Ever wonder how the right wingers took over our country?

[Sarah Ibarruri]

Here is a big part of the answer:


What right wing organization functions as if it were a branch of our government, by getting legislation passed and right wing extremist judges and politicians in office?

Here's a hint... it was founded in 1981, its rules are secret, private, and its member list is confidential, it's very strong, rich, and has (or had) as some of its members, the following:

James Dobson
Paul Weyrcih
Wayne LaPierre
Grover Norquist
Howard Phillips
Donald P. Hodel
Jerry Falwell
Pat Robertson
Phyllis Schlaffly
Jesse Helms
Dick Arney
Tim LaHaye
Ralph Reed
Joseph Coors
(and many more right wing extremist politicians, millionaires, billionaires, and wealthy preachers).

Give up yet?

Of course. That's why it's secret. It's the deceptively named, Council for National Policy.

It's had as some of its many keynote speakers and people it's given awards to:

Oliver North
Bill Frist
John Bolton
GW Bush
(and many more)

Read about it here. It will make you weep and horrify you:

http://www.au.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6949&news_iv_ctrl=0&abbr=cs_&JServSessionIdr010=i6m4gpof22.app13a

Here's an excerpt from the article:

.........It was odd, therefore, that when U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) accepted a “Thomas Jefferson Award” from a national group at the Plaza Hotel in New York City in August, the media weren’t notified. In fact, they weren’t welcome to attend. “The media should not know when or where we meet or who takes part in our programs, before or after a meeting,” reads one of the cardinal rules of the organization that honored Frist.

The CNP was founded in 1981 as an umbrella organization of right-wing leaders who would gather regularly to plot strategy, share ideas and fund causes and candidates to advance the far-right agenda. Twenty-three years later, it is still secretly pursuing those goals with amazing success. Since its founding, the tax-exempt organization has been meeting three times a year. Members have come and gone, but all share something in common: They are powerful figures, drawn from both the Religious Right and the anti-government, anti-tax wing of the ultra-conservative movement.............

[RagingInMiami]

1. It started way before that with the assassination of JFK

[Stinky The Clown]

2. K&R

[scot]

3. I thought Bill Buckley did it.

[hang a left]

4. Very interesting...

It should be read by all. KNR