Crooksandliars: Paul Weyrich in the 80's "The less people vote, the more we win"

[Greeby]

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/06/07/paul-weyrich-goo-goo-syndrome/

Not a direct quote, but it sums up the gist of what he was saying

[IndyOp]

1. K&R&Bookmarked! And more on Morton Blackwell's Leadership Institute -

where they teach the Gospel According to Weyrich:

My right-wing degree

How I learned to convert liberal campuses into conservative havens at Morton Blackwell's Leadership Institute, alma mater of Karl Rove, Ralph Reed, Jeff Gannon and two Miss Americas.

By Jeff Horwitz

NothingMay 25, 2005 | One recent Sunday, at Morton Blackwell's Leadership Institute, a dozen students meet for the second and final day of training in grass-roots youth politics. All are earnest, idealistic and as right wing as you can get. They take careful notes as instructor Paul Gourley teaches them how to rig a campus mock election.

It's nothing illegal -- no ballot stuffing necessary, even at the most liberal colleges. First you find a nonpartisan campus group to sponsor the election, so you can't be accused of cheating. Next, volunteer to organize the thing. College students are lazy, and they'll probably let you. Always keep in mind that a rigged mock election is all about location, location, location.

"Can anyone tell me," asks Gourley, a veteran mock electioneer, "why you don't want the polling place in the cafeteria?"

Stephen, a shy antiabortion activist sitting toward the rear of the class, raises his hand: "Because you want to suppress the vote?"

"Stephen has the right answer!" Gourley exclaims, tossing Stephen his prize, a copy of Robert Bork's "Slouching Toward Gomorrah."

The students, strait-laced kids from good colleges, seem unconvinced. The lesson -- that with sufficient organization, the act of voting becomes less a basic right than a tactical maneuver -- doesn't sit easy with some students at first. Gourley, a charismatic senior from South Dakota and the treasurer of the College Republican National Committee, assures them: "This is not anti-democracy. This is not shady. Just put somewhere where you might have to put a little bit of effort into voting." The rest, Gourley explains, is just a matter of turnout.

more...

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/05/25/blackwell/index.html

[liberal N proud]

2. That is why the republicons always try to stop people from voting

Back when the Chicago machine was accused of voter fraud, they didn't prevent people from voting they just voted extra and voted the dead.

I have said for years, if every American was allowed to vote, the republicons would have to change their tune or be extinct.

[izzie]

3. I also think like you that if every one voted we would have Dem.

but this voting thing has many sides to it. We have done the only property owners can vote right up to the race thing. But the most important thing is who ever vote knows what the man running will do or you think he will do. Hitler was voted into power or his party was I for got how that went right now. Stalin got, I would guess, 99 percent of the votes when he 'ran'. So all parts of this thing can be fixed and is often done. One vote per person does not mean freedom at all. We are always having trouble with the men we put into office so even with 200 years of doing this we do not get it right just maybe more right than people who have no choose when they vote if they can vote. I also understand turning off to the whole thing and saying to hell with it all which looks like about 40 percent of our pop. do now. I am sure every GOP person knows they are not as many around as Dem. One reason Bush ran and sounded so much like a Dem.

[applegrove]

4. Very important. The lack of turnout in America is not talked about enough.

65% is pathetic..and I might add...makes *'s base exactly half. Why they do come so close to winning even though they don't represent the working and middle class.