Paul Gottfried first coined the term paleoconservatism in the 1980s . These conservatives stressed ( post-Cold War ) non-interventionist foreign policy , strict immigration law , anti-consumerism and traditional values and opposed the neoconservatives , who had more liberal views on these issues . The paleoconservatives used the surge in right-wing populism during the early 1990s to propel the presidential campaigns of Pat Buchanan in 1992 , 1996 and 2000 . They diminished in number after the September 11 attacks , where they found themselves at odds with the vast majority of American conservatives on how to respond to the threat of terrorism . The Constitution Party and the Reform Party of the United States of America had much support from the paleoconservatives
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Radical right (United States)