You lost me at “nut job with the hairdo”.
Bob Lonsberry — mentally ill
There were a couple of other doozies in there:
It makes you fear that he is socially retarded, that he may be the world’s oldest spoiled child.
It was worship of the Dear Leader, akin to the demigod homage paid people like Mao and Castro and Hitler.
And Jim Jones.
It was the sort of thing that would make one imbalanced guy happy