|
Alas, the lie detector has fallen on hard times
|
The dream of the Reagan administration was to have everyone in
the government take a lie-detector test. The president felt the lie
detector was the only way to keep public servants from leaking the
government's secrets to the press. It also put the fear of God in
those who weren't following the White House game plan.
Alas, the lie detector has fallen on hard times. Since
Irangate, all the machines have been recalled because they are giving
out false signals. The retired detectors are being collected in a
warehouse in Alexandria, Va., where they are guarded by Victor
Veracity, who is ...
|
Conservatives Mute Criticism of Bush Domestic Policy; Gingrich, Kemp Caution Convention Delegates Here on Political Direction of Movement
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; Conservatives who were searching...members of the Conservative Political Action...in the Republican Party platform. But the several hundred conservative activists attending...danger of the American conservative movement fighting...labor, stressed that conservatives should spend as ...
|
|
Canadian conservatives?(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life
; ...espoused by political conservatives in Canada. If social conservatives decamp permanently in the Canadian Conservative Party, I fear that they...altogether. Social conservative views need to be voiced in other political parties, where other positions...importance to social ...
|
|
|
Conservatives Find Reason to Cheer Bush; Speech Provides Some Encouragement on Domestic Agenda, but Mistrust on Taxes Remains
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...I'm not sure that some conservatives will be happy under any...Bush and elements of the conservative wing of his party has taken a new turn because...The very sort of staunch conservatives who hated Bush's heresy...administration official and a staunch conservative. "There is nothing more...
|
|
Disgruntled Conservatives Have Reason to Hope
Magazine article from: Human Events
; ...failed to arouse the conservative base. Many conservatives even chose to stay...last Tuesday. The conservative share of the electorate...full extent of the conservatives' malaise was evident...to 32%, as the party "best able to deal...
|
|
Conservatives Maintain Edge as Top Ideological Group; Compared with 2008, more Americans "conservative" in general, and on issues.(Survey)
Magazine article from: Gallup Poll News Service
; ...likely to consider themselves conservative this year than they were in 2008, resulting in conservatives -- now 40% of the American...among whom 35% say they are conservatives thus far in 2009 -- compared...Independents have also become more conservative on a number of specific...continues to show ...
|
|
Conservative Jews up in arms over "Who is a Jew Issue", financial and moral support of Israel in jeopardy. (proposed amendment to Law of Return)
PR Newswire
; ...groundswell" among rank and file Conservative Jews regarding Prime Minister...ultra-Orthodox political parties in Israel. Listening to...concerned laypeople of the Conservative Movement and the United Synagogue...financial and moral support of Conservative Jews for Israel...
|
|
Conservatives eager to put battles in past, unite behind Bush agenda and next court pick.(PAGE ONE)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...WASHINGTON TIMES Conservatives were heartened by...start to unite his conservative base for the judicial...while he and his party were under fierce...will help unite the party and put the president...overtures to overcome conservative complaints on his...agreeing to meet conservative ...
|
|
Congressional Conservatives Raise Complaints over Bush Spending Plans.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; ...trouble." Many conservatives "are beginning to...solid majority of conservatives backs Bush. The...way to please the party's right wing on...avoid the kind of conservative rebellion that damaged...president has adopted the conservative agenda almost point...economist Brian Riedl: ...
|
|
Conservatives discouraged? Not for a minute
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...the economically conservative Cato Institute. Wallop said that conservatives must not see themselves...to the Republican Party. He indicted the...disapprove of the conservative vision of American...were delivered to conservative ideas, not Rockefeller...follow the lead of ...
|
|
Conservative Voters Reject Intolerant Conservatism
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...unelected yet outspoken conservatives speak out in the name of conservative voters, only to...suggestion that his party's platform incorporate...are among the most conservative in the country...presumed to speak for conservatives. In the states...that have taken over party ...
|
Find more facts and information related to the
article "Alas, the lie detector has fallen on hard times"
