Posted December 18, 2008 3:58 PM
Paul Weyrich prepares to chair a Free Congress Foundation meeting, November 14, 2007, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Councill/MCT)
by Frank James
Paul Weyrich, one of the best-known leaders of the conservative movement, died this morning at age 66 from an undisclosed cause.
He was a co-founder of the Heritage Foundation, one of the most influential think tanks in the nation's capital.
Heritage has a tribute on its website with a number of eulogies from many well-known congressional Republicans.
Weyrich also founded the Free Congress Foundation, a think tank aimed at advancing conservative positions on cultural issues.
Comments
Watch the loons get all typically classless now.
Posted by: John D | December 18, 2008 4:35 PM
Heritage Foundation "think tank" is the best example of an oxymoron that I have ever heard.
Posted by: CS Nowik | December 18, 2008 4:38 PM
Weyrich was certainly remarkable figure in politics and a historical one for the conservative movement. Too bad - for their sake - that his political style has been lost among modern conservatives.
http://www.political-buzz.com/
Posted by: matt | December 18, 2008 6:44 PM
Condolences to his family; but not to the vote suppression principles that he pioneered. I would have stayed silent, but you asked for it John D.
Posted by: rupert | December 18, 2008 8:16 PM
Thre moral majority is and was neither.
Posted by: Proud loon | December 18, 2008 9:54 PM
Loon response; 4,000 dead Americans spreading democracy in the middle east compliments of The Heritage Foundation.
R.I.H.
Posted by: Bubba | December 18, 2008 10:26 PM
4000 dead Americans, 1 million dead Iraqi's, a tanking US economy that favors the richest 1%, big corporations, big oil and white collar wall street criminals, 75-80% of Americans without health insurance, compliments of: - The "Moral" Minority.
I've got nothing for shysters like Paul WeyRICH, nothing...
Posted by: Loon | December 18, 2008 11:27 PM
I'm sorry for the guy. Too bad he died. Condolences to his family.
But,,,, he looks like a Nazi. Sorry.
Not politically correct I know.
But lets not forget; The cons., McCain included, were calling Obama a socialist.
Posted by: C.Morris | December 19, 2008 8:51 PM
Another neo-con bites the dust! The right wingers in this world contribute chaos. Hitler, Tojo, Mussollini, Pinochit, Bush. They contribute naught to their nations. They do not do something for their country, rather they usuallly do something to their country. whiteagle38
Posted by: R. Juneau | December 19, 2008 10:54 PM