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What’s
in
these
Doris
Allen
tapes?
Some argue that independent Prosecutor
Kenneth Starr’s approach to the Whitewater scandal is religiously motivated,
not only by his beliefs, but by those of his well funded supporters, such as
the Rutherford Foundation. If one
consider the political organizing successes of organizations such as the
Christian Coalition, who are determined to blanket the nation with local
chapters, one could argue that a Christian Agendized Starr is merely the result
of powerful Christian Right organizing
at the nation’s local levels.
Developing a national, Christian
based political agenda is what is
increasingly heard from the leadership of the Christian Right such as Pat
Robertson, Ralph Reed, James Dobson and others. At a September 1997 Christian Coalition meeting in New York,
Christian coalition chairman Pat Robertson spoke admiringly of the Tammany Hall
political machine and declared his desire to select “the next president of the
United States.”
“You know the Tammany Hall and Hague and the Chicago
machine and the Byrd machine in Virginia and all the rest of them. They have all identified cores of people who
have bought into the values whatever they were and they worked the election and
brought people out to vote.”[1]
Moderate, life-long Republican Doris Allen believes this is
happening She believes she tasted the
wrath of the Christian Right in her abbreviated tenure as Speaker of
California’s Assembly and in her recall election.
In tape DA9805 Republican or Willie Brown’s Speaker of the
California Assembly?
Doris Allen talks of her Missouri “show me” background, her family,
business and thespian pursuits, and how
“hard core” profanity in her daughter’s high school poetry textbook began her
involvement in politics. Find out why
a school official dropped his coffee cup when she read aloud from a high school
textbook during her maiden speech to
her local school board. Issues touched
upon include: Allen’s experiences in recalling
the school board, her surprising school board election. What she learned in two unsuccessful
electoral bids for a California Assembly seat about political organizing, one’s
electoral base, the Republican Central Committee, press power, walk pieces,
etc. Why the Republican Party Platform
during the Nixon era moved her to register as a Republican. Her concerns about school curriculum,
educational change agents, open walled schools, contract learning and
accountability.
in Tape 9806 Allen on Brown Shirts,
Religious Right, her 20+ years in CA
politics ... and 13 weeks as Speaker of the CA Assembly.
Topics covered include: School bussing, loaded anti-women election
survey, ballot title impact, inter-party deals to keep Willie Brown as Speaker,
targeted seat, an $88,000 bumping of
Allen’s campaign money from the Republican Party computer. How leadership makes inter-party deals that
public knows little about.
Racketeering, extortion, the Republican Magnificent 7, the Democratic
Gang of 5, convicted Republican Assemblyman Pat Nolan, Christian Right,
Cavemen, Brown Shirts, small penises.
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Allen’s positions on: School Prayer, educational lottery,
educational performance, Proposition 13, Educational theorists, death penalty, three strikes, affirmative action,
same sex marriages, welfare, campaign reform, electoral and initiative
reform.
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Are right wing, Christian
Fundamentalists taking over the Republican Party? Did Allen experience ‘Brown Shirt” tactics from what she sees as
the Republican Right. Is that Brown
Shirt mentality a valid concern for national politics? During the end of her Speakership, Allen made
a disparaging remark about the size of
some men’s ego and organs. Was
such a statement a reason for discarding her from elective office? Has Allen touched on some hidden political
tides that are much more important than one of her “small” remarks about “power
mongering men?”
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Republican Doris Allen, first women Speaker of Assembly or Willie Brown's creation?