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Proud Liberal Dem

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4. Heaven forbid that some people care enough about democracy in this country
Wed Dec 5, 2012, 03:31 PM
Dec 2012

to encourage other people to get out and vote and participate in democracy. Of course, I know a group of people whom are pretty clear that they want as few people voting and participating in democracy: Republicans. Anybody remember what conservative activist Paul Weyrich said about voting:

"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."

This is the Republican creed regarding voting, plain and simple.


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