# Who are the scariest prominent conservatives who are not household names? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 15, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-scariest-prominent-conservatives-who-are-not-household-names/517686 "2009-11-15T20:58:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-scariest-prominent-conservatives-who-are-not-household-names/517686/81 "2009-11-20T21:42:21Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > He goes around leaving the keys to BRAND NEW CARS!!!1!! under people’s seats at church? That would be a really smart way to do things. ‘Prosperity Gospel FTW’, he could write it off as ‘operating costs’. 😉 Maybe get the cars for free from manufacturers. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-scariest-prominent-conservatives-who-are-not-household-names/517686/82 "2009-11-20T22:33:43Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I don’t know that I’d call Bo Gritz a conservative, _per se_; he’s certainly really fucking scary, though. He is to the modern militia movement **what Barry Goldwater is to modern conservatives** , only he isn’t dead. Bolding mine. Which is very little, actually. Goldwater was pro-choice\*, pro-gay rights, very much against the Religious Right, etc. He wouldn’t be quite as popular today. \*His wife, Peggy, was a founder of Planned Parenthood in Arizona. When their daughter became pregnant in the 1950s, they helped her obtain an abortion. Today, PP in Arizona has an award named after Mrs. Goldwater. > [@Right Wing Idiocy - Poll: Majority of Republicans don't think Obama legitimately won 2008 election.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-idiocy-poll-majority-of-republicans-dont-think-obama-legitimately-won-2008-election/518207/60): > > You know, if you’re looking for a forum where the mods enforce a political agenda, I suggest you look to some of the right-wing forums. One I watch regularly is a good example- it’s run like a police state. One popular thread on there right now is: “A_re Liberals stupid, or mentally deficient? Why can’t we just have them committed?_”. Dissenters are routinely reported to the mods, and have their threads deleted- hell, there’s a whole subforum devoted just to tattling on the posters who don’t play along. > > Compared to that place, The 'Dope is incredibly apolitical. Lemme guess – its initials are _F.R._? ---
**Author:** ![PBear42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PBear42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PBear42)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-scariest-prominent-conservatives-who-are-not-household-names/517686/83 "2009-11-21T05:49:33Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > That would be a really smart way to do things. ‘Prosperity Gospel FTW’, he could write it off as ‘operating costs’. 😉 Maybe get the cars for free from manufacturers. 😉 I’m puzzled. Are we supposed to discuss the people suggested or just crack jokes? If the latter, I guess that’s okay. It’s your thread. But I’m afraid I don’t see the point. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-scariest-prominent-conservatives-who-are-not-household-names/517686/84 "2009-11-21T15:28:48Z")
> [@PBear42](#): > > I’m puzzled. Are we supposed to discuss the people suggested or just crack jokes? If the latter, I guess that’s okay. It’s your thread. But I’m afraid I don’t see the point. So cracking the occasional joke stops you from being able to post something? ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-scariest-prominent-conservatives-who-are-not-household-names/517686/85 "2009-11-21T15:33:20Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Well, Sharlet was pimping the book on talk shows in August 2009. See [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=527949&) thread. The book was originally released in May 2008. He was out on the talk show circuit again this year because the paperback version came out in June. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-scariest-prominent-conservatives-who-are-not-household-names/517686/86 "2009-11-21T20:14:00Z")
My senator, Jim Inhofe has made it his life’s mission to spread disinformation about AGW. He scares me. I used to sell guns to him when he was mayor of Tulsa. He’s a dick of the highest order. ---
**Author:** ![PBear42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PBear42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PBear42)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-scariest-prominent-conservatives-who-are-not-household-names/517686/87 "2009-11-22T03:51:24Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > So cracking the occasional joke stops you from being able to post something? I did post something. All it drew was a fairly weak joke. Anyhoo, never mind about me. As I said, it’s your thread. Have fun. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-scariest-prominent-conservatives-who-are-not-household-names/517686/88 "2009-11-22T20:53:39Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > My senator, Jim Inhofe has made it his life’s mission to spread disinformation about AGW. He scares me. I used to sell guns to him when he was mayor of Tulsa. He’s a dick of the highest order. 😕 You mean, you used to sell guns to the Tulsa police force? Or to Mayor Inhofe personally? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-scariest-prominent-conservatives-who-are-not-household-names/517686/89 "2009-11-22T21:29:27Z")
[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Council\_for\_National\_Policy](http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Council_for_National_Policy) This right wing group , The Council for National Policy,flies under the radar. A partial list of members is here. The group was seeded by E.L. Hunt and a couple other billionaires. It includes the Coors Family, Shiafly, Ollie North, the Bushes, Bork, The Devoss Family, Delay, Dick Armie, and other wealthy people. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-scariest-prominent-conservatives-who-are-not-household-names/517686/90 "2009-11-22T23:03:36Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > 😕 You mean, you used to sell guns to the Tulsa police force? Or to Mayor Inhofe personally? To him personally. He’s a collector and I worked in a gun store. He’s every bit the douche that he appears to be. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-scariest-prominent-conservatives-who-are-not-household-names/517686.md?page=4)