I always felt most of the public figures who made up the so-called “Christian Right” were charlatans (Pat Robertson, really?), and I think deep down Reagan felt that way too, but he knew how to use them for his own benefit, and he would throw them just enough bones to keep them happy, he was just more diplomatic towards them, than Goldwater was.
“I always felt most of the public figures who made up the so-called “Christian Right” were charlatans....”
We always talk about public figures in the
“Christian Right.” All the minor pastors and members
of the congregations are out there doing God’s
work, but our Hollywood culture always wants
there to be a leader and his minions; so no
one talks about the majority of evangelicals
and what they believe... or what they are doing.