I remember talking to the LaRouchies in college. They used to hang out outside the bookstore (Co-op) with the classic provocative sign to suck you in. They hand out their paper back then. LL was in the process of switching from a left-wing nut to the right-wing nut during that period. US Labor Party, I think was the name. Queen of England outlasted the SOB, who claimed she was behind an international opium conspiracy and backed by Lazard Freres. More or less, anti-Semitic tropes tossed at the Brits at the time. The hitler stache on Obama set me off once. The weird thing is, he hit on a couple of positions that actually could be argued, like wanting to bring back Glass-Steagle in his later years.
In an odd coincidence, that paper is written and published in the offices directly below mine in a strip mall in Leesburg. They've got four units all side by side with zero internal doors, so they go out a door and down to the next, glare around suspiciously at anyone outside, enter the code on the lock, and scuttle in. Then repeat the process four minutes later. They do have one woman who works there who is super friendly and nice; the rest? Look like they took lemon suppositories in the last five minutes, all day, every day.
