Late Night Video — Why Voter Suppression Is Crucial to the GOP
This is Paul Weyrich (one of the founders of ALEC) explaining the game from 1980 (this is 40 seconds long):
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This is Paul Weyrich (one of the founders of ALEC) explaining the game from 1980 (this is 40 seconds long):
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At the heart of the Republican political philosophy is the concept advocated by many of our founders that voter participation is a public activity reserved for the worthy; in their day, property owners. In our day, the “successful”. It has also at its root the view of many protestant sects that one’s favor with “god” is demonstrated by material acquisition. Thus the success of mega-churches and the gospel of material success.
But also, the Tea Party faction within the Republican world has in its core belief system the view that poor black and hispanic voters are unworthy of what they view as an earned privilege; ie: uneducated and not significant property owners and thus unable to cast intelligent votes. The corporate funders of the Tea Party endorse this concept because they view such voters as unappreciative of the value corporations bring to this society, seeking always the support of the elite.
The Tea Party’s prime grassroots operation was founded in Richmond, Texas, a suburb of Houston; its founders are the modern day inheritors of the traditions of the John Birch Society. This group is called the King Street Patriots and started with significant funding from Freedom works and former Rep. Dick Armey of Texas. They have mobilized recruiting and training all across the country for voter suppression activities. I speak with some authority on this group as I followed them closely as a resident of Houston prior to moving to Wilmington and organized the counter voter suppression initiatives of the Harris County (Houston) Democratic party in starting in 2004 through 2011. Delaware, in my paranoid view, is highly vulnerable to their organizing strategies.