The Governing Party - NYTimes.com

As I was reading though this Op, two things stood out in the authors "praise" for the success of the GOP/T:

Republicans didn’t establish this dominant position because they are unrepresentative outsiders. They did it because they have deep roots in four of the dominant institutions of American society: the business community, the military, the church and civic organizations.

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Let’s pause over some of the institutions mentioned in these mini-bios: IBM, Reebok, the Red Cross, McKinsey and the Army. These are not fringe organizations. These are the pillars of American society.

Republicans won this election in part because they re-established their party’s traditional personality. The beau ideal of American Republicanism is the prudent business leader who is active in the community, active at church and fervently devoted to national defense.

Let's put a bit of context to this statement shall we,,,

Dominionism exist, there is no denying it regardless  of what some in the Reich may say.  Its "modern" roots can be traced primarily to Francis Schaefer, Bill Bright of Campus Crusade for Christ fame and Loren Cunningham, founder of Youth With a Mission; the time frame was the mid 70s.  Each were give a message:

That message was that if we are to impact any nation for Jesus Christ, then we would have to affect the seven spheres, or mountains of society that are the pillars of any society.

These seven mountains are business, government, media, arts and entertainment, education, the family and religion. There are many subgroups under these main categories,,, In essence, God was telling these three change agents where the battlefield was. It was here where culture would be won or lost. Their assignment was to raise up change agents to scale the mountains and to help a new generation of change agents understand the larger story.

Now consider this,,,

1]  Government:: numerous politicians are injecting religious beliefs into their policy making and believe that this nation was founded on “Christian” principles.

2]  Family::Religious ideology is behind what constitutes a marriage.

3]  Religion::A government controlled by people who believe this nation is a “Christian” nation.

4]  Education::The rise of the "voucher program" to fund private schooling and the increased push in the home school movement; both precipitated by funding cuts for public education.  "Teach the controversy" as well as Steve Green's initiative for a 4-year Bible-based curriculum also fall into this category.

5]  Media::Fox news is the only news.  And as bizarre as this may appear,

It turns out that control over the media isn't just to broadcast purely Christian entertainment and news.  In August 2010, [Patricia] King [a NAR “apostle” and “prophet” associated with XPmedia],  sat down with apostolic preacher Randy Demain who explained that demonic giants from Noah’s day have taken over the media mountain, which is why Christians need to “retake” the mountain.

6]  Business::Heavy backing by radical right-wing billionaires, many of whom advocate for open discrimination in the workplace based on religious beliefs - Steve Green; Jon Cargill, CFO of Hobby Lobby; the Koch brothers and   John Schnatter of Papa John fame, to name a few.

7]  Arts & Entertainment::Think of the recent spat of "Christian" themed movies of late, as well as the dreck that is playing on the History Channel and H2.  No accident there.

Make no mistake, this is not an unbiased opinion,  David Brooks was a keynote speaker at the recent conference entitled  "The Gathering" held in  Orlando, Florida this past September.

The Gathering is a conference of hard-right Christian organizations and, perhaps more important, funders. Most of them are not household names, at least if your household isn’t evangelical. But that’s the point: The Gathering is a hub of Christian Right organizing, and the people in attendance have led the campaigns to privatize public schools, redefine “religious liberty” (as in the Hobby Lobby case), fight same-sex marriage, fight evolution, and, well, you know the rest. They’re probably behind that, too.

Featured speakers have included many of the usual suspects: Alliance Defending Freedom President and CEO Alan Sears (2013), Focus on the Family President Jim Daly (2011), and Family Research Council head Tony Perkins (2006). This year, however, they are joined by David Brooks of The New York Times and Michael Gerson of The Washington Post. What’s going on? Has The Gathering gone mainstream?

So yes, Brooks should know that this was no "accident."