GOP Lobbyists Refer to Religious Base as “Wackos”
Meet Jack Abramoff and Michael Scanlon.
These two are accused of exploiting Native American tribes for over $66 million, diverting the funds to buy favors from “powerful members of Congress and the executive branch,” writes Salon’s Michael Scherer.
In a memo that was read during a Capitol Hill hearing on November 2, from Scanlon, former aide to Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Sugar Land, Tex.), sent to the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, outlining his plan for protection of Tribe’s gambling businesses:
“The wackos get their information through the Christian right, Christian radio, mail, the internet and telephone trees… Simply put, we want to bring out the wackos to vote against something and make sure the rest of the public lets the whole thing slip past them.”
It is no surprise to many how the GOP uses and abuses the religious right for political reasons but shocking that that no one within the party calls them out on it.
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