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

2026-08-18

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Give to help Chris make Truce 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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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.

Sources:

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
The Lord's Prayer

Discussion Questions:

Who was Richard Viguerie?
What are some of his grievances?
Why do you think he skipped the Republican presidents of the 1920s in his history?
What did he think of FDR? Of Robert Taft?
How do you see the conservative wound in this book?
What were some of Viguerie's prescribed tactics for taking over the GOP?

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