Rupublicans and Evangelicals | The Far Right's Plan to Takeover the GOP

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Richard Vigueries. What can be written about him? His nickname was "the founding father of the Religious Right". He founded RAVCO, which was a fundraising organization that raised money for... well, who didn't it raise money for?

In his book, Takeover, Viguerie laid out a detailed plan of how the far right could take over the Republican Party. It is a fascinating book, one that may not have had an overwhelming impact, but the idea within the book has.

In this special epsiode, Chris walks listeners through the book and the impact of the ideas inside.

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Takeover by Richard Viguerie

Reaganland and Before the Storm by Rick Perlstein

The Evangelicals by Frances Fitzgerald

God's Own Party by Daniel K Williams

Revive Us Again by Joel Carpenter

These Truths by Jill LePore

A Choice Not An Echo by Phyllis Schlafly