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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts)
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 10:12 PM Feb 2019

RIP Lyndon LaRouche. We hardly knew ye.

When Lyndon Larouche was in jail, at one point Jim Bakker was his cellmate. I cannot begin to i imagine what they talked about.
When he was running for president, he put up billboards with huge pieces of broccoli on them. He was using them against GHWB.

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RIP Lyndon LaRouche. We hardly knew ye. (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Feb 2019 OP
I had no idea that old monster was still alive, well, up until today. blogslut Feb 2019 #1
Why all the RIP threads... I see no evidence he's dead. hlthe2b Feb 2019 #2
Just like Count Dracula. Blue_true Feb 2019 #9
He's dead? N/T CottonBear Feb 2019 #3
So far just on Twitter. Sneederbunk Feb 2019 #4
His career is Generic Brad Feb 2019 #5
LOL! CottonBear Feb 2019 #16
No peace for that asshole! (n/t) PJMcK Feb 2019 #6
I wish I was a Christian.... Adrahil Feb 2019 #7
K&R UTUSN Feb 2019 #8
He reminds me of L Ron Hubbard. roamer65 Feb 2019 #10
Friend of Roger Stone's, apparently htuttle Feb 2019 #11
I thought he was gone long ago. n/t livetohike Feb 2019 #12
geez, I still remember him from stirring up shit in NYC musette_sf Feb 2019 #13
I think this is just a Twitter rumor. SweetieD Feb 2019 #14
So, not running in 2020? brooklynite Feb 2019 #15
Lyndon LaRouche cultists are fucking insane... Drunken Irishman Feb 2019 #17
His crazy assed followers were always hanging around Raine Feb 2019 #18

blogslut

(38,000 posts)
1. I had no idea that old monster was still alive, well, up until today.
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 10:15 PM
Feb 2019

Bye, asshole!

(Yes, I recommended this post. Dead/not dead. Don't care. I stand by my rec.)

hlthe2b

(102,239 posts)
2. Why all the RIP threads... I see no evidence he's dead.
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 10:15 PM
Feb 2019

and he surely wouldn't deserve an RIP if he were...

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
9. Just like Count Dracula.
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 10:42 PM
Feb 2019

I will believe that he is dead when I see three wooden stakes driven through his heart and a garlic necklace around his neck.

htuttle

(23,738 posts)
11. Friend of Roger Stone's, apparently
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 10:48 PM
Feb 2019
Here’s an Insane Story About Roger Stone, Lyndon LaRouche, Vladimir Putin, and the Queen of England
The international cult leader has long-standing ties to Russia—and Robert Mueller.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/lyndon-larouche-roger-stone-russia-robert-mueller/

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
17. Lyndon LaRouche cultists are fucking insane...
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 03:15 AM
Feb 2019

Years ago, I went to an anti-war protest here and met a sweet old lady who was talking about how LaRouche was a FDR Democrat and someone who was progressive like myself would love to support. I was young and dumb (still in high school) and bought her line hook, line and sinker. I took home some pamphlets and then signed up for their mailing list, including my phone number (well, my grandma's).

I went home that night and told my grandma about who I had met and she pulled be aside and told me the whole history of LaRouche. Even laughed and said she was surprised he wasn't still in jail. I knew I had goofed but no harm, right?

A week passes and I get a phone call from the LaRouchites telling me they're meeting in my neighborhood and I should come. I politely tell them I am not interested and to stop calling.

THEY CALLED MY HOUSE EVERY WEEK FOR THE NEXT LIKE FIVE YEARS.

I told them OVER and OVER again to remove my number and they said they would ... but they never did.

Eventually, I moved out and my poor grandmother started getting those calls.

Fucking crazy assholes.

The last time I remember interacting with any of 'em was outside a supermarket when Obama was president and they were comparing him to Hitler.

Raine

(30,540 posts)
18. His crazy assed followers were always hanging around
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 05:19 AM
Feb 2019

outside the Post Office near me harassing anyone going in there I dreaded everytime I needed to go in. I haven't seen them around there though for years.

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