Hateful ideologue Paul Weyrich has passed away. Weyrich was quoted in the 90's as saying that our nation deserved the "wrath of God under Clinton." Anyone who says our nation deserves the wrath of God is just plain awful.
UPDATE: In a completely unrelated story - did anyone see that it snowed in Las Vegas?
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Paul Weyrich, 66, founder of the very conservative Heritage Foundation, has passed away. He was also CEO of the Free Congress Foundation.
Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform wrote this tribute: "Paul Weyrich created institutions and networks that incubated new and old powerful policies and strategies to advance liberty. ... He brought leaders of various freedom impulses together. Most of the successes of the Conservative movement since the 1970s flowed from structures, organizations, and coalitions he started, created or nurtured. Paul also lived a balanced life with work, family and his faith. We will miss his puns and wisdom and hard work."
Personally, I always thought Paul Weyrich had several screws loose.
Here's Paul Weyrich talking about how he doesn't want everyone to vote:
"How many of our Christians have what I call the Goo Goo Syndrome? Good Government. They want everybody to vote. I don't want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people, they never have been from the beginning of our country and they are not now! In fact, our leverage in the elections, quite candidly, goes up as the voting populace goes down."
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And here is a link to an article in Rolling Stone magazine which links Paul Weyrich to the GOP strategy of disenfranchising voters.
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