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Beginning of article:
November 7, 2004
The Antiwar Right Is Ready to Rumble
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
ROUND 8 p.m. Tuesday, a gloomy mood was settling over the dozen
conservative stalwarts gathered with martinis and glasses of red wine in
an office in Arlington, Va., to watch the returns. Early exit polls showed
President Bush trailing, and Richard Viguerie, dean of conservative direct
mail, thought he knew who was to blame: the neoconservatives, the group
associated with making the case for the invasion of Iraq.
"If he loses, they are going to have a bull's-eye on their back," Mr.
Viguerie said.
Ronald Godwin, a top aide to Dr. Jerry Falwell, agreed. "I see a real
battle for the Republican Party starting about Nov. 3," he said.
The euphoria of Mr. Bush's victory postponed the battle, but not for long.
Now that Mr. Bush has secured re-election, some conservatives who say they
held their tongues through the campaign season are speaking out against
the neoconservatives, against the war and in favor of a speedy exit.
They argue that the war is a political liability to the Republican Party,
but also that it runs counter to traditional conservatives' disdain for
altruist interventions to make far-off parts of the world safe for
American-style democracy. Their growing outspokenness recalls the dynamics
of American politics before Vietnam, when Democrats first became
identified as doves and Republicans hawks, suggesting to some the
complicated political pressures facing the foreign policy of the second
Bush administration.
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