11-04-2013, 08:25 PM
IMO Tarpley is a superb historian and I deeply admire his ability to synthesize social theory and philosophy. Had I been around in the early Larouche days, I know I would have been drawn to their camp given the anti intellectualism of much of left at that time. I think in the beginning I think they had alot of good ideas. A refreshing change from the "more Mao than thou" crowd which still infects the left today. Even though I admire his work greatly, I find myself scratching my head at conclusions he draws, like when he suggest programs to colonize Mars (1st Obama book) Im like "huh??". My favorite is the book on Romney "Just too weird..." He's also a great rhetorician. I love listening to him speak. It seems no matter how long he is away from La Rouche, he still can't seem to drop the culty inflection "ITS GENOCIDE...." He drops the words genocide and fascism a little too freely. I love watching the Old Tarpley and other LaRouches speeches from the 1970s and 1980s on youtube. I find them very entertaining.... I agree, you need to corroborate claims he makes before buying into them....