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Authors: Leonard Zeskind

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3.
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4.
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, August 2004; Roger Williams, Kevin Alfred Strom, Rich Lindstrom, Robert Pate, et al., “Time for Leadership: Full Text of the Declaration of National Alliance Leaders and Members Demanding Honesty, Openness, Accountability, and Reorganization,” April 22, 2005,
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, accessed April 27, 2005.

5.
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David M. Pringle, “History Will Perform the Autopsy: It Is Time to Move On,” February 2005,
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(accessed April 27, 2005).

7.
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Charlottesville News & Arts,
accessed September 9, 2008; “Strom Sentenced,”
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, accessed September 9, 2008.

8.
“Send Mail to: Tom Metzger . . . Warsaw, Indiana,”
Aryan Update
, March 25, 2008.

9.
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Sheila M. Toohey v. Louis Ray Beam
, U.S. District Court Idaho First Judicial District, CV 01-3900, November 10, 1997; Bill Morlin, “Judge Postpones Racist’s Child Custody Hearing,”
The Spokesman Review
, February 5, 2002.

10.
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11.
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Focus Fourteen
, described as the “Official Newsletter of 14 Word Press.” The fourteen words were featured on the masthead: “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for White children”); David Lane, “If Federals Don’t Succeed, They Will Try and Try Again,”
The Spotlight
, June 5, 1995, p. 10; David Lane, “Vengeance Now!,”
WAR
13 (March 1994); David Eden Lane, “The Right WAY,”
Calling Our Nation
,
Aryan Nations
58, p. 6; “Warrior David Lane Died Today at Age 69,”
Stormfront White Nationalist Community
, May 28, 2007 (
www.stormfront.org
), accessed May 30, 2007; Leonard Zeskind, “David Lane Dies in Prison,”
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, July 2007.

12.
Stephen Stuebner, “True Gritz: Will the Real Bo Gritz Please Stand Up?,”
Intelligence Report
, Fall 1998, pp. 10–15; Bob Fick, “Despairing Gritz Shoots Himself in the Chest,”
Idaho Statesman
, September 22, 1998.

13.
Anne Hall, “Back Home in Iowa, He’s Got Memories,”
Washington Post
, April 30, 2001.

14.
Chris Temple, “Martha’s Free—But I’m Not,”
Chris Temple On Line
, March 6, 2005 (sentenced to six years in prison on July 21, 2004, U.S. District Court, Madison, Wisconsin).

15.
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Montana Human Rights Network
, October 2006.

16.
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17.
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18.
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, Asheville, North Carolina, February 5, 2003; Kirk Lyons, “Kirk Lyons Responds to the Latest ‘Hawks Smear Campaign’ in Race for Army of Northern Virginia Commander,” Lyons for ANV Commander press release, January 2002 (
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19.
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20.
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The Social Contract
, 2005, p. 155.

60. The Future

1.
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The American Prospect
, November 2005.

2.
“International European American Unity and Leadership Conference,” May 28–30, program agenda brochure; “Untitled communication report detailing the event,” to author, n.d. (the event site was the Airport Plaza Hotel); Leonard Zeskind, “Return of the Whiteist,”
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, August 4, 2004,
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.

3.
“Congressman Duke? An Analysis of David Duke’s Bid for the First Congressional District Seat,” Southern Institute for Education and Research, January 25, 1999 (cites Duke’s 11 percent vote in 1996 race); David Duke, “Victory! We Win Chairmanship of Largest Republican Parish in Louisiana!,”
The David Duke Report
36; Kevin McGill, untitled, Associated Press, May 2, 1999 (cites Duke vote at 19 percent); David Duke, “Anatomy of an Election,”
The David Duke Report
43.

4.
David Duke,
My Awakening: A Path to Racial Understanding
(Covington, La.: Free Speech Press, 1998).

5.
Postal Inspector William A. Bonney, “Ex-Klan Leader David Duke Sentenced to 15 Months for Mail and Tax Fraud,”
U.S. Postal Inspection Service Bulletin
, October 2003, pp. 33–35, postalinspectors.usps.gov/radDocs/pubs/bull03_4; Alan Sayre, “Ex-Klan Leader David Duke Returns to U.S.,” Associated Press, December 16, 2002 (cites Duke’s attorney as claiming the investigation began with the discovery that Governor Mike Foster had paid Duke $100,000 for his contributors list); John McQuaid, “Duke’s Decline,”
The Times-Picayune
, April 13, 2003 (ex-girlfriend Christy Martin “approached authorities with evidence”).

6.
David Duke, letter, “I want to wish you and your family a meaningful and beautiful Christmas,” December 10, 1998, reproduced in full as a graphic in Postal Inspector William A. Bonney, “Ex-Klan Leader David Duke Sentenced to 15 Months for Mail and Tax Fraud.”

7.
Postal Inspector William A. Bonney, “Ex-Klan Leader David Duke Sentenced to 15 Months for Mail and Tax Fraud.”

8.
Martin A. Lee, “Insatiable,”
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109, Spring 2003; Leonard Zeskind, “David Duke: Playboynazisten,”
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, Stockholm, Nos. 3–4, 2005.

9.
Richard Moore, “Israel ‘Leading Terrorist Nation,’” November 13, 2002,
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(describes speech in Bahrain); communication to author, n.d. (Duke in Germany and France); John McQuaid, “Duke’s Decline.”

10.
Betsy Blaney, “Duke Turns Himself In to Begin 15-Month Sentence in Big Spring Facility,” Associated Press, April 15, 2003.

11.
“Duke Released from Federal Prison in West Texas,” Associated Press, April 9, 2004; David Duke, dickson-June 21, 2004 09:30.53.wma, audio broadcast file posted at the time,
www.davidduke.com

12.
Sam Dickson, dickson-June 21, 2004 09:30.53.wma.

13.
Ibid.

14.
Ibid.

15.
In addition to those factors taken into account by social scientists measuring public opinion, significant anecdotal data supports this observation. During David Duke’s election races polling data continually undercounted his supporters.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Acknowledgments cannot properly express my gratitude to the many people, some of whom are now deceased, who contributed to
Blood and Politics
.

Daniel Levitas generously shared his own research with me over the decades and pushed me down a path that led to this book. Ron Goldfarb, my literary agent, had faith in me to produce it. Denise Oswald demonstrated wisdom and patience while also wielding a green pencil as my editor. Kevin Goering, Jessica Ferri, Lisa Silverman, Thomas LeBien, Elizabeth Maples, Brian Gittis, and the others on the production team at Farrar, Straus and Giroux helped make it all happen. Elinor Langer read the entire manuscript with a sharp literary eye, convinced me to take out some of the jokes and most of the riddles, and taught me a few of the finer points of writing. Devin Burghart supported my effort in myriad ways, and his investigative and analytical skills were invaluable. Michael Hahn read the manuscript and saved me from myself at several crucial points.

Thanks to the Petra Foundation, which gave me one of its prized “unsung heroes” awards in 1992. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation made me a fellow in 1998. Jennifer Warburg often worked in tandem. Thanks also to Copaken, White, and Blitt. Without Celeste Phillips and Michael D. Sullivan this project may never have gotten started, and Celeste nursed it along the way.

In addition to those named above, reading and making substantial critical comments on chapters as they developed over the past fifteen years were: Jean Casella, Elaine Davenport, Lance Hill, Larry Powell, Bill Berkowitz, Jill Norgren, Chris Pyle, Juli Highfil, Brenda Vann, Lauren Miller, and Ruth Sacks. Lisa Woolery, Lisa Spaulding, Jim McDonald, and Elizabeth Lindquist served, in effect, as a focus group for the first full draft.

Others provided useful information and research: Robert J. Crawford, Charles L. Tanner, Jr., Elizabeth A. Rickey, Penni Crabtree, Scott Armstrong, Hylah Jacques, Ken Stern, Steven Gardiner, Keith Hurt, Mike Reynolds, Mark Potok, Sandi Dubowski, Marlene Hines, Ken Toole, Christine Kauffman, Travis McAdams, Clair Johnson, Donald I. Warren, Felix, Label Vitterman, Mark Alfonso and the staff and volunteers at the Center for Democratic Renewal, Robert Sweet, Elaine Cantrell, Renee Poe, Justin Massa, Martin Theriault,
Randi-Lee Taylor, and Jonathan Mozzochi, who did double duty with a stint cleaning up the filing system.

Thanks to those who contributed to multiple office tasks over the years: Emilie Goodhart, Aaron Rittmaster, Larry Rittmaster, Ben Wilkins, Mike Enriquez, and Isabelle Fremerman.

Graeme Atkinson, Gerry Gable, Sonia Gable, Nick Lowles, and Steve Silver at
Searchlight
magazine have all assisted. Lynora Williams and Randall Williams first taught me the fundamentals of journalism. James Ridgeway kept asking “what is the story here?” as we worked together on the Oklahoma City bombing and other points of interest. The journalists Judy Thomas, Bill Morlin, Dennis Roddy, Jerry Mitchell, and Jim East acted in the most collegial fashion. Sonja Tichy, Carole Travis, Stew Albert, and Judy Albert provided emotional sustenance and shelter when it was needed. Librarians at special collections at Tulane University, the University of Oregon, Kansas University, the University of Iowa, and the Wisconsin State Historical Society were all gracious and granted access to important documents; my appreciation also to the staff at the Bloch Law School Library at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. Others helped in many ways.

Robert V. Crawford, Felix, Bob Jay, Marek Lumb, Dong Luna, and Label Vitterman are pseudonyms for sources cited in the notes.

David Goldstein taught me to do three-point speeches. Judy Hellman welcomed me to her family shtetl. To my immediate family, and particularly to Carol, not enough can be said to thank you for everything you have given.

INDEX

Abernethy, Virginia,
525–26

abortion,
48
,
183
,
185
,
282
,
287
,
292
; clinic violence,
320–23
,
413
,
414
,
430
,
459–60
,
462–63
,
515
; declining birthrate of whites and,
322–23
; opposition to,
316–17
,
320–23
,
325
,
387
,
430
,
434
,
459–60
; rights,
48
,
323

affirmative action,
24
,
50
,
134
,
199
,
214
,
269
,
270
,
373

Afghanistan,
243
; war in,
518
,
521
,
523

Agnew, Spiro,
24

agriculture,
73
,
110
; anti-Semitism and,
72–78
,
96–97
,
113–15
; corporatization of,
115
; 1980s farm crisis,
73–75
,
78–79
,
96
,
113–15
,
190
,
273
,
301
,
409
; of 1990s,
364
; Populist Party and,
113–15
,
141
; progressive-minded,
114
; vanguardist,
73–77
,
78–79
,
96–97
,
113–15