Who are the scariest prominent conservatives who are not household names?

[mswas]

@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.

[Guinastasia]

@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.

@Lightnin

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: “Are 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.?

[PBear42]

@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.

[mswas]

@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?

[C3]

@BrainGlutton

Well, Sharlet was pimping the book on talk shows in August 2009. See this 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.

[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.

[PBear42]

@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.

[BrainGlutton]

@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?

[gonzomax]

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.

[Nars_Glinley]

@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.