McGovern is so far left that he is in danger of falling off the earth.

He opposed sex education in public schools and believed citizens should be able to carry loaded guns in their cars. "A good military coup might be the best we could hope for if President [Ronald] Reagan's policies are not successful. C.

Schmitz was notable for his extreme right-wing sympathies. By one measure he was found to be the third most conservative member of Congress between 1937 and 2002 and the ultra-conservative John Birch Society of which Schmitz was a longtime leader later expelled him for extremist rhetoric.