A Brother from on High residing now in the Rockies turned me on to this work. He thought it a good fit in my collection here.After reading up to where I cut off, I can say with certainty that the title 'Besieged Patriot', means a lot more to me personally then when I first started reading. I say that because, to me reading Gerald L. K. Smith's account of his life and onslaught of adversity he daily faced, was a confirmation to me, of what I always thought being a Patriot was about.

I have been giving a lot of thought lately toward the last 3 plus years we have faced here in America, and it seems to me that we have allowed ourselves to be diverted away from the true issue,that being a world wide conspiracy to lock down a New World Order with it's headquarters in Jerusalem.If for no other reason then this,we as a nation, should look at this 'world wide crisis' they have currently cooked up with extreme prejudice and doubt as to it's intent.

You are about to read about an America, that most will not know ever existed,but the said fact is that it did, and most Americans are unaware of just how close we came to losing the whole thing in 1945. I have suggested in past posts, that there is a part of American history that they have tried to keep hidden from us, to keep the masses asleep. I have also suggested that history has lied to us about who FDR was, and who and what he represented. Lastly in the past I have stated that the abomination called Israel is not what it seems. I am happy to say I have been correct all along, and have found confirmation in all three cases, in the following work and account of Gerald L. K. Smith.

....To orient one's self to the time of Huey Long and Franklin D. Roosevelt and others, one must realize that Roosevelt was a conscienceless tyrant, a sex frustrate and a complete whoremonger. He had no conscience, no character and no concern for anyone except his own welfare. Three popular movements had grown up in America resisting the tyranny of Roosevelt. One was the Huey Long movement, which was led by Mr. Long and myself. Another was the Townsend movement, led by the great statesman-prophet, Dr. Francis Townsend who spearheaded the new concern for the aged. In fact, the following of Dr. Townsend was one of the most phenomenal mass developments of the century. Then there was the following of the Rev. Father Charles E. Coughlin who, although he had a big Catholic following, had more Protestant followers than he did Catholic followers. It was the hope of Mr. Long, Dr. Townsend and Father Coughlin that a coalition could be formed that would split the Roosevelt following and elect a progressive Republican. Then came the assassination of Huey Long, and this threw the whole movement off-balance. [The underlined above is difficult for most students of history, but one discipline of great importance to master, in order to gain better understanding from any one time period, in order to try and connect it with current circumstances. FDR is the perfect example of this. If the student does not dig on his own, he or she is left with what the gatekeepers give you as the history.DC]

In connection with my wider interests beyond the State of Louisiana and throughout the United States, I was in Washington, D.C. when Dr. Townsend was enduring a Congressional Committee persecution. A little clique of demagogues was trying to limit Dr. Townsend's influence by conducting a public investigation somewhat similar to the so-called Watergate Committee. The trick was to call in Dr. Townsend's enemies to smear Dr. Townsend and assassinate the character of his leaders and give them no opportunity for reply. Dr. Townsend was being crushed, crucified and abused to the point of annihilation. I had never met him, but I went over to his hotel to see him. I said: "Dr. Townsend, I'm a younger man than you are and I have no desire to give you any arbitrary advice, but I do have a suggestion." He responded by saying: "Let me hear it, Mr. Smith." I said: "Hold yourself in contempt of the committee. Issue a statement expressing your contempt for the whole process and walk out." The Doctor responded by saying: "If l had a young man like you to go beside me, I would do it." I responded by saying: "Doctor, you've got the young man and you can count on me."

The next day, the committee, completely unaware of what was about to happen, was expecting to consider their program of persecution. Dr. Townsend, who was a tall, dignified man with a noble bearing arose, read a statement expressing his contempt for the whole process, turned around, and proceeded to walk out. I grabbed him by his arm and walked with him down the steps of the House Office Building and there a taxicab was waiting and we sped him away in a sort of a friendly 'kidnap' process and took him to Baltimore. Believe it or not, we had colluded with the great literary genius, H. L. Mencken, who incidentally had a friendly attitude toward both Dr. Townsend and myself. He hid Dr. Townsend and he was completely out of sight for several days. This created page one news stories all over the world, and with the millions of elderly people who were followers of Dr. Townsend, no demagogue, no politician and no persecuting personality had the nerve to proceed against Dr. Townsend with a contempt citation. This blew up the committee and was a great boon for the Townsend cause. Probably no movement in this century had more to do with convincing the American people that the Senior Citizens had to be considered than the great Townsend movement.

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