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Lindsay

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3. He was raised as a lefty

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 08:24 AM

Feb 2020

but took a wrong turn somewhere. According to Wikipedia, his father was a founding member of the ACLU. And I remember him early in his career as being quite liberal. I didn't follow him closely, but was shocked to discover more recently how right-wing he'd become.

RIP, anyway.

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