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Institutional
Affiliations
American
Alliance of Jews and Christians
: Co-founder, 2002
Campaign
for Working Families : Co-founder, Chairman
Foundation
for the Defense of Democracies : Board of Advisers
American
Values : Founder, President
Council
for National Policy : Member
Beliefnet
: Columnist
African
American Republican Leadership Council : May be on Advisory
Council (see citations)
Project
for the New American Century : Signatory to founding statement
and several others open letters
American
Renewal : Former chairman
Family
Research Council : President, 1988-1999
Focus
on the Family : Vice President, 1988-1992
Republican
National Committee : Assistant Director of Opposition Research,
1969-1973
Reagan-Bush
Committee : Senior Policy Analyst (13)
Government
Posts/Panels/Commissions
Reagan
Administration : Director, Office
of Policy Development, 1987-1988; Deputy Assistant Director
for Legal Policy, Office of Policy Development, 1982; Policy
Analyst, Office of Policy Development, 1981-1982
President's
Special Working Group on the Family : Chair, 1986
Department
of Education : Under Secretary of Education, 1985-1987;
Deputy Under Secretary for Planning and Budget, 1982-1985
Office
of President-elect Ronald Reagan : Assistant Director for
Policy/Community Services Administration, 1981
Corporate
Connections/Business Interests
Direct
Mail Marketing Association : Director
of Government Relations, 1976-1980; Deputy Director of Government
Relations, 1973-1976
Education
Georgetown
College ( Kentucky ) : B.A. in Political Science and Economics,
1968
Georgetown
Law School (D.C.) : J.D., 1973
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Highlights
& Quotes
Bauer,
a former presidential candidate, represents the nexus between the
Christian right and the neoconservatives. A close friend of neocon
bigwig William Kristol, Bauer's dossier of political activities
dates back to the Reagan administration, where he served in a number
of posts under Education Secretary William Bennett. From this perch
he lambasted moral decay in public schools and advocated controversial
policies like school prayer. According to a 1986 Washington Post
article, Bauer blamed "the public schools for what he called the
decay in the nation's morals," criticized textbook publishers "as
soft on the Soviet Union for saying that Russians enjoy some freedoms,"
and criticized teacher unions for promoting "leftist indoctrination
aimed at turning today's students into tomorrow's campus radicals."
(20)
Despite
his evangelical crusades, Bauer's personal behavior has been the
subject of sharp criticism from his employees and political allies.
He was accused of adultery by his 2000 presidential campaign staff,
who "charged Bauer with ill-advised private meetings with a 27-year-old
female campaign aide. In October, campaign manager Charles Jarvis
and almost half the campaign staff left Bauer over the charges of
impropriety." (15)
When
Bauer called his own press conference to combat the rumors of adultery,
he refused to answer questions about which campaign he thought was
spreading the rumors (although he had claimed a rival campaign was
doing it), and whether or not any of his former colleagues had approached
him about his seemingly inappropriate behavior with the female aide.
(16)
According
to the People for the American Way, after Bauer dropped out of the
2000 presidential race, The Family Research Council "Board of Directors
quickly confirmed that [Bauer] would not be back -- no surprise,
as FRC had previously given Bauer a thinly-veiled notice of expulsion
when it released the results of a poll conducted among their staffers.
. In addition, Bauer had reportedly angered James Dobson, founder
and head of Focus on the Family, mentor to Bauer, and underwriter
of much of the FRC, when he decided to run for president." (12)
When
Bauer dropped out of the presidential race, he endorsed the campaign
of Sen. John McCain, which drew criticism from conservative leaders:
"On his 700 Club television show, Pat Robertson, who himself sought
the GOP's presidential nomination in 1988, said, 'I don't think
the Bauer thing makes one hill of difference. He didn't do anything
anywhere all over the country. . I would think, frankly, that his
political activity is pretty much over." (12)
Despite
his attempts to become a leading member of the religious right,
he has been known for "scaring the hell out of the Republican establishment.
. Bauer is leading his flock toward a moralist economic philosophy
that often seems more Democratic than Republican. .The China debate
drew Bauer into an open alliance with liberals. He coordinated strategy
with House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.), attended a Kennedy
family dinner, staged a press conference with the AFL-CIO, and dined
with Richard Gere after they shared the same stage at a rally."
(19)
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