Catchword: radcon

Filed under: English, Politics

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: Why are so many of these angry workers, who can barely pay their family’s bills, voting for radical conservative (“Radcon,” in Reich’s parlance) Republicans instead of Democrats? Because, Reich answers, the Radcons have “exploited these workers’ anger and channeled it toward those familiar targets they want to blame—poor blacks and Latinos, welfare recipients, affirmative action, immigrants, women, Washington bureaucrats, Hillary and Bill and, of course, liberals. Anger is a potent political force. Radcons have been remarkably, and tragically, effective at their scapegoating.”

Article or document title:
“Reich’s optimistic strategy to get Democrats back in power” (URL)

Author:
Steve Weinberg

Article, document, publication, web site:
San Francisco Chronicle

Date of publication:
May 16, 2004

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