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ErikJ

(6,335 posts)
Thu Sep 6, 2012, 06:03 PM Sep 2012

"I don't want everybody to vote."

Last edited Thu Sep 6, 2012, 07:01 PM - Edit history (1)

"How many of our Christians have the GOO-GOO syndrome, Good Government?
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, "Founding father of the conservative movement" , Co-Founder of Heritage Foundation, Moral Majority in a speech 1980.




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"I don't want everybody to vote." (Original Post) ErikJ Sep 2012 OP
Republicans always try to get around democracy, not embrace it. lob1 Sep 2012 #1
They want a corporate Theocracy ErikJ Sep 2012 #2
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