The marginalization of "The Left" through the years. Not hearing us now at all.

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83. You are correct: The Powell Manifesto set out the entire plan. Nixon's appointee to

the Supreme Court wrote it all out, how, exactly, the right was never again going to be put in a position to answer to the masses. Some of the things he wrote in a letter to Adolph Coors:

1) Control the message. Take over every media outlet, buy them out, force friendly legislation to enable the takeover. Run full-page ads in every newspaper, and recruit people sympathetic to the (ultra conservative) cause. Target guns & abortion, and issues that appeal to the conservative ideas.

2) No more liberal ideas in college classrooms. By giving large grants to colleges, (research project by way of corporate grants, sports teams, etc) they could have a big say in which professors got hired, fired, and tenured, and what the curriculum would be. (Much like what we're seeing in privatized elementary and charter schools in our times now) .

3) Through the Chamber of Commerce, small business could be funded and supported with start-up money for entrepreneurs who were sympathetic to their cause. (This focused on the Chamber of Commerce to be taken over, and made a powerhouse of conservative voices. )

4) Control the message at divinity schools, who were a ripe-for-the-picking already-organized conservative leaning bed of influence. (By the way, there was a video made in the early 80's showing a fetus in the womb, which was VERY graphic, responding to stimulation, showing it as if it was human. All set to really appropriately dramatic music. THIS was shown in sunday schools and church groups to whip up an anti-abortion frenzy. Some of us old folks remember this. )

5) Create and fund PACs for even local races, from school boards (especially) and county commissioner/city council positions, to mayor, dog catcher, etc. , grooming conservative candidates for higher office. Even run conservatives for the democratic primaries. (i.e., the infiltration of the democratic party. Should I say, the VERY INTENTIONAL infiltration into the democratic party) .

6) Control which judges were appointed to the bench.


There was more, but all this started with Powell's leadership, and Nixon appointed him to the supreme court BECAUSE of his stance on this takeover.