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Richard Art Viguerie (born September 23, 1933)〔Edwards, Lee. ''The Conservative Revolution: The Movement That Remade America'', p. 152. Simon & Schuster.〕 is an American conservative figure, pioneer of political direct mail and writer on politics. He is the current chairman of ConservativeHQ.com. ==Life and career== Viguerie was born in Golden Acres, Texas, the son of Elizabeth (née Stoufflet) and Arthur Camile Viguerie. He has Cajun ancestry. Viguerie worked for the Christian evangelist Billy James Hargis in his early career. In an autobiographical note, Viguerie wrote that in 1961 he became executive secretary of the conservative youth group Young Americans for Freedom: "Since 1965, owner of direct marketing/advertising companies such as American Target Advertising. Political/campaign strategist, activist and conservative spokesman and writer."〔"(Richard Viguerie )", ''Campaigns and Elections'', May 2000.〕 Viguerie has been dubbed the "funding father" of modern conservative strategy in the United States by some sources.〔(Bonus Books Author Information for Richard A. Viguerie )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Washingtonpost.com: Liberal Praise Drawn From Unlikely Source )〕 Viguerie founded ''Conservative Digest'' magazine in 1975 and served as its publisher for ten years. Opposing President Gerald Ford's election, Viguerie in 1976 unsuccessfully sought the presidential nomination of the American Independent Party, which had been formed eight years earlier by George Wallace. The party instead nominated former Georgia Governor Lester Maddox, to challenge Ford and Democrat Jimmy Carter, also a former Georgia governor.〔(National Ledger – Immigration Compromise Causing a Split on the Right )〕 In 1977, Viguerie worked on a project to raise money for Sun Myung Moon's Children's Relief Fund, which reportedly only received 6.3% of the $1,508,256 raised. $920,000 went to Viguerie according to New York State charity auditors.〔Bill Berkowitz, Chapin hired his long-time friend and direct mail expert, Richard Viguerie, to conduct fundraising campaigns for HHV, paying Viguerie's company $14 million between 2000 and 2005." HHV is a charity run by Roger Chapin, which according to Charity Watch has made many questionable and apparently unethical payments unrelated to its purported mission.〔CharityWatch.org Hall of Shame: http://www.charitywatch.org/articles/CharityWatchHallofShame.html〕 In January 2008, Viguerie launched ultimateronpaul.com, a website designed to promote the 2008 presidential candidacy of U.S. Congressman Ron Paul, whom Viguerie described as "truly a principled conservative in the grand tradition of Robert A. Taft, Barry Goldwater, and Ronald Reagan" and who "has differentiated himself from all the other candidates, whose allegiance is to Big Government Republicanism."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Richard Viguerie Goes Online for Paul )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Viguerie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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