Dem Fund Raising Encourages Divisions

[From article]
"These action campaigns, which are praised with phrases like “grassroots participation in the political process,” are a form of what James Madison called “pure democracy,” in opposition with the representative democracy of our small-R republican government. Madison wrote in Federalist 10 about the danger of a minority faction controlling a pure democracy: “such [direct] democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property.” Exhibit A: The Take Back Wisconsin campaign emphasized by ActBlue; the demonstrations in Madison were profoundly un-democratic—more like thuggish mob rule. Rather than accept the wishes of the Wisconsin electorate, unelected groups outside Wisconsin pour money into recall movements to overturn the vote.
One could contrast this activity with the Tea Party--another grassroots movement that encourages citizens to join the political process. The Tea Party however does not occupy state houses and threaten legislators. Rather it seeks to nominate candidates and to influence elected representatives."

http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x1797083913/The-Right-View-Fundraising-for-Democratic-action#axzz1T7UX0wag

The Right View: Fundraising for 'Democratic action'
By Peter Wilson/The Right View
Cambridge Chronicle
Posted Jul 25, 2011 @ 10:26 AM