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Claiming to be Misled, Senate Chaplain Bows out of Far-Right Conference 02/02/2007 by Right Wing Watch Staff Senate Chaplain Barry Black has cancelled his scheduled appearance at a right-wing conference hosted by televangelist D. James Kennedy’s Center …

Kansas GOP Picks Anti-Immigrant Activist for its Chair 01/31/2007 by Right Wing Watch Staff Kansas Republicans have selected Kris Kobach , a law professor and anti-immigrant activist allied with the Religious Right, to be their state party chairman, …

McCain’s Appeasement of the Right Continues 01/18/2007 by Kyle Mantyla Having already made nice with Jerry Falwell after having once labeled him an “agent of intolerance,” and fresh on the heels of his offer to meet with James Dobson after Dobson declared …

With Falwell Appeased, McCain Courts Dobson 01/16/2007 by Kyle Mantyla Over the weekend it was reported that James Dobson of Focus on the Family had all but ruled out any possible support for Sen. John McCain’s presidential bid: Speaking on a Dallas …

The Extremely Profitable “War on Christmas” 12/20/2006 by Kyle Mantyla In its constant search for any phony non-issue that it can cite as evidence that Christians in this country are under attack, last year the Right fabricated the idea that there was …

Violent Video Game Caps Long Career of Moral Crusader 12/19/2006 by Right Wing Watch Staff “ It's finally here! Just in time for holiday gift-giving ,” advertises the web site of the wildly-bestselling “Left Behind” series of novels of the end times. The …

Tancredo Returns to Make Florida Mad 12/12/2006 by Right Wing Watch Staff What motivates political figures to embrace extreme rhetoric? This summer, Jerry Falwell explained that extreme rhetoric leads to publicity, which in turn leads to money : “There’s …

Romney Courts Religious Right 11/27/2006 by Right Wing Watch Staff Jerry Falwell, Gary Bauer, Lou Sheldon, Richard Land meet with ’08 candidate in Boston. On the Watchlist Jerry Falwell Gary Bauer Richard Land On the Watchlist Religious Right … Romney …

Now Where Did They Get That Idea? 11/20/2006 by Kyle Mantyla Angry over the “ thumping ’” the Republicans took at the polls last week, the Right is frantically casting about for explanations and excuses as to what went wrong.   The latest scapegoat …

Perhaps Colson Isn’t the Best Example 11/09/2006 by Kyle Mantyla Appearing in Wednesday’s edition of the Washington Post was an op-ed by Joseph Loconte and Michael Cromartie, both affiliated with the right-wing Ethics and Public Policy Center , entitled “ …