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In reply to the discussion: What I've learned about conservatives in the last few months [View all]DFW
(54,405 posts)Maybe "know" is too strong a word. He's a guy I run into every year anyway. He'll be 67 this year. He was head of the "American Conservative Union," whatever that is, and (I looked him up) is now president of the NRA (how fitting). He's not stupid, and is probably wealthy. He started out as president of the far right "Young Americans for Freedom," and extreme rightist youth organization that had a few members when I took my one and only year at a boarding school. He worked for Spiro Agnew when he was VP, and he certainly was in his element there, it appears.
At this gathering we attend every year, which is known for requiring a civil, non-partisan atmosphere (I try, I really do LOL!!), this guy is known for being nasty to everyone who disagrees with him (that's most everybody)--I mean really evil, as in yelling at a member of the Obama administration the she was talking "bullshit" in an open and well-attended public forum. That is SO not what this gathering is about that the woman just looked at him with mouth agape, as did most of the rest of us. I am quite sure he still thinks he did nothing wrong, and would be amazed if there were any consequences (like not being invited back) for his behavior.