tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post3399364274834185375..comments2024-03-18T12:52:29.024-04:00Comments on Encyclopedia of American Loons: #475: Gary BauerG.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-51666786725534051432016-03-05T12:04:14.755-05:002016-03-05T12:04:14.755-05:00I'm related to Gary Bauer, he and my mother we...I'm related to Gary Bauer, he and my mother were cousins. One thing I've always wondered about is, for guy that's all about about "family vales", he almost never talks about his own family.<br /><br />I personally think he had daddy issues. His father was Stanley Bauer, who was a rifleman in Co. K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines during WWII. Some of you may recognize this as the same company that Eugene Sledge was in, as portrayed in the HBO series, The Pacific.<br /><br />He fought at Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, and Okinawa and was wounded twice. This is the kind of stuff that most right-wingers would put front and center, but try to find a bio of Gary that even mentions his father, and you'll be disappointed.<br /><br />Stanley Bauer was a true hero, but he also suffered from severe PTSD, for which he self-medicated with alcohol. He had been banned from every saloon in Newport, KY, which frankly took some doing in those days, as there was a bar on nearly every downtown street corner.<br /><br />In spite of this, Stanley was someone who deserved our compassion and respect, but Gary has chosen to hypocritically ignore his sacrifices.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03489590209453096770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-52484319447705484762014-06-09T08:34:00.914-04:002014-06-09T08:34:00.914-04:00I always thought he looked like the Child Catcher ...I always thought he looked like the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang".Brian of Nazarethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02603307730036766279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-86000578822148724312013-12-12T18:38:27.249-05:002013-12-12T18:38:27.249-05:00As so many other wingnuts, Bauer has made a feeble...As so many other wingnuts, Bauer has <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/bauer-if-planned-parenthood-ally-martin-luther-king-were-alive-today-he-would-be-fighting-pl" rel="nofollow">made a feeble attempt</a> to reappropriate MLK. <br /><br />He has also recently suggested that holidays are for <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/10/29/bauer-holidays-are-for-political-discussions/" rel="nofollow">political discussion</a> and <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/carol-bauer-spend-holidays-telling-young-people-how-obama-terrible" rel="nofollow">telling young people how horrible Obama is</a>. The embarrassing old uncle at family gatherings is pretty obviously in the making here.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-6167507403771899152013-08-22T18:52:50.551-04:002013-08-22T18:52:50.551-04:00Apparently he thinks that the Supreme Court's ...Apparently he thinks that the Supreme Court's "judicial terrorism" regarding gay marriage <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/bauer-supreme-courts-judicial-terrorism-gay-marriage-puts-america-verge-criminalizing-book-g" rel="nofollow">puts America</a> on the <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/08/20/bauer-judicial-terrorism-to-outlaw-book-of-genesis/" rel="nofollow">verge of outlawing the Book of Genesis</a>. His reasoning is less coherent than you'd suspect.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.com