The Notional Dangers of the Fictional Far Right

Now, the far right of the liberals' imagination simply does not exist.  Those accused of representing the mythical "far right" -- historical figures like Father Coughlin or the Ku Klux Klan -- have nothing in common with American conservatism, and they never have.  Coughlin and Long, as I point out in my January 2006 book, Sinisterism: Secular Religion of the Lie, were radical socialists who were strong supporters of the Democratic Party.

The Notional Dangers of the Fictional Far Right

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