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Locked and Loaded

August 15, 2006 (1 min read)

"A 43-year-old former gunfight-show actor with an Ichabod Crane physique and a self-image the size of Texas, Simcox is chiefly responsible for touching off the Minuteman movement, a grassroots prairie fire fueled by thinly veiled racism and nativist paranoia. More than anyone, Simcox has promoted the concept that vigilantism is patriotic. His pitch is that armed 'citizen border patrols' must do 'the job the government refuses to do' - defend America from brown-skinned 'invaders.' " The Nation, Aug. 10, 2006.


http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060828/buchanan