NASCAR Nation Targeted for Voter Registration
American Majority is hoping to get NASCAR fans racing to the polls in November.
Every election, some political consultant comes up with a pithy way to describe a specific segment of voters that can supposedly sway the vote. Sometimes, the target is soccer moms. Sometimes, it's NASCAR dads (a Slate.com article from the 2008 election compiles a nice list of them). With somewhere around 75 million NASCAR fans, NASCAR Nation could conceivably turn the tide of an election if they voted as a group. American Majority, a 501(c)3 organization that trains conservative grassroots activists, is hoping to harness that huge audience (starting at the Darlington Raceway in the South Carolina Pee Dee this weekend) to help elect conservatives across the country. The organization is sponsoring NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Randy …
reg
10:01 am on Monday, May 14, 2012
I love how much they openly attempt to mislead, like the "we stand for liberty and free markets" example in this case. They want people to think they stand for personal freedom, when all they're really interested in is freedom of companies to oppress and take away any hopes of personal freedom. "So what if a totally free market will cost you your job and property and all possible hope for your … more ›