The Thirteen Scariest People in America

Old Trout Magazine. Posted October 30, 2006.

From the scariest presidential candidate to the scariest billionaire to the scariest cop, these truly are the worst America has to offer.

The Thirteen Worst People in America:

Scariest Presidential Candidate: Sam Brownback / Senator (R-Kansas)

by Mary Reinholz

Once a moderate in the Bob Dole mold, Sen. Sam Brownback has morphed into a zealous man of God intent on protecting millions of fetuses from what he calls the yearly "holocaust" of abortion. Brownback actually considers fetuses to be full-blown American citizens.

Just another religious nut stalking the corridors of power? Well, yes, but this ambitious pol is the favored 2008 presidential candidate of the radical right. Brownback seems hell-bent on establishing not just faith-based initiatives, but "faith in politics" -- i.e., an authoritarian Christian theocracy.