Elbert Guillory

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'''Elbert Guillory''' {{lived|1944}} is a  [[Republican]] former State Senator for [[Louisiana]] who has become increasingly popular among the right ever since he switched parties for a second time.

=="Conversion"==
On June 16, 2013, Guillory released a video that explained why he left the [[Democrats]] and joined the GOP.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_YQ8560E1w</ref> He basically used all the old Republican clichés that have to do with the relationship between the [[African American|black]] community and the historical Democratic Party, including the [[PIDOOMA|claim]] that [[welfare]] and even food stamps are used as a way to control the black community. He also goes over the history of the Republican Party, which conveniently skips over the [[Southern Strategy]] and [[Ronald Reagan|Ronald Reagan]]'s use of [[dog whistle politics|race-baiting]] that converted many of the old [[Dixiecrat]] voters over to the GOP.<ref>http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2013/06/19/the_ultimate_black_republican_pseudohistory_conversion_speech.html</ref>

Most importantly, Guillory also skips over the fact he was ''a registered Republican until 2007''. He switched parties right before running for the Louisiana House of Representatives in a Democrat-heavy district. He kept the title of being a Democrat when he ran for the state senate in another Democrat-dominated district, where Republicans don't even bother running candidates. When he was elected he acted [[DINO|exactly like a Republican would]], supporting [[Bobby Jindal]] and [[creationism]] in the classroom.<ref>http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/75837/elbert-guillory#.UcPKuHHn_IU</ref> He was also opposed to [[gay marriage]], "[[abortion]] on demand," and [[gun control]]. He didn't even like [[labor union|unions]].<ref>http://wonkette.com/518338/conservative-exchanges-democratic-skin-suit-for-republican-democrats-everywhere-yawn-go-back-to-gay-marrying-aborted-communist-babies</ref><ref>http://www.humanevents.com/2013/05/31/elbert-guillory-frederick-douglass-republican/</ref> Despite being registered as a Democrat in the first place, appearing as if it was purely a political move, the GOP base now loves Guillory for being a black conservative who's "opened his eyes" and is willing to bash the Democratic Party. 

His [[YouTube]] video, as of now, has over 500,000 views and over 10,000 "likes" and has enjoyed significant support from American [[wingnut]] [[pundit]]s. In short, his seemingly-fake conversion was a move of pure political genius. It's speculated he will run for the [[Senate]] in the future.

==Woo==
Beforehand, Guillory was a fairly obscure public figure. He is only notable for having supporting the [[Louisiana Science Education Act]], which opens the way for [[creationism]] to be [[teach the controversy|taught]] in the class room. His basis for doing this was that when a [[voodoo]] doctor correctly (as far as we know) diagnosed his condition, he realized that he should [[Open mind|keep his mind open]] about [[science]]: “Yet if I closed my mind when I saw this man — in the dust, throwing some bones on the ground, semi-clothed — if I had closed him off and just said, ‘That’s not science. I’m not going to see this doctor,’ I would have shut off a very good experience for myself.”<ref>http://wonkette.com/515184/louisiana-senate-pretty-much-hates-real-science-but-pretty-much-fine-with-voodoo</ref>

==External links==
*[http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/75837/elbert-guillory#.UcPKuHHn_IU His very liberal voting record.]

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