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Paul Weyrich

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The Resume

    (October 7, 1942-December 18, 2008)
    Born in Racine, Wisconsin
    Founded the conservative think tanks the Heritage Foundation (1973) and Free Congress Foundation (1974)

Why he might be annoying:

    He coined the term ‘Moral Majority.'
    He called Trent Lott a traitor to the conservative cause when Lott backed a Clinton treaty on chemical weapons.
    While discussing the Mark Foley scandal, he said homosexuals are ‘preoccupied with sex.'
    He advocated reviving the House Un-American Activities Committee to identify Communists in the media (2006).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was an advocate of rail mass transit.
    He went public with his concerns about John Tower's drinking and womanizing, commenting, ‘It does no good, either for the individual or the community, to overlook or conceal the immorality of public figures.'
    He joined the ACLU in criticizing the Justice Department's attempts to monitor people's internet use, church affiliation and library records (2002).
    Complications from a fall required the amputation of his legs (2005).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 21 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 81 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 22 Votes: 31.82% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 38 Votes: 34.21% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 57 Votes: 78.95% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 116 Votes: 65.52% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 70 Votes: 47.14% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 276 Votes: 51.09% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 152 Votes: 75.00% Annoying