and
Passionate Pissing (film)
PastorAm Gay (Bess)
The Patriot (film)
Paul, Ron
Pawlenty, Tim
Pegler, Westbrook
Pelosi, Alexandra
Pelosi, Nancy
Penthouse (magazine)
Perkins, Tony
Craig and
Duke and
Giuliani and
Huckabee, M., and
King, Alveda, and
Pickering and
Vitter and
Perl, Peter
Peroutka, Michael
Phares, Greg
Phelps, Fred
Phillips, David
Phillips, Howard
Phillips, Tom
Pickering, Charles, Sr.
Pierce, William
Pirandello, Luigi
Pittman, Leo Dale
Plame, Valerie
Planned Parenthood
Playboy (magazine)
Reisman and
The Plot Against America (Roth)
Political Cesspool (radio show)
The Politics of Guilt and Pity (Rushdoony)
Popke, Dan
Pornography
Bundy and
Dobson, J., and
Murray, M., and
Powell, Colin
Dobson, J., and
Kemp and
Palin, S., and
Reed and
Power, Margaret
Praise Mountain
The Prayer Cave
Press, Bill
Prince, Edgar
Prince, Erik
Princeton University
Prison Fellowship
Project
Promise Keepers
Pryor, William
Purity balls
The Purpose Driven Life (Warren, R.)
Pussy Pumping Ass Fuckers (magazine)
Pyszcynski, Tom
Quayle, Dan
Radar (magazine)
Ragle, Robert
Raped by Arab Terrorists (book)
Rapture
Ray, Charlie
Reader’s Digest (magazine)
Reagan, Michael
Reagan, Patti
Reagan, Ron
Reagan, Ronald
Chapman, B., and
CNP and
Dobson, J., and
Rediscovering God in America (Gingrich)
Reed, Ralph
Abramoff and
DeLay and
McCain and
Powell and
Robertson and
Scanlon and
Regnery, Alfred
Regnery, Christina
Reisman, Judith
Rentboy.com
Republican Women for Life
Resolutions Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention
Reudrich, Randy
Revelations, Book of
Reynolds, Tom
Rice-Hughes, Donna
Rich, Frank
Rich, John
Richardson, Marvin
Right-Wing Women: From Conservatives to Extremists (Power and Baccheta)
Risch, Jim
Ritter, Bruce
Rivera, Geraldo
Roberts, John
Haggard, T., and
Roberts, Richard
Robertson, Pat
Abramoff and
Reed and
Tucker and
Robinson, Eugene
Robison, James
Rocky Mountain News
Roe v. Wade
Giuliani and
Rogers, John G.
Rogers-Brown, Janice
Romancing the Bone (film)
Romney, George
Romney, Mitt
Craig and
Dobson, J., and
Huckabee, M., and
McCain and
mortality reminders from
Rosin, Hanna
Ross, Brian
Ross, Rick
Rosselini, Albert
Roth, Phillip
Rounds, Mike
Rove, Karl
Abramoff and
Dobson, J., and
McCain and
Rule, Ann
Rushdoony, Rousas John
Ahmanson, H., and
Colson and
Gothard and
Schaeffer, Francis, and
Rushton, Sean
Russell, Bertrand
Saad, Henry
Sachse, Victor
Saddleback Community Church
Sager, Ryan
Salon.com
Samaritan’s Purse
Same-sex marriage
Craig and
Haggard, T., and
Sanchez, Matt
Sanchez, Rick
Santorum, Rick
Saunders, Deborah
Save Our Children
Scahill, Jeremy
Scaife, Richard Mellon
Scalia, Thomas
Scanlon, Michael
Reed and
Scarborough, Rick
Schaeffer, Francis
abortion and
Colson and
Eldredge and
Falwell and
Rushdoony and
Schaeffer, Frank
Schenck, Rob
Scheunemann, Randy
Schiavo, Terri
Schimmel, Joe
Schlafly, John
Schlafly, Phyllis
abortion and
Schlossberg, Herbert
Schwartz, Michael
Schwartzenegger, Arnold
Scientology
Scott, Suzanne
Sears, Alan
Second Civil War
Sentelle, David
Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (Kinsey)
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (Kinsey)
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
Shaath, Nabil
Sharlet, Jeff
Shays, Chris
Sheh, Simon
Shelby, Richard
Sheldon, Lou
60 Minutes (TV program)
Slaughter, Louise
Slepian, Barnett
Smith, Bailey
Smith, Joseph
Smith, Lamar
Smith, Nick
Snow, Tony
Solomon, Sheldon
Son of Sam. See Berkowitz, David
Soros, George
DeLay and
Hastert and
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Southern Poverty Law Center
Spare the Child: The Religious Roots of Punishment and the Psychological Impact of Physical Abuse (Greven)
Spiritual mapping
Spitzer, Eliot
Spock, Benjamin
Squirt.org
Stand for Marriage
Stanley, Charles
Statesman
STDs. See Sexually transmitted diseases
Steiger, Doug
Stewart, Rollen
Stine, Brad
Stockman, Steve
Stoeker, Fred
Stone, Roger
Stoos, John
Stop Sexual Predators
Strang, Stephen
The Stranger Beside Me (Rule)
The Strong-Willed Child (Dobson, J.)
Sullivan, Amy
Summer of Purpose
SunCruz
Super Bitch (magazine)
Swag
gart, Jimmy
Swann, Lynn
Talent, Jim
Talk to Her (Almodóvar)
Talon News
Tancredo, Tom
Tanner, John
Taylor, Bruce
Terry, Randall
Palin, S., and
Schiavo and
TheDailyBeast.com
Third Wave
Thomas, Clarence
Thomas, Randy
Thompson, Fred
Thune, John
Tiahrt, Todd
Tidmore, Christopher
Tijuana Toilet Tramps (film)
A Time for Anger: The Myth of Neutrality (Schaeffer, Francis)
Titus, Herb
Tobias, Randall
Today Show (TV show)
Tolkien, J.R.R.
Toobin, Jeffrey
Touched by an Anal (film)
Tourette’s syndrome. See Ahmanson, Howard F., Jr.
Towle, Andy
Townhall (Web magazine)
Townsend, Larry
The Tragedy of American Compassion (Olasky)
Trandahl, Jeff
“Transformation” (Otis)
Traynham, Robert
Tremaine, Albert
Trewhella, Matthew
Trout, Mike
The True Believer (Hoffer)
Trump, Donald
Tucker, Karla Faye
Turning Point: A Christian Worldview Declaration (Olasky)
2Die4: The Dangerous Truth About Following Christ (Dobson, R.)
Uhl, Mark David
Under, Craig
The Unhappy Gays (LaHaye, T.)
Unruh, Allen
Unruh, Leslee
U.S. Family Network
U.S. Taxpayers Party
Value Voters Summit
Van Der Meid, Ted
Van Diest, Grace
Van Til, Cornelius
Vanderslice, Mara
VCR’s
“A Victim of Circumstance” (Focus on the Family)
Vieira, Edwin
Viguerie, Richard
Villere, Roger
Vitter, David
Family Research Council and
Perkins and
Von Hoffman, Nicholas
Wallace, William
Wallis, Jim
Warren, Earl
Warren, Neil Clark
Warren, Rick
Obama, B., and
same-sex marriage and
Washington Confidential
Washington Mutual
Washington-Israel Summit
Waxman, Henry
Wedge Strategy
Weekly Standard (magazine)
Palin, S., and
Welch, Joseph
Rushdoony and
Wesley, John
West, Jim
Western Center for Law and Justice
Westwords
Weyrich, Paul
What’s the Matter with Kansas? (Frank)
“Where’s Dad?” (video)
White, Pamela Cooper
White supremicists
Whitman, Christie Todd
“Why Certain Sexual Deviations Are Punishable by Death” (Bryant)
Wild at Heart (Eldredge)
Wildmon, Don
Wilka, Tim
Williams, Armstrong
Williams, Brian
Williams, Cezanne
Wilson, Bruce
Wilson, Gretchen
Wilson, Joseph
Wilson, Pete
Winell, Marlene
Wolf, Frank
“A Woman’s Right to Self-Defense” (Chesler)
Women’s ENews
Works, Stephanie and Rachel
World (magazine)
World Prayer Center
WorldNetDaily (Web magazine)
Wright, Jeremiah
Wright, Lester
Wuornos, Aileen
Youth with a Mission (YWAM)
Murray, M., and
YWAM. See Youth with a Mission
Zacharias, Ravi
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Blumenthal, Max.
Republican Gomorrah : inside the movement that shattered the party / Max Blumenthal.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
eISBN : 978-1-568-58398-3
1. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 2. Conservatism—United States—History—20th century. 3. Conservatives—United States—History—20th century. 4. United States—Politics and government—2001- I. Title.
JK2356.B68 2009
324.2734—dc22 2009019826
Table of Contents
Title Page
Dedication
Praise
Introduction
PART ONE
CHAPTER 1 - GOD’S GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 2 - CREATING A MONSTER
CHAPTER 3 - WHAT GOD WANTS HIM TO DO
CHAPTER 4 - MARCHING THROUGH THE INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER 5 - THE PERSONAL CRISIS INDUSTRY
CHAPTER 6 - THE KING OF PAIN
PART TWO
CHAPTER 7 - SATAN IN A PORSCHE
CHAPTER 8 - THE KILLER AND THE SAINT
CHAPTER 9 - A DANGEROUS WOMAN
CHAPTER 10 - CHEAP GRACE
CHAPTER 11 - THE ADDICT AND THE ENABLER
CHAPTER 12 - CASINO JACK, THE FACE PAINTER, AND THE SAUSAGE KING
CHAPTER 13 - TALK TO HER
CHAPTER 14 - THE BAD COP
CHAPTER 15 - BOLDLY AFFIRMING UNCLE TOM
CHAPTER 16 - FEEDING BABY MONSTERS
CHAPTER 17 - HUMAN TOOLS
THE CONFORMISTS
LIVES UNLIVED
CHAPTER 18 - THE WIDE STANCE
CHAPTER 19 - PASTOR TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
ULTIMATE FIGHTING JESUS V. BETT Y JO “B. J.” BLOWERS
COMPLETELY HETEROSEXUAL
CHAPTER 20 - THE NIGHTMARE OF CHRISTIANITY
PART THREE
CHAPTER 21 - THE PARTY OF DOBSON
CHAPTER 22 - THE PARTY OF DEATH
CHAPTER 23 - THE HATE BOAT
CHAPTER 24 - A MATTER OF TONE
CHAPTER 25 - THE FAMILY THAT PRAYS TOGETHER
SEASON OF THE WITCH
REAL AMERICANS
WHACKO
COLLATERAL DAMAGE
EPILOGUE
Acknowledgements
NOTES
INDEX
Copyright Page