from http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/03/palin-advisers-secret-scientology-plot-outed/
Gawker, of all places, has uncovered an old memo once written by an adviser to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin which "plotted to use friendly politicians to advance the power-hungry cult's agenda."
That "power hungry cult" being the cult of Scientology, I should mention, not folks from the far right, Iditarod champion fan clubs or Illuminati.
Gawker's John Cook reports that Scientologist John Coale "masterminded a plan—which was never executed—for Scientology to get into the 'MONEY and VOTES game' in order to 'create power' for Scientology and win influence Washington, D.C."
"I thought it was a brilliant idea," Coale told the website, "but no one else did, so it never went anywhere. I was looking at ways to move a new religion forward. I looked at the history of Mormons, who had a lot of people in office, and I looked at the Jews, who were very successful and influential. But the church didn't want to be part of it. They didn't want to be misconstrued. There was one small meeting with parishioners in DC. Maybe 9 or 10 people showed up."
Politico's Ben Smith notes that the memo is still "entertaining — though 20-year[s]-old."
The whole memo can be read at this link.
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