Huh.

So.  Um.

Huh.

Do you mean to tell me that Lyndon Larouche is not running for the president?  He’s been running literally my entire life… and then some.

It is here that I feel I must provide a disclaimer.  I have never been in any Larouchite group.  I do not know anyone who has been in any Larouchite group.  I have no particular reason to be interested in the activities of Lyndon Larouche.

Lyndon Larouche, I suppose, is moving into an exciting New Direction.  What is he to do to pull his cadre of supporters along now that he has no presidential bid in the wane?  He can pull his efforts into Initiatives, such as the AIDs Patient Registry Initiatve he had in California in the 1980s.  He can tend to a “political pac” and entrench himself into electing that strange assortment of elected Democrats he is the party boss for.

But I wonder if this item from his news organ suggests where he is going.

The story is completely insane.  It does not really matter, though.  What matters for a cult is to create and form the storylines that your followers are to carry on their lives forward with.  Larouche is here creating a fictional battle with Howard Dean — with Bill Clinton on his side.  But it occurs to me that there was Larouchite who ran for the Texas Democratic chair — didn’t get past the first round, of course, but I think went on to take credit in the Larouche-universe for the role of “king maker” in the second round of voting.  Perhaps Larouche can stoke his followers into having him run for Democratic National Committee chair.  Understand, the Bush years — which have been boon years for him — are two years from being done with, and he must move on to his next great crusade.

In 2004 I saw a Larouche supporter cover himself with John Kerry stickers.  I shrugged and went ahead and asked him, “Why is Larouche supporting Kerry?”  He answered, “We need to take over the Democratic Party.”  This is the Popular Front attitude, and it remains largely non-sensical even with real candidates.  I guess there’s nothing new under the sun, and political rhetoric can end up matching itself voiced by any insurgent element– credible or fringe-lunatic.

Honestly, I am now just waiting for this man to die.  The only thing I want to know about Larouche at this point in time is what becomes of his cult after death.  I don’t believe he can be literally diefied.  Will Larouchites now peddle his past work on street corners and college campuses?  Can it splinter in groups depending on who an individual believes is the rightful Larouche scholar?

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