[Peace-discuss] A Dystopic Strategy?

[Morton K.Brussel]

Hi Paul,

Interesting letter. I've been  fantasizing recently about the 
possibility of infiltrating the Republican (and Democratic) parties, 
ultimately leading into the executive branch and other government 
agencies. There is a need to penetrate the cloak of silence and secrecy 
which exists there so as to confront and destabilize them. This would 
require committed activists willing to join the two party politics and 
work to gain the confidence of their leaders; moles. We could then play 
the same tricks on them as they play on us. At critical moments leaks 
could be given out to disrupt their evil designs. I feel we need spies 
on our own government. Your sister and her husband thus have an idea 
which could be a step in this direction, although their motives are 
somewhat different.

Just a thought.

Mort

On Nov 9, 2004, at 1:25 PM, Paul M. King wrote:

> [I'm interested in hearing what others think about these
> tactics. My sister and brother-in-law are thoroughly
> frustrated and are thinking about joining the Republican
> party. I'll forward your thoughtful replies to them. Thanks.
> ..:: paul king]
>
> ---- Original message ----
>> Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 11:25:12 -0700
>> From: "Tom Corbet" <tcorbet7 at comcast.net>
>> Subject: RE: [Peace-discuss] fun with maps
>> To: "'Paul M. King'" <pmking at uiuc.edu>
>>
>> Dear Paul,
>>
>> My spouse is considering a rather interesting move to counter the
>> evangelical movement in this country; he may join the
> Republican party.
>> I'm not very good at stating his rationale(s) for possibly
> doing this, so if
>> you're interested in details you would need to ask him.
> Basically, it's
>> like infiltration, hoping to bring the Republicans to their
> senses that they
>> have many, many party members who don't like the political
> evolution they're
>> witnessing and want a return to more moderate positions...
> interesting
>> concept.  I think all the appalled Democrats and Republicans
> who can't bear
>> the polarization of this country and the threat of a legal
> theocracy
>> emerging, should ban together and form a party called
> REDEMption.  I suspect
>> if something like this solidly developed, maybe at least a
> few big political
>> names might be persuaded to join, like McCain, Chaffee,
> Obama, Feingold,
>> etc.  I'm sure this idea has been floated many times through
> the years - now
>> is the time to act.  After all, the Republican party had it's
> birth in the
>> 1850's, when the country was so deeply divided on slavery, in
> order to
>> provide a moderate, centrist position - hence President
> Abraham Lincoln.  If
>> it worked once, it can work again.  I'm sure a party like
> this wouldn't be
>> as liberal as I would like it, but it's a hell of a lot
> better than the
>> political "Inquisition" that is now taking shape.
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