Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Why Would GOP Repress Voter Registration?

Here is why the republicans are trying to repress voter registration.

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Shortly before the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, Paul Weyrich — a principal architect of today's Republican Party — scolded evangelicals who believed in democracy. "Many of our Christians have what I call the 'goo goo' syndrome — good government," said Weyrich, who co-founded Moral Majority with Jerry Falwell. "They want everybody to vote. I don't want everybody to vote. . . . As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down." (I added the emphasis)

1 comment:

  1. This is like the elephant in the room in terms of the election, if those who have been marginalized exercise their right to vote this election will be a landslide, but that has rarely happened in the past.

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