grgr4 Crutchfield or Crouchfield the westwardman (was Re: GRGR(4) kenosha kid

rj rjackson at mail.usyd.edu.au
Fri Jun 18 19:38:59 CDT 1999


Paul Mackin wrote:
> Minor point but "FDR's little asshole buddies" would be the communists
> rather than the CIA/FBI. He was accused by the Republicans of being in bed
> with them.

Yep. That probably works better. The parenthetic comment is an
observation made in the guise of Crouchfield's 1930s incarnation,
perhaps? It's the beginnings of that Cold War paranoia R. Romeo
mentioned earlier. 

Thanks for the correction. Btw, what's an "okie"?

best



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