QUOTE(TheBigHurt35 @ Mar 31, 2005 -> 08:57 AM)
I don't think it's changed that much at all. People were making the same comments about GOP being too closely aligned with the Christian Right when Bush lost to Clinton in '92. Two years later, Republicans gained control of Congress and haven't looked back since. Reagan was a very devout Christian as well and used the same moralist ("Evil Empire") rhetoric when discussing the Soviet Union that Bush uses in reference to Iran and North Korea. Had the Constitution allowed, he almost certainly would've been elected to a third term. Death of the GOP, my ass.
This "neoconservatism" label is just something that liberal, anti-Christian media outlets like the NY Times use to drag conservatives through the mud. They're scared stiff because a major media outlet (Fox News) is pushing a conservative agenda to counter their liberal agenda... and it's working very well.
They used to call the first bush rubberz, on capital hill, becuase he wanted to put a condom machine in every bathroom in the Capital Building. Can you even think about that happening these days.
If you want to see a great film on how neo conservatism and the chrisitian right developed watch the Power of Nightmares. Yes the movie is biased (made by the BBC) but you can clearly see how neo conservatism developed, and how they used christians to rise to power