Who is Lyndon LaRouche?

[Killarney]

I know he's run a bunch of times and says he's a Dem. I've heard his supporters are nutjobs. What's his deal? What's his platform and how does it differ from the Dem platform? Why is he a nutjob?

(The reason I ask is that I was just looking at that fundrace site to see who people in my town donated to and some woman donated a whole bunch of money to him.)

[NoPasaran]

1. A crackpot.

That's about all you really need to know.

[Cerridwen]

2. Not a Dem! Radical Right Nazi Facist

Nut job to the Max!



Here's just one of 1000's of links.

http://www.publiceye.org/larouche/nclcmain.html

edited to add Wikipedia link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_LaRouche

[Killarney]

7. thanks for the links. holy shit!

[Cerridwen]

13. Yeah, scary puke. Seems to live on and on, too. n/t

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[cjbuchanan]

4. Here is a starting point

http://www.publiceye.org/larouche/nclcmain.html

http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/religion/cult/lyndon-larouche/

http://www.dailyvanguard.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/05/13/40a31aaa061fd?in_archive=1

Have fun.

[Caution]

5. a complete and total whackjob who sucks people into his cult

stay away.

[warrior1]

8. One of Satan's foot soldier's.

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[goodhue]

6. He very recently endorsed Kerry.

http://larouchein2004.net/pages/speeches/2004/040730bostonpressc_transc.htm

Lyndon LaRouche: Thank you. Now, obviously, we have a situation in which the nominee, Kerry, must occupy the White House by election in November. There are many problems involved, so far, with the Kerry team, which is not actually ready to deal with many of the problems which are going to hit the United States during this period. But when you look at the alternatives, you realize that Kerry is a decent person, with, for all ordinary purposes, a credible background, and credible commitments; but he just needs some touching up on a lot of very important issues which he does not yet, presently, understand. But apart from those particular differences—which is our responsibility, and mine in particular, to set forth the alternative to some of the more weak points in his address last night, particularly the latter 30 minutes of it—we've got to get him elected. Because the alternative is unthinkable.

Now, what we're going to do is this. The problem with the Democratic Party machine in general, is that they might be able to get 40-plus percent of the vote in November; but they do not have the ability, in actuality, to win the election; particularly after the Republican machine will go after, now—trying to split off minority group votes and other groups by special kinds of actions, of either putting them into the Nader camp, or telling them to drop out of the election, or moving into something which complements the Nader camp. So there will be a draw-down of what the Democratic Party would count on as its core vote during this period.

So we're talking about the 40% range, as the likely range of a pro-Kerry vote for November. That is what must be changed.

Now, the weakness in the Democratic Party's policies so far, apart from its policies in general—its policies for the nation, and foreign policy—is that the lower 80% of the family-income brackets in the United States are not considered, efficiently, by the Democratic Party. Maybe in some local situations, local candidates, local organizations, yes; but on the national basis, from the top—from the DNC; especially from the DLC—there is no efficient consideration of the well-being of the lower 80% of the family-income brackets.

[KC21304]

22. He must think this is the best way to make a buck.

He's nothing but a con man.

[cmf]

9. Psycho and so are his supporters

I was accosted by one the other day in Seattle. They are crazy, crazy nut jobs.

[info being]

12. Where, near Westlake Center?

What did they do to turn you off?

[cmf]

14. When I said "no thank you" to the literature she tried to hand me

she got in my face and yelled, "You don't know anything!" It was in Pioneer Square - on the corner of 1st and S. Washington.

edited to correct moronic spelling :)

[Lovida]

17. Re: Where, near Westlake Center

I have to avoid that whole block because I can't get through without being surrounded!!

[Blue Wally]

10. The Democratic Party's version of Reverend Moon

Only the Larouche "religion" is Fusion Power (the answer to all of our oil woes). Never, ever, give them your credit card number.

[Caution]

15. The Democratic Party does NOT embrace LaRouche

he has attempted to glom on to the party. The repub readiily embrace Moon.

[info being]

11. I was reading one of his pamplets, "The Children of Satan"

and I thought he was spot on concerning a number things. I can see why he has so many loyal followers.

[Rich Hunt]

19. ERRRRMMMM......

Gee, that's funny.

I was waiting for a train one day, and I happened to come across a copy of "Children of Satan, volume III : The Sexual Congress for Cultural Fascism" (yes, that's the title). Fortunately for me, someone just left it lying around so that I didn't have to pay the five dollars for it.

I don't know what you saw about it, because it was totally psychotic and made no sense whatsoever, but basically it was about the 'synarchist' plot for one world Anglo government or something.


http://larouchein2004.net/pages/other/2004/040614cos3.htm

Good for a laugh, I suppose.

p.s. I still can't figure out what the "Sexual Congress for Cultural Fascism" is, but it sounds like a lot of fun from the description, except for the whole fascist part.

:evilgrin:

[LondonAmerican]

16. I got death threats from them in 1976

back when I was a young Trot and we had a run-in with them; this was shortly after their so-called 'Operation Mop-Up' when they were attacking CPUSA and SWP meetings in an attempt to establish hegemony on the Left.

Since then I have stayed clear though that incident did make me curious to find out what exactly they are.

They are whackjobs but they have a method to their madness. Tho a lot of people like to think of them as right-wingers I really don't think that's the case. They are a cultish offshoot of SDS -- one of the few surviving ones -- and their theoretical methodology is clearly rooted in a Left tradition. (This is one of the same problems people had with historical fascism which was indeed ambiguous and grew out of Left Socialism, Syndicalism, Futurism and Nationalism -- as opposed to neofascism which is clearly a derivative phenomenon and essentially just a species of Right-wing extremism).

They are mutated Leftists with a violent and manipulative streak who have managed to ingratiate themselves with some of the more nutjob sectors of the Right as well.

LaRouche essentially is looking to put in a high priesthood of so-called 'humanists' who will launch a new phase of re-industrialisation and vastly expand the New Deal state. His party -- until the final collapse of the USSR -- always claimed to be the only 'legitimate' repesentatives of the Communist movement in the US. Not your typical rightists.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

18. Think L. Ron Hubbard on acid and glue.

Add some NO-DOZ and Jack Daniels then stir fry.

Surprised they let him out of the asylum.

[MisterP]

20. he'll have to pick which he hates more:

the Catholics or the Freemasons.
"By adding a little truth, they made their lie all the stronger." Yes, there are oligarchic elites, and yes, the Renaissance was birthed from strong occultic currents, but that doesn't mean--oh, whatever LaRouche thinks it means. The American Almanac, I think it's called, is a LaRouchite wack-bag (I hope that doesn't sound too dirty).

[dumpster_baby]

21. Larouche is WACK, but I like seeing young people get involved in politics

I know that sounds crazy, because all I have to do is listen to Larouche 5 minutes during one of his informericals and I can see right away that he is as full of crap as a portapotty at a world championship chili cook-off.

But I really think it is important that our young people get into politics, even if associated with LLR.