The way that was orchestrated made me believe there was method to his madness, that he was far saner than he let on. Wish either thread was still around: there was some kind of genius at work in his postings. A+Bert was Free Republic's answer to Andy Kaufman, in many ways.
I agree. We had a lot of banter back and forth, but the guy was no dummy. And he did make me laugh. I admit we had couple of convivial FReepmails back and forth, although I seldom agreed with him on any topic.
There was a post where he explained what A+Bert meant, but I don't recall what it was. Do you?