Archive/File: people/g/gritz.bo gritz.lds From oneb!cs.ubc.ca!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usc!news.service.uci.edu!ucivax!ucla-cs!lanai.cs.ucla.edu!pierce Fri Dec 4 07:59:38 PST 1992 Article: 7774 of alt.conspiracy Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Path: oneb!cs.ubc.ca!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usc!news.service.uci.edu!ucivax!ucla-cs!lanai.cs.ucla.edu!pierce From: pierce@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (Brad Pierce) Subject: Gritz - Mormon officials warn against his teachings Message-ID: <1992Dec3.054400.6335@cs.ucla.edu> Sender: usenet@cs.ucla.edu (Mr Usenet) Nntp-Posting-Host: lanai.cs.ucla.edu Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department Date: Thu, 3 Dec 92 05:44:00 GMT Lines: 31 --------------- FORWARDED POSTING ----------------------------- Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive From: Dan YurmanSubject: Re: more info on the fascist Populist P Message-ID: <1992Dec2.234804.16972@mont.cs.missouri.edu> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1992 23:48:04 GMT Dateline Salt Lake City, Utah Mormon Church Officials are warning their members to avoid the teachings of James "Bo" Gritz on the subject of the impending collapse of the US government and the 2nd Coming of Christ. Church officals in Salt Lake City and Idaho Falls, Idaho, said that members should avoid "crusaders and other kooky types." This is a quote from an article appearing in the Idaho Falls Post Register which quotes articles appearing in the Salt Lake City Tribune. Gritz claims to be a Mormon and has been quoted as indicating he joined the church in 1984. Gritz is planning to move to Idaho to run for Governor. He got about 10,000 vites in Idaho in the Presidential election, of which 4,000 were in the 10 county region surrounding Idaho Falls. The Idaho Falls Post Register reports that Gritz may make his home in St. Anthony, Idaho, a farming and forestry based community about 30 miles north of Idaho Falls. Dan Yurman, Idaho Falls, ID dyurman@igc.apc.org --------------- END OF FORWARDED POSTING ----------------------- From oneb!cs.ubc.ca!utcsri!torn!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!news.cs.indiana.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!lion Sat Dec 5 00:24:28 PST 1992 Article: 7813 of alt.conspiracy Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Path: oneb!cs.ubc.ca!utcsri!torn!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!news.cs.indiana.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!lion From: lion@netcom.com (carl loeber) Subject: Re: Gritz - Mormon officials warn against his teachings Message-ID: <1992Dec4.023515.24288@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) References: <1992Dec3.054400.6335@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1992 02:35:15 GMT Lines: 29 I read the report that Bo Gritz was warned, reported in the Merc- News San Jose, from the Salt Lake Tribune. It seems the story is not accurate, though Bo was warned not to reveal what he was previously told to keep secret about the activities of a person in high office of government which took place in 1988. I am not familiar with his teachings about the fall of the US govt, and the second coming of Christ, I have read material, and seen interviews he has produced, and heard it. However, such scenerios, are more or less, deductions of standard LDS as well as any New Test ament dogma or revelation. The church does not teach specifics, or opinion on such as these but Mormons for the past hundred years have written their feelings about them, and they are widely available. The question is: so what? The LDS church also encourages all people to take an active part in the civic and political affairs of their communities and nations, and refrains from telling people how to think about political issues, unless it happens to be a clearly moral issue. (I admit most things could be viewed as such, but they are not by the church). It seems hard to understand a possible critisism of Bo by the chuch unless he were to do something immoral or dishonest. Or unless for some extraordinary reason, a church official had special and clear knowledge that Bo was about to do something dangerous to his own or the people's welfare. From oneb!cs.ubc.ca!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!eff!ssd.intel.com!scic.intel.com!sbradley Sat Dec 5 11:54:29 PST 1992 Article: 7830 of alt.conspiracy Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Path: oneb!cs.ubc.ca!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!eff!ssd.intel.com!scic.intel.com!sbradley From: sbradley@scic.intel.com (Seth Bradley) Subject: Re: Gritz - Mormon officials warn against his teachings Message-ID: <1992Dec4.213002.6079@scic.intel.com> Organization: Intel Corporation References: <1992Dec4.194419.22155@news.ysu.edu> Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1992 21:30:02 GMT Lines: 25 In article <1992Dec4.194419.22155@news.ysu.edu> ad626@yfn.ysu.edu (Steve Crocker) writes: >groups having racist and/or anti-semetic views. In fact its opening >lines provide a summary of the analytical method applied throughout. >"Lie down with dogs - get up with fleas". In other words, guilt by >association. >Do you have anything better than this to support your claim? Gritz is a politician - not some John Doe off of the street. If you feel that the nature of the organizations he has associated himself with have no bearing whatsoever on his own views, then the only other explanation that makes sense is that he knows nothing of the nature of those organizations, and also that he is tremendously naive politically. A politician is known by the company he keeps. Would a conservative republican have much credibility if he was known to associate with the American Communist Party? To deny that Gritz favors the policies of the extremist groups he has associated himself with smacks of apologetics, IMHO. -- Seth J. Bradley, Senior System Administrator, Intel SCIC Internet: sbradley@scic.intel.com UUCP: uunet!scic.intel.com!sbradley ---------------------------------------- "A system admin's life is a sorry one. The only advantage he has over Emergency Room doctors is that malpractice suits are rare. On the other hand, ER doctors never have to deal with patients installing new versions of their own innards!" -Michael O'Brien From oneb!cs.ubc.ca!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!ccsvax.sfasu.edu!f_gautjw Sat Dec 5 22:24:02 PST 1992 Article: 7852 of alt.conspiracy Path: oneb!cs.ubc.ca!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!ccsvax.sfasu.edu!f_gautjw From: f_gautjw@ccsvax.sfasu.edu Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Gritz - Mormon officials warn against his teachings Message-ID: <1992Dec5.094430.2050@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> Date: 5 Dec 92 09:44:30 CST References: <1992Dec4.194419.22155@news.ysu.edu> <1992Dec4.213002.6079@scic.intel.com> Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University Lines: 22 In article <1992Dec4.213002.6079@scic.intel.com>, sbradley@scic.intel.com (Seth Bradley) writes: > In article <1992Dec4.194419.22155@news.ysu.edu> ad626@yfn.ysu.edu (Steve Crocker) writes: >>groups having racist and/or anti-semetic views. In fact its opening >>lines provide a summary of the analytical method applied throughout. >>"Lie down with dogs - get up with fleas". In other words, guilt by >>association. >>Do you have anything better than this to support your claim? > > Gritz is a politician - not some John Doe off of the street. If you > feel that the nature of the organizations he has associated himself > with have no bearing whatsoever on his own views, then the only > other explanation that makes sense is that he knows nothing of the > nature of those organizations, and also that he is tremendously naive > politically. A politician is known by the company he keeps. Would > a conservative republican have much credibility if he was known > to associate with the American Communist Party? To deny that Gritz > favors the policies of the extremist groups he has associated himself > with smacks of apologetics, IMHO. In other words, you don't have any specifics either. -Joe Gaut From oneb!cs.ubc.ca!utcsri!torn!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cleveland.Freenet.Edu!aq817 Sat Dec 5 22:25:00 PST 1992 Article: 7849 of alt.conspiracy Path: oneb!cs.ubc.ca!utcsri!torn!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cleveland.Freenet.Edu!aq817 From: aq817@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Steve Crocker) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Gritz - Mormon officials warn against his teachings Date: 5 Dec 1992 10:16:36 GMT Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA) Lines: 58 Message-ID: <1fpvi4INNjek@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu sbradley@scic.intel.com (Seth Bradley) writes: >In article <1992Dec4.194419.22155@news.ysu.edu> ad626@yfn.ysu.edu >(Steve Crocker) writes: >>groups having racist and/or anti-semetic views. In fact its opening >>lines provide a summary of the analytical method applied throughout. >>"Lie down with dogs - get up with fleas". In other words, guilt by >>association. >>Do you have anything better than this to support your claim? >Gritz is a politician - not some John Doe off of the street. If you >feel that the nature of the organizations he has associated himself >with have no bearing whatsoever on his own views, then the only The organiztions one associates with may or may not indicate one's views. By themselves, they are certainly not valid evidence of these views. >other explanation that makes sense is that he knows nothing of the >nature of those organizations, and also that he is tremendously naive >politically. A politician is known by the company he keeps. Would >a conservative republican have much credibility if he was known >to associate with the American Communist Party? To deny that Gritz >favors the policies of the extremist groups he has associated himself >with smacks of apologetics, IMHO. Seth, all that you are really saying here is that guilt by association is a commonly accepted standard within politics today. Sad but true. However that doesn't make it right. The fact of the matter is that a politician or political activist, by reason of the necessity to form alliances and build coalitions, is MORE likely, not less, than the rest of us to find themself in association with those whose views they do not share. ("Politics make strange bedfellows") In the anti-war movement, for example, liberals marched alongside Maoists, Stalinists, Trotskyists, and Anarchists with a common purpose. How many of the young radicals who went "Clean for Gene" really supported Gene McCarthy's brand of liberalism? Rather, they worked for him as the way they saw to get a job done - the job of stopping the war. Now Col. Gritz is trying to get a job done - the restoration of Constitutional government and "Christian" (more accurately Judeao-Christian) values in the U.S. To do this he is going to have to mobilize support from diverse constituencies, who may hold racist views as well as endorsing Gritz's agenda. To give a personal example, I endorse the work of the Christic Institute in exposing the "secret government" and deplore the manner in which a corrupt court has used excessive fines to silence them. Christic also happens to oppose the spread of nuclear power. My own view is that opposition to nuclear power is the practical equivalent of advocating genocide, given the pressing need for this and related technologies to help alleviate the plight of the third world. Should anyone assume that because I speak well of Christic and support their activities in certain areas that I must therefore share their anti-nuclear views? How dumb! But this is EXACTLY the kind of argument the P.A.R.T. brief makes with respect to Gritz and HIS alliances. -Steve From oneb!cs.ubc.ca!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ucla-cs!lanai.cs.ucla.edu!pierce Sat Dec 5 22:25:14 PST 1992 Article: 7854 of alt.conspiracy Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Path: oneb!cs.ubc.ca!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ucla-cs!lanai.cs.ucla.edu!pierce From: pierce@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (Brad Pierce) Subject: Re: Gritz - Mormon officials warn against his teachings Message-ID: <1992Dec5.155150.7947@cs.ucla.edu> Sender: usenet@cs.ucla.edu (Mr Usenet) Nntp-Posting-Host: lanai.cs.ucla.edu Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department References: <1fpvi4INNjek@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Date: Sat, 5 Dec 92 15:51:50 GMT Lines: 12 In article <1fpvi4INNjek@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> aq817@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Steve Crocker) writes: >job of stopping the war. Now Col. Gritz is trying to get a job done - the >restoration of Constitutional government and "Christian" (more accurately >Judeao-Christian) values in the U.S. To do this he is going to have to >mobilize support from diverse constituencies, who may hold racist views >as well as endorsing Gritz's agenda. Why do you think "Judeo-Christian" is more accurate than "Christian" in the context of Bo Gritz? -- Brad Pierce -- From oneb!cs.ubc.ca!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!reykja Mon Dec 7 07:24:19 PST 1992 Article: 7897 of alt.conspiracy Path: oneb!cs.ubc.ca!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!reykja From: reykja@col.hp.com (Reykja Sigurdsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Gritz - Mormon officials warn against his teachings Date: 7 Dec 1992 10:30:58 GMT Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division Lines: 59 Message-ID: <1fv952INN8ok@hp-col.col.hp.com> References: <1992Dec4.023515.24288@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: itchub.cs.itc.hp.com lion@netcom.com (carl loeber) writes: > > I am not familiar with his teachings about the fall of the US govt, > and the second coming of Christ, I have read material, and seen > interviews he has produced, and heard it. However, such scenerios, > are more or less, deductions of standard LDS as well as any New Test > ament dogma or revelation. The church does not teach specifics, or > opinion on such as these but Mormons for the past hundred years have > written their feelings about them, and they are widely available. > AS much as I have read about the Mormons, there is no evidence that they teach that White people are the true chosen people of God, tghe Israelites, nor do they teach that Jews are the spawn of Satan -- such as is taught by Identity. > The question is: so what? > The 'what' is the potential for violence and hate spread by thee people. I think there is enough evidence that Identity is dangerous. Reference the murder of Alan Berg (committed by David Lane and Bruce Pierce -- both followers of Identity, the murder of an Ethipian man by racial skinheads -- followers of Identity -- the bombing of a gay bar by Denver Parmenter -- a member of the Order and follower of Identity, an armored truck robbery by Robert Mathews and company -- all members of The Order and followers of Identity. The Mormon Church is correct to condemn Gritz and the whole Identity bunch. Hate *is* a moral issue. > The LDS church also encourages all people to take an active part in the > civic and political affairs of their communities and nations, and > refrains from telling people how to think about political issues, unless And if I am not mistaken, the Doctrine and Covenants (I may be mistaken about this..) states that followers of LDS should respect and follow the laws of the government of the country in which they live. > it happens to be a clearly moral issue. (I admit most things could be viewed as such, but they are not by the church). > I think they would view hate as a moral issue. I am not Mormon but I would be willing to bet that if I called the bishop, he would definitely tell me that hate is not morally neutral. > It seems hard to understand a possible critisism of Bo by the chuch > unless he were to do something immoral or dishonest. Or unless for > some extraordinary reason, a church official had special and clear !!!!!! His association with Pete Peters, Jack Mohr, Tom Metzger!!!! What do you think they are doing --playing poker?! Please don't blow Identity or the White Separatist movement off as a bunch of koo-koos. They are truly, truly dangerous. By any means possible. That is what they have stated as their goal. From oneb!cs.ubc.ca!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewse!cbnewsd!att-out!cbfsb!cbnewsg.cb.att.com!cooper Mon Dec 7 07:24:59 PST 1992 Article: 7895 of alt.conspiracy Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Path: oneb!cs.ubc.ca!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewse!cbnewsd!att-out!cbfsb!cbnewsg.cb.att.com!cooper From: cooper@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (Ralph 'Hairy' Moonen) Subject: Re: Gritz - Mormon officials warn against his teachings Message-ID: <1992Dec7.085408.13555@cbfsb.cb.att.com> Sender: news@cbfsb.cb.att.com Organization: AT&T References: <1992Dec4.194419.22155@news.ysu.edu> Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1992 08:54:08 GMT Lines: 19 In article <1992Dec4.194419.22155@news.ysu.edu>, ad626@yfn.ysu.edu (Steve Crocker) writes: > What evidence have you seen that Gritz qualifies. The long report > from P.A.R.T. posted here shows only that Gritz has associated with > groups having racist and/or anti-semetic views. In fact its opening > lines provide a summary of the analytical method applied throughout. > "Lie down with dogs - get up with fleas". In other words, guilt by > association. > Do you have anything better than this to support your claim? That, and a couple of pamphlet's I've seen posted here from him and about him. I just wish to make the observation that you claim that "guilt by association" is not valid. Well, I claim otherwise. If a politician associates with and becomes a member of a certain group, you can reasonably belive he supports those causes. Don't tell me that he is no longer a member and has changed his ways, I don't go for that in this case. Yes, I think in this case he not only got up with fleas, but also transmogryphied into one. --Ralph From oneb!cs.ubc.ca!destroyer!caen!uunet!olivea!sgigate!sgi!cdp!cberlet Wed Dec 9 08:36:27 PST 1992 Article: 7999 of alt.conspiracy Path: oneb!cs.ubc.ca!destroyer!caen!uunet!olivea!sgigate!sgi!cdp!cberlet From: cberlet@igc.apc.org (NLG Civil Liberties Committee) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Gritz - Mormon officials warn again Message-ID: <1299600106@igc.apc.org> Date: 9 Dec 92 03:15:00 GMT References: <1992Dec3.054400.6335@cs.ucla.edu> Sender: Notesfile to Usenet Gateway Lines: 210 Nf-ID: #R:1992Dec3.054400.6335@cs.ucla.edu:-2053869128:cdp:1299600106:000:9539 Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!cberlet Dec 8 19:15:00 1992 Memo from Chip Berlet Re: Gritz and Duke >In article , >"David A. Byler" cmu.edu> writes: >> We are given the following news by Brad Pierce: >> >>> Yet four years ago, Bo Gritz (rhymes with Knights) >>>accepted a nomination to run for Vice-President of the United >>>States on a ticket with "former" Ku Klux Klan grand dragon >>>David Duke, from the Populist Party..... >> >> If the article starts off with a lie, why should we trust the rest of >> it? Bo Gritz quit the Populist Party ticket after Duke was nominated as >> the Presidential hopeful. Perhaps, when these folks get their facts >> straight for once, people might begin to take them seriously. >> >> Andy Byler >> > >I think the real fleas Gritz has had to put up with are >found in such disinformation about him that you [Byler] put into >proper focus. > >Some while back I ran a Duke/Gritz word check on >a number of journals and never found their names connected which >made me quite suspicious of this accusation concerning him. The >same check yielded quite a bit about either person separately. I >also asked on the net if anyone in networld had ever seen their >names on the ballot together and got absolutely no response. I >despise seeing decent patriots who have had their lives on the line >more than once maligned with such careless abandon. Talk about >hate speech... > >-Joe Gaut Congratulations, Joe and Andy, for demonstrating that you are both willing to call persons with whom you disagree liars and disinformation spreaders while not getting your own facts straight. Gritz posed for pictures shaking hands with Duke after accepting the nomination of the Populist Party as Duke's 1988 first vice-presidential running mate. The newspaper ran the photo along with an interview where Gritz acknowledges he had heard about Duke's past affiliations, but now considered him a fine pro-American. Some weeks later, Gritz dropped off the ticket to run for local office. It was a very long time before Gritz began to claim that he dropped off the 1988 Populist party ticket because of Duke's nomination. Given the photo and the interview, the claim that Gritz dropped off the ticket as soon as he learned of Duke's nomination is a complete fabrication. I will send a photocopy of the Duke/Gritz photo to anyone who sends a stamped, self-addressed business envelope to my office: Political Research Associates 678 Mass. Ave., #712 Cambridge, MA 02139 Even "Readers Digest" has called the Populist party a haven for neo-Nazis and ex-klansmen. The Populist Party was founded by Hitler apologist Willis Carto. Bo Gritz is the point man in an effort to build a coalition of white supremacists, anti-Jewish bigots, neo-fascists, and paranoid gun nuts. Gritz promotes the ideas of the Christian Identity movement, although he sometimes claims he is not a follower of Identity. Gritz has repeatedly praised and participated in Christian Identity events, here are excerpts from his speech at a Christian Identity meeting hosted by Identity preacher Pete Peters, a raving anti-Jewish bigot: Gritz: "I believe that the Identity Christian Movement will continue to grow in this nation until it is able to stand self-sufficient in spite of the government....Basically the Zionists are taking over and we Christians are being formed into small pockets that have to go to camps twice a year to learn what's going on....The enemy you face today is a satanic overthrow where he would change the United States of America, a nation under God, into USA incorporated with King George as chariman of the board, and a Zionist group that would rule over us as long as satan might be on earth....I am telling you that he (God) has given us all that we need. He's given us the likes of Pete Peters, he's given us the likes of the Identity Christian movement." -Source, , Center for Democratic Renewal (Atlanta), December 1991, page 19. An aide to Gritz told one Idaho newspaper that Gritz combined elements of Christian Identity, Mormonism and the Baptist faith. >From The Idaho Falls , September 13, 1992 (page B6): "[Our] editorial should have said that Gritz adheres to less strident views of the Christian Identity movement. There are a number of Christian Identity Churches. A national spokesman for Gritz, Jack McLamb, has told Associated Press that Gritz adheres to a blend of Christian Identity, Baptist, and LDS [Mormon] beliefs. Whether he is a member of the LDS Church or not has not been able to be confirmed despite repeated calls to a Gritz number identified by an answering machine as the Center for Action. - Editor." Gritz: "Eight Jewish families virtually control the entire FED--only three are American jews [sic]." "Called to Serve," page 609. In a speech at Identity pastor Pete Peter's Colorado headquarters, Gritz acknowledged that Peters had helped publish and distribute his book "Called to Serve", which is used to promote the Gritz presidential campaign. Christian Identity is a religion that sees Jews as agents of Satan and considers African-Americans to be sub-human. Identity claims the United States is the real promised land and white Christians are the real children of Israel. Many proponents of Christian Identity seek to overthrow the "Zionist Occupational Government" in Washington, D.C. and establish an exclusively white Christian nation, or at least seize the states of the pacific northwest. Gritz primarily seeks to build networks of support in reactionary and far-right circles. He made a presentation on "MIA/POW & Government Drug Dealers" at the Third Christian Heritage National Conference held in November of 1990 in Florida. Among other featured speakers were Bob Weems, Pete Peters, Col. Jack Mohr and other persons who promote Christian Identity. Also speaking were Eustace Mullins, who provided the "Total Conspiracy Update," and A.J. Barker, national chairman of the Populist Party. Gritz claims he opposes racism and is trying to clean up the Populist Party. But Gritz continuously misrepresents the nature of the Populist Party and its ongoing leadership. An article in the September 1992 "Soldier of Fortune" magazine notes: "Gritz also said he does not know Jerry Pope, chairman of Kentucky's Populist Party. Pope was once a prominent figure in the National States Rights Party founded by racist J.B. Stoner, who was imprisoned for the deaths of black children in the bombing of a Sunday school class in Birmingham, Alabama." Pope and Gritz are both listed as being on the Board of Advisers to the Populist Action Committee run by Liberty Lobby. The Populist Party began promoting Gritz for President in the summer of 1991. The banner headline in the June, 1991 issue of "The Populist Observer: Voice of the Populist Party" was "Groundswell Building For Gritz Presidential Run." Gritz had addressed the Populist Party national convention in May 1991. The following month, "The Populist Observer" ran another banner headline proclaiming: "Gritz Populist Party Candidacy for President Official!" In a memo sent to Populist Party regulars by Chair Don Wassall, and signed by 11 Populist Party Executive Committee members, Wassall wrote that "We are reaching out to new people, and we have a tremendous presidential candidate in Bo Gritz." Campaign flyers mailed from the Populist Party headquarters are headlined "Bo Gritz for President...Vote Populist Party." In the June, 1991 issue of "The Populist Observer", Gritz wrote, "I call upon you as Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Independent, right, left, conservative, liberal, et.al., to UNITE AS POPULISTS [emphasis in original] until we have our nation firmly back on her feet." Gritz told the audience at a July, 1991 meeting in Palo Alto, California that they should reach out and attempt to recruit persons from the left. While Willis Carto was one of the key founders of the Populist Party, the Party is now under the control of Don Wassall who is feuding with Willis Carto and the Liberty Lobby over control of the movement. According to the May 1992 issue of "The Monitor", "Wassall's Populist Party has been forced to take a back seat as Gritz has cobbled together his own organization, the America First! Coalition." But as the Monitor explains, "Gritz's standard stump speech is an amalgam of themes popular among white supremacists and others on the far right: the Federal Reserve System is unconstitutional and should be abolished and a vast conspiracy of "internationalists" are taking over the world." Gritz was heavily promoted by the Carto forces as early as the summer of 1987 when Gritz was holding press conferences charging that key U.S. government officials were the "biggest customers" of the world's leading "drug lord," Gen. Khun Sa of Burma. [See: Valentine, Paul, "Media Blacks Out Drug Story: `Bo' Gritz Charges Conspiracy", "The Spotlight", July 13, 1987, p. 1.] In a January 3, 1992 letter to Willis Carto, Gritz urged the warring factions in the Populist Party to cease their bickering, and told Carto he was "seeking cooperation between you and your former allies." He also wrote "During my first meeting with Don and Phil as a Populist candidate, I expressed utmost concern over accountability of funds," thus clearly acknowledging that he considered himself the 1992 Populist Party candidate. -Chip Berlet
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