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By Richard A. Viguerie and David Franke, Authors of America’s Right Turn (2004)
Much has happened in the alternative media since we wrote America’s Right Turn in 2004. Where do conservatives stand today, compared to liberals, in political direct mail, talk radio, cable TV, the Internet, and the new social media? Here’s a scorecard.

By Richard A. Viguerie, CHQ Chairman
In 2004, when America’s Right Turn was published, we looked at the future of conservatism and foresaw a battle with a presidential candidate named Hillary Clinton.  (Excerpt 45 of 45 from America’s Right Turn.)

By Richard A. Viguerie, CHQ Chairman
The changes were already drastic in 2004, and they are even more pronounced today.  (Excerpt 44 of 45 from America’s Right Turn.)

By Richard A. Viguerie, CHQ Chairman
In 2004, when America’s Right Turn was published, conservatives were behind the liberals in learning how to use the Internet for political campaigns.  But they were learning, and a major campaign victory in California showed what could be done on the Right. (Excerpt 43 of 45.)

By Richard A. Viguerie, CHQ Chairman
Conservatives took note of how the liberals used the Internet in 2003 to create the first Internet-based presidential campaign. Both Left and Right realized that politics would never be the same again. This is excerpt 42 (of 45) from America’s Right Turn.

By Richard A. Viguerie, CHQ Chairman
Conservatives can learn an important lesson from liberals in how to turn a lemon (the Clinton impeachment) into lemonade (the MoveOn.org movement). This is excerpt 41 (of 45) from America’s Right Turn.

By Richard A. Viguerie, CHQ Chairman
As the Internet grew in size and importance, conservatives and libertarians were quick to embrace it. We also noted a dramatic increase in use of the Internet as a source for alternative political and campaign news. (Excerpt 40 of 45 from America’s Right Turn.)

By Richard A. Viguerie, CHQ Chairman
Lest we forget (or you are too young to remember), Hillary was no friend of the Internet when it was young.  And for good reason: She couldn’t control it.  (Excerpt 39 of 45 from America’s Right Turn.)

By Richard A. Viguerie, CHQ Chairman
The Internet’s impact on American politics was far, far greater than Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton, but that was the affair that jarred us into the realization that we were in a new media era.  (Excerpt No. 38 of 45 from America’s Right Turn.)

By Richard A. Viguerie, CHQ Chairman
Using alternative media, conservative publishers and entrepreneurs gave conservative authors new venues for their books.  The liberal gated book fortress of Manhattan had been breached.  (Excerpt #37 of 45 from America’s Right Turn.)

By Richard A. Viguerie, CHQ Chairman
Conservative stalwarts like M. Stanton Evans trained thousands of young journalists.  Many of them took advantage of expanding opportunities with the new alternative media, as columnists and magazine writers.  (Excerpt 36 of 45 from America’s Right Turn.)

By Richard A. Viguerie, CHQ Chairman
With the rise of the alternative media, conservatives have a seat at the table, which they didn’t have when newspapers were dominant and confined them to largely unread editorial pages.  (Excerpt 35 of 45 from America’s Right Turn.)

By Richard A. Viguerie, CHQ Chairman
Cable TV overtook the broadcast TV networks as the main source of political and campaign news after 2000—and Fox News dominated cable TV.  (Excerpt 34 of 45 from America’s Right Turn.)

Most Americans were conservative; TV news very liberal.  That spelled opportunity for an entrepreneur like Rupert Murdoch.  (Excerpt 33 of 45 from America’s Right Turn.)

By Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman, FedUp PAC
The TV broadcast networks have been all liberal, all the time.  C-SPAN gave the American people a direct line to Congress, bypassing the networks.  (Excerpt 32 of 45 from America’s Right Turn.)

By Richard A. Viguerie, CHQ Chairman
The National Rifle Association is a conservative success story—and an alternative media success story, using them to stop the gun-grabbers and gun-controllers.  (Excerpt 31 of 45 from America’s Right Turn.)

By Richard A. Viguerie, ConservativeHQ Chairman
In this excerpt from America’s Right Turn (No. 30 of 45), we offer two reasons why liberals fail on talk radio—and probably always will.

By Richard A. Viguerie, ConservativeHQ Chairman
In this excerpt from America’s Right Turn (No. 29 of 45), we look at talk radio’s impact on the culture wars, and why it “worked” for candidate Bill Clinton but against his administration.

By Richard A Viguerie, CHQ Chairman
In this excerpt from America’s Right Turn (No. 28 of 45) we explain why talk radio became so popular, with its hosts enjoying audiences larger than virtually any print journalist.

By Richard A. Viguerie, CHQ Chairman
In the 1930s, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the most powerful voice on that new medium: radio.  By the 1990s, the most powerful voice on radio was Rush Limbaugh.  In this excerpt from America’s Right Turn (No. 27 of 45), we look at how that revolution took place.