The lunatic populism that preceded the Pearl Harbor bombing is astonishing in its permutations, its crisscrossings. Guys like [Catholic priest and controversial radio broadcaster] Father Coughlin and [racist and anti-Semitic agitator and founder of the Christian Nationalist Crusade] Gerald L.K. Smith started out as share-the-wealth socialists.
![The lunatic populism that preceded the Pearl Harbor bombing is astonishing in its permutations, its crisscrossings. Guys like [Catholic priest and controversial radio broadcaster] Father Coughlin and [racist and](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/james-ellroy/the-lunatic-populism-that-preceded-the-pearl-harbor-bombing-is-astonishing-in-its-permutations-its-crisscrossings-guys-like-catholic-priest.jpg)