editor-surveyor wrote: "You simply don't understand Beckell's function, or motivation."
And you simply don't understand what a moron the man is. He paid a hooker by writing a check. This is not the kind of stategic mind that can dupe the political opposition into doing his will. And he did a real bang-up job as Mondale's campaign manager in 1984, doncha think?
I don't think he's brilliant, just deeply devious and mendacious.
And on another note, I don't see Thompson as a great supporter of an armed citizenry, just better than Julie. I could vote for him, but not Julie.