Yesterday I stopped in to a small grocery store, and there was the usual assortment of religious tracts, ethnic newspapers, etc. What caught my eye was a pamphlet by the celebrated Lyndon LaRouch, former presidential candidate and certified mental case! I had a brief connection with the guy back in the 1980’s-while a grad student, I was unwise enough to give my phone number to afollower of this turd-they wound up calling me at all hours, asking me to contribute money to the cause. Later, I heard that LaRouch went to jail for larceny and credit caed fraud. Well, he’s back at it=calling for an economic system based on “Riemannian Economics”, and still calling the Queen of England the head of the international drug cartel. Who is funding this nut? Is he able to attract sane people to his movement?
Anybody know where he operated from?
I beleive he’s from North Carolina (home of Jesse Helms, what is IN the water there?), There are still plenty of old-school nutjobs who beleive every word this psycho has to say. Fortunately, I think they’re all dying out. I hope so, at least.
Here’s his official bio. I THINK he’s trying to be funny.
http://www.larouchepub.com/resume.html
He has been operating from Loudon County VA, since forever. He has a weekly cable access show. It usually is him giving a speech in a well attended ballroom. Often the video and sound quality is poor. I don’t get the sense that there are mega-bucks supporting him.
I have NO idea where he gets his funds, but my WAG is if you have a national cable access show and followers willing to call people for $$ at all hours tehn you have enough to be a presence.