re: #115 Decatur Deb

I’m becoming increasingly convinced that what we’re witnessing in the GOP is nothing less than the revenge of the Birchers after they were shown the door by the likes of Goldwater and Buckley.

Unbelievable. Still, a gen-yuu-iiine Bircher, and a vintage model to boot! When I was growing up in Pasadena, one of my neighbors down the street was a Bircher. Nice enough fellow, to be sure, but my dad (Mr. Republican) always called him a “…..go**amn mental patient”. My father had no use for the radical right whatsoever, generally regarding them as conspiracy theorists and cranks. He also used to complain about “….go**amn holy rollers taking over the (Republican) Party” back in the late 70s.

I still wonder sometime if my dad was somehow the inspiration for Red Forman in That 70’s Show.