Outsmart ALEC: Understanding the Right's scary private legislative control center
Show #4 Hour 2 | Guests: Lisa Graves of Center for Media\nand Democracy, Julie Underwood of UW-Madison School of Education, Susan Smith of\nDemocratic Progressive Caucus of Florida, Spocko of of Spocko's Brain | Show\nSummary: ALEC is a well-funded Right Wing strategic and tactical operation that\nworks to craft social and financial legislation favoring conservative causes, as\nwell as limiting access to the voting booth for groups who tend to vote\nDemocratic. Guest Lisa Graves, executive director of the Center for Media and\nDemocracy, and part of the ALEC Exposed project, and Julie Underwood, dean of\nthe UW-Madison School of Education, and Susan Smith, president of the Democratic\nProgressive Caucus of Florida; plus, featured blogger Spocko has a piece on how\nto engage the nefarious ALEC here.