Editing Francis Marlin Blackthorne (section)

==Politics, Think Tank, and Legacy (1975–1995)==
In 1975, Blackthorne founded a Colorado-based think tank, '''''“The Blackthorne Table”[[https://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Francis_Marlin_Blackthorne#Blackthorne_Table]]''''', known for bringing together military strategists, cultural icons, activists, and political leaders. Jane Kincaid Millet, whose daughter eventually married the General's son,  attended in 1979, 1982, 1986, and 1990, highlighting the group's intellectual and political diversity.

Politically, Blackthorne was an unpredictable figure:

Strongly supported Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale. 

Backed George H.W. Bush, whom he knew from WWII. 

Hated Nixon and Reagan, famously delivering a brutal speech against Reagan at the 1979 Democratic National Convention. 
Attended both Democratic and Republican Conventions through 1995, respected as an elder statesman, despite being a political outsider. 
In 1980, despite the U.S. Olympic boycott, he attended the opening ceremonies in Moscow, where he vehemently argued with Soviet leaders over the Afghanistan invasion.