The word balloons have since been lost, perhaps appropriate for a contest where the always tart conservative Bill Buckley, when asked what he would do if he won, famously replied, "Demand a recount."
Krassner welcomed all viewpoints in “The Realist,” including an interview with George Lincoln Rockwell, the leader of the American Nazi Party. In 1961 Krassner asked the white supremacist how he would handle those who crossed the party. “I believe in the Nazi methods of discipline,” was the ominous reply.
