Viguerie's army attacks Social Security

Bill Berkowitz - WorkingForChange

04.07.05 - In their new book, America's Right Turn: How The Conservatives Used New And Alternative Media To Take Power, Richard Viguerie -- the right wing king of direct mail -- and co-author David Franke describe how the printing press played a pivotal role in the battle between Lutherans and Catholics in the 16th century: "The revolution of 1517 did not begin... when Martin Luther posted his controversial 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg... The revolution came in the weeks following Luther's posting... as his arguments spread across Europe with a rapidity never before seen, and reached the lay public -- beyond the clerical community -- that until this point had been precluded from involvement in theological issues... .That was the revolution, and it was a revolution wrought by the printing press."