How things have changed…
May 9, 2006 by Conservative Culture
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I would like to thank Conservative Culture for adding me to this site. I appreciate the opportunity to offer my thoughts on politics.
One thing you will learn as you read my posts in the future is that I am a voracious reader. While I focus on reading books written by conservative allies in this culture war, I sometimes study the opponents as well. I am presently reading Tip O’Neill’s 1984 memoirs, Man of the House. Before his service in the U.S. Congress, he served in the Massachusetts Statehouse. In 1948, he helped orchestrate the first Democratic takeover of that body in decades. His explanation of how he did it is fascinating:
We were also lucky that in 1948 just about everything was going our way. A right-to-work referendum was on the ballot that year, so the labor unions turned out their people in full force. There was also a referendum on abortion, which prompted the Church to take an unusually active role in the campaign. Between the unions and the Catholics, the percentage of Democrats who voted in that election was unusually high–and every Democrat who ran for any public office that year was a beneficiary. (From page 59.)
How times have changed! In our parents’ (or grandparents’) day, an abortion referendum on the ballot was sure to turn out the pro-life vote…and put the Democrats in office.
Scott Hazen
on Tue, 9th May 2006 5:22 pm
Great to see another good conservative blogger. Knowing Daniel personally, I can tell you he is a true thinker with passion and he puts his words into actual action.
Witness the recent victories of Jim Jordan and Ken Blackwell, and you can see Daniel’s passion first hand. He was walking in the knee deep snow for Jim Jordan and Ken Blackwell. We need more conservatives like Daniel!
Daniel J. Mount
on Wed, 10th May 2006 8:18 am
Thank you, Mr. Hazen!
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