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Falwell, who worked with McAteer and others in the organization of the former [[Moral Majority]], once said that what "the press today calls the 'religious right' was really McAteer's dream."<ref name=nbcnews/> McAteer was particularly known too as a defender of the nation of [[Israel]]. He was overshadowed in the national limelight by Falwell and other colleagues, such as televangelist [[Pat Robertson]], and [[Ralph E. Reed, Jr.]], the former head of the [[Christian Coalition]], who at the time of McAteer's death in 2004 was working in the successful re-election campaign of U.S. President [[George W. Bush]], who had defeated McAteer's former rival, Al Gore, in a close, contested match in 2000.<ref name=nyt/>

Falwell, who worked with McAteer and others in the organization of the former [[Moral Majority]], once said that what "the press today calls the 'religious right' was really McAteer's dream."<ref name=nbcnews/> McAteer was particularly known too as a defender of the nation of [[Israel]]. He was overshadowed in the national limelight by Falwell and other colleagues, such as televangelist [[Pat Robertson]], and [[Ralph E. Reed, Jr.]], the former head of the [[Christian Coalition]], who at the time of McAteer's death in 2004 was working in the successful re-election campaign of U.S. President [[George W. Bush]], who had defeated McAteer's former rival, Al Gore, in a close, contested match in 2000.<ref name=nyt/>

McAteer's break with the Republicans came because the party delivered little of the conservative Christian agenda but instead catered to the party's moderate wing. “We were dropped like a hot potato once they got out of these Christians what they wanted,” McAteer said of the [[Republican Party|GOP]].<ref name=nbcnews>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6276308/ns/politics/t/staying-right-sideof-political-movement/#.V0eyR4-cEa4|title=Staying on the right side of a political movement: Conservative Christians - and their ideas - threaded throughout Bush administration|publisher=[[NBC News]]|date=October 27, 2004|author=Alex Johnson|accessdate=May 26, 2016}}</ref>

McAteer's break with the Republicans came because the party delivered little of the conservative Christian agenda but instead catered to the party's moderate wing. “We were dropped like a hot potato once they got out of these Christians what they wanted,” McAteer said of the [[Republican Party|GOP]].<ref name=nbcnews>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/6276308/ns/politics/t/staying-right-sideof-political-movement/#.V0eyR4-cEa4|title=Staying on the right side of a political movement: Conservative Christians - and their ideas - threaded throughout Bush administration|publisher=[[NBC News]]|date=October 27, 2004|author=Alex Johnson|accessdate=May 26, 2016}}</ref>

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