Blood and Politics (108 page)

39.
Francis, “Message from MARs.”

40.
Samuel Francis, “From Household to Nation: The Middle American Populism of Pat Buchanan,”
Chronicles
, March 1996, p. 13.

41.
Francis, “The Buchanan Revolution II,” pp. 141–42.

42.
Samuel Francis, “The Education of David Duke,”
Chronicles
, February 1992.

43.
Patrick J. Buchanan, text of speech, Republican National Convention, Houston, Texas, August 17, 1992 (available on Pat Buchanan’s website,
www.buchanan.org
).

44.
Germond and Witcover,
Mad as Hell
, pp. 410–11.

45.
“Dear Friends,” letter (cites polls), Institute for First Amendment Studies, September 1992.

46.
Germond and Witcover,
Mad as Hell
, p. 413.

29. The Populist Party Goes with Bo Gritz

  
1.
“Report on the Populist Party of NC Meeting 2/8/92,” North Carolinians Against Religious and Racist Violence, communication to author, February 1992; Addie M. Winston, “Supremacists Plot Election Strategy,”
Carolina Peacemaker
, February 12, 1992.

  
2.
Kirk Lyons, “Speech at the Populist Party NC Meeting 2/18/92,” transcript of tape recording.

  
3.
Charles Tanner, Jr., communication to author, March 1993; Leonard Zeskind, notes from first-person observations.

  
4.
Judy Thomas, “Hero or Huckster?: Bo Gritz Patriot Movement Leader,”
The Kansas City Star
, March 14, 1999; James Pate, “Bo Knows Politics: Klansmen, Christics, Clowns and Gritz’s Populist Party,”
Soldier of Fortune
, September 1992.

  
5.
Thomas, “Hero or Huckster?”; “Persian Gulf Tension Mounts: Marines Set Up as ‘Bait,’ Gritz Drops ‘Bombshell’ at D.C. Conference,”
The Spotlight
, September 28, 1987.

  
6.
James “Bo” Gritz,
Called to Serve: Profiles in Conspiracy from John F. Kennedy to George Bush
(Lazarus Publishing Company, 1991); James Ridgeway, “The Trial That Wasn’t: Christic Struggles to Stay in Court,”
The Village Voice
, January 10, 1989; Omar Barnet andM. Spenser Martin, “Questioning the Latest Conspiracy to Dismiss Conspiracy Theorists,”
In These Times
, April 8–14, 1992; Sara Nelson, “Christic Institute Was Grossly Mis-represented in ‘Bo’ Gritz Story,”
In These Times
, October 30–November 1, 1991.

  
7.
Gritz,
Called to Serve
, pp. 609–12.

  
8.
Bo Gritz,
Called to Serve
; Scriptures for America, audiotape no. C9113; Leonard Zeskind (unsigned), “Rambo Heads Populist Party,”
The Monitor
24 (December 1991), p. 19.

  
9.
Bo Gritz, “Dear Willis,” letter to Willis Carto, January 3, 1992 (Gritz distributed copies of the letter to Populist Party loyalists).

10.
“Indictment,”
United States of America v. Michael Lewis Lawrence, Daniel Roush, Forrest Hyde, Tina Christopher, Christopher Jones, Gregory Kennicutt
, U.S. District Court for Northern District of Oklahoma, Case no. 90CR 138B; Associated Press, “3 White Supremacists Are Convicted in Plot,”
The New York Times
, October 20, 1992;
Connie Mansfield v. William Pierce
, U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina Bryson City, Civil Action 2 95CV 62 (Church of the Creator member George Loeb was convicted on July 29, 1992, of murdering Harold Mansfield, suit pursued and won by Southern Poverty Law Center); Elinor Langer,
A Hundred Little Hitlers
(New York: Metropolitan Books, 2003).

11.
Thom Robb, “Attention All Members of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,”
White Patriot
86, 1991.

12.
Associated Press, “Aurora Neo-Nazi Hopes to Make Political Mark,”
Rocky Mountain News
, December 1, 1991; Dirk Johnson, “Colorado Klansman Refines Message for the 90s,”
The New York Times
, February 23, 1992.

13.
“Sleepers,”
Robb’s Victory Report
, September 1, 1992.

14.
Thom Robb,
Robb’s Victory Report
, December 1, 1991 (reports on Ed Novak helping in Dubuque); Ken Peterson, interviews with Leonard Zeskind and Loretta Ross, November 2, 1992 (Robb’s Wisconsin former state leader agreed to talk).

15.
Robert J. Crawford, personal communication to author, July 1992.

16.
“America First Coalition, Vote for ‘Bo’ Put America First,” campaign brochure, Middleburg, Florida; “Contact List of Chairpersons for Each State,” Bo Gritz National Presidential Campaign Committee, Middleburg, Florida, 1992.

17.
Paul Richert, “Nomination of Gritz Highlights Populist Party’s National Convention,”
The Populist Observer
, June 1992, p. 18; personal communication to author, March 1993.

18.
Kelly from the Federal Election Commission, phone conversation with author, October 31, 2001 (Gritz’s campaign was funded from three registered campaign committees); Kelly from the Federal Election Commission, phone conversation with author, for 1992 vote totals;
The Populist Observer
, January 1993, p. 2 (counted 106,518 votes for Gritz).

19.
Don Wassall, “Dear Populist Party Supporters,” letter, January 5, 1993.

20.
Howard Phillips, ed.,
The Next Four Years: A Vision of Victory
(Franklin, Tenn.: Adroit Press, 1992) (see back cover for bio); Jerome L. Himmelstein,
To the Right: The Transformation of American Conservatism
(Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990), pp. 81–94.

21.
Kelly from the Federal Election Commission, phone conversation with author, October 31, 2001 (U.S. Taxpayers Party spent $452,676 in 1992 campaign).

22.
Pat Buchanan’s 1992 campaign in the Republican Party primaries was important in this regard.

23.
James Bo Gritz, “Rexburg Idaho Campaign,” transcript of speech, March 1992.

30. The FBI Aims for Randy Weaver on Ruby Ridge

  
1.
Francis X. Clines, “Theatrical Threshold at Hearing on the Deadly Shootout in Idaho,”
The New York Times
, September 7, 1995; Leonard Zeskind, “Making a Martyr: Randy Weaver and Ruby Ridge in the Mind of America,”
The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle
, May 31, 1996 (review of four-hour television mini-series
Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy
).

  
2.
Jess Walter,
Every Knee Shall Bow: The Truth & Tragedy of Ruby Ridge & The Randy Weaver Family
(New York: Regan Books, 1995), pp. 20–47; Donnelle Eller and Gwynne Skinner, “White Supremacy Group Has Waterloo Members,”
The Northern Iowan
, November 8, 1985.

  
3.
Randy Weaver, “Testimony,” Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Terrorism, Technology and Government Information Subcommittee, Federal Raid in Idaho, September 6, 1985, Federal News Service transcript (Weaver said he had been at Aryan Nations camp multiple times).

  
4.
Bill Morlin, “Weaver Wouldn’t Spy for Feds,”
The Spokesman Review
, September 13, 1992; Vicki Weaver, “To Aryan Nations & all our brethren of the Anglo Saxon Race,” letter, June 12, 1990;
Massacre at Ruby Creek: The Randy Weaver Story
(Concerned Citizens of Idaho, n.d.), p. 166.

  
5.
Walter,
Every Knee Shall Bow
, pp. 119–27.

  
6.
Author, notes from August and September 1992.

7.
James Corcoran,
Bitter Harvest
(New York: Viking, 1990), pp. 119–20 (Arthur Kirk); Symbionese Liberation Army events in 1974,
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/guerrilla/peopleevents/e_kidnapping.html
; MOVE bombing in 1985,
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/guerrilla/peopleevents/e_kidnapping.html
.

  
8.
Bill Rhoads,
Massacre at Ruby Creek
, videotape documentary of protesters and other events at the roadblock, n.d.; photos of protesters,
Massacre at Ruby Creek: The Randy Weaver Story
, pp. 30–40 (this publication collected many documents from the initial events).

  
9.
Melanie Threlkeld, “5 Skinheads Arrested near Weaver’s Cabin,”
The Idaho Statesman
, August 26, 1992; Leonard Zeskind, “State of the Union,”
Searchlight
, October 1992.

10.
Mike Blair, “Confrontation in Idaho Harbinger for America,”
The Spotlight
, September 7, 1992, p. 1; Tom Metzger, WAR Hotline telephone recording, August 24, 1992.

11.
Pete Peters,
Special Message and Alert from Pastor Peters
, Scriptures for America, audiotape no. 552.

12.
Peter J. Peters, “Dear Randy,” letter faxed to Colonel Gritz, reproduced in: Peter J. Peters, “Concerning Innocent Bloodshed in the Land,” September 1992; Pete Peters,
Special Message and Alert from Pastor Peters
, Scriptures for America, audiotape no. 552.

13.
Bo Gritz and Jack McLamb, “S.A. Gene Glenn,” August 28, 1992,
Massacre at Ruby Creek: The Randy Weaver Story
, p. 59.

14.
Bo Gritz, “American Tragedy: Assault at Ruby Creek,” August 31, 1992, press release on Bo Gritz for President letterhead; Melanie Threlkeld, “Weaver’s Pal Surrenders,”
The Idaho Statesman
, August 31, 1992; Associated Press, “Idaho Fugitive Gives Up After 11-day Standoff,”
The Florida News
, September 1, 1992.

15.
Bo Gritz,
For the People
, radio talk show with host Chuck Harder, August 31, 1992, KCMO-AM in Kansas City, transcript; William Rhoads,
Massacre at Ruby Creek
, film of Gritz with arm salute; Jane Ann Morrison, “Gritz Helps End Supremacist Standoff, Lands in Controversy: Candidate Denies Giving Nazi salute,”
Las Vegas Review-Journal
, September 13, 1992.

16.
Dan Popkey, “Populist Candidate Warns Rights Are Slipping Away,”
The Idaho Statesman
, September 11, 1991.

17.
Robert J. Crawford, communication to author, October 1992; Associated Press, “Candidate Gritz Brings Conspiracy Message to UM,”
Great Falls Tribune
, September 19, 1992.

31. After the Shoot-out, the Militia

  
1.
Louis R. Beam, Jr., acting director, “Wanted By Citizen Committee for Justice,” September 1, 1992; Robert J. Crawford, personal communication to author, September 21, 1992.

  
2.
Chris Temple, speech at Estes Park, Scriptures for America, audiotape no. RMR0.

  
3.
Mark Thomas, telephone interviews with author, May 1996 and August 1997; Chris Temple, audiotape, presentation to class of Professor Rob Balch at the University of Montana, May 1997, Hitler and National Socialism from Temple’s writings and speech before Balch class at University of Montana (“I am very much a national socialist”); Chris Temple, “Whither the Soviet Union?: A Coup Fails—Or Did It?”
The Jubilee
, July/August 1991.

  
4.
Mike Mittlestadt, “Cortland Man Writes $3,000 in Bad Checks to Prove a Point,” August 2, 1986; Chris Temple, Phoenix Financial Services, Polson, Montana, State Auditors Office Insurance, 1994.

  
5.
Mike Weland, “Weaver Aftermath Draws Former Grand Dragon,”
The Kootenai Valley Times
, September 30, 1992; Star Silva and Malcolm Hall, “Local Group to Examine Weaver Deaths,”
Bonners Ferry Herald
, September 25, 1992; Robert Crawford (unsigned), “Recent Events in Bonners Ferry, Idaho,” twenty-two-page background memo, Center for Democratic Renewal, March 23, 1993.

  
6.
J. Todd Foster, “Ex-KKK Leader Criticizes Agents at Weaver Rally,”
The Spokesman Review
, October 7, 1992.

  
7.
Leonard Zeskind, “Armed and Dangerous: The NRA, Militias and White Supremacists Are Fostering a Network of Right Wing Warriors,”
Rolling Stone
, November 2, 1995.

  
8.
Pete Peters, “Preparatory for the October 1992 Meeting of Men of God,” Scriptures for America, audiotape no. 556.

  
9.
Louis Beam, speech at Estes Park, Scriptures for America, audiotape no. RMR05; Sheila Beam, “Affidavit,”
Sheila M. Toohey v. Louis Ray Beam
, Idaho District Court First Judicial
District, case no. CV01-3900, August 8, 2001, p. 6 (“I have never shared Defendant’s racist and anti-government philosophy”); Louis Beam, “Leaderless Resistance,” reprinted in
Special Report on the Meeting of Christian Men Held in Estes Park Colorado October 23, 24, 25 1992
, Scriptures for America; Pete Peters, “Report on October 1992 Meeting,” Scriptures for America, audiotape no. 557; Pete Peters, “Preparatory.”

10.
Kirk Lyons, speech at Estes Park, Scriptures for America, audiotape no. RMR03.

11.
White Aryan Resistance chief Tom Metzger made much of this point.

12.
Chris Temple, speech at Estes Park, Scriptures for America, audiotape no. RMR0.

13.
Peter J. Peters,
A Scriptural Understanding of the Race Issue: God’s Call for Repentance
, Scriptures for America, 1990 (“today we use the word minorities rather than aliens”); the word “strangers” was often used instead of “aliens.”

14.
Larry Pratt, speech at Estes Park, Scriptures for America, audiotape nos. RMR14 and RMR15.

15.
Larry Pratt,
Armed People Victorious
, Gun Owners Foundation, 1990; Larry Pratt, “Introduction—Firearms: The Peoples Teeth,” in Larry Pratt, ed.,
Safeguarding Liberty: The Constitution and Citizen Militias
(Franklin, Tenn.: Legacy Communications, 1995), p. xiv.

16.
Lawrence D. Pratt, “Dear Friend of the Family,” Committee to Protect the Family Foundation, letter introducing Randall Terry letter, n.d.

17.
Lawrence Pratt, “Greetings,” Committee to Protect the Family Foundation letter, July 16, 1990.

18.
Louis Beam, “1/4 Inch: The Randy Weaver Story,” online n.d.