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ErikJ

(6,335 posts) Tue Nov 6, 2012, 08:06 AM Nov 2012

Memorize this most infamous line in political history.

"How many of our Christians have what I call the Goo-Goo Syndrome,Good governmnent? They want everybody to vote. I don't want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of the people. They never have been from the beginning of our country and they are not now. As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down."

--Paul Weyrich, Father of the Right wing movement. Founder of the Heritage Foundation.

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Memorize this most infamous line in political history. (Original Post) ErikJ Nov 2012 OP

That is the basis for the whole voter suppression effort by the republican party. liberal N proud Nov 2012 #1

He is right. Most people don't vote! Amazing. nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #2

Nothing about the will of the people, or the welfare of the people, or "We the people...", or RC Nov 2012 #3

This is raw dictorship, American 21st century version. Fascism, Nazism, Communism... all grab power. JackN415 Nov 2012 #4

The "goo-goo" sneer has been around for a century... JHB Nov 2012 #5

Weyrich sowed some nasty, nasty conservative seeds. Snarkoleptic Nov 2012 #6

liberal N proud

(60,335 posts)

1. That is the basis for the whole voter suppression effort by the republican party.

Reply to ErikJ (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 08:14 AM

Nov 2012

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

2. He is right. Most people don't vote! Amazing. nt

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Tue Nov 6, 2012, 08:14 AM

Nov 2012

RC

(25,592 posts)

3. Nothing about the will of the people, or the welfare of the people, or "We the people...", or

Reply to ErikJ (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 08:40 AM

Nov 2012

the good of the country, or equality, or anything else. It is all about control for them. Nothing else. Just control.

Reminds me of some people right here on DU.

JackN415

(924 posts)

4. This is raw dictorship, American 21st century version. Fascism, Nazism, Communism... all grab power.

Reply to ErikJ (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 08:45 AM

Nov 2012

the same way, based on the same tricks.

JHB

(37,160 posts)

5. The "goo-goo" sneer has been around for a century...

Reply to ErikJ (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 08:50 AM

Nov 2012

...it was used by city political machines like NYC's Tammany Hall to derisively describe opposition who wanted to reduce the unbridled power of the machines.

Very telling that Weyrich uses it against people who are nominally on his side. After all, he was trying to build a political machine of his own, not bring one down.

Snarkoleptic

(5,997 posts)

6. Weyrich sowed some nasty, nasty conservative seeds.

Reply to ErikJ (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 09:33 AM

Nov 2012

Founded or helped found- ALEC, Heritage Foundation, Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress, Christian Voice, Moral Majority, Council for National Policy and more!

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