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TlalocW

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1. Reagan wasn't tone-deaf. He knew what he was doing, and what he was doing was

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Jan 16, 2012, 02:51 PM

Jan 2012

Appealing to racists. That remark, some video footage I saw of him as California governor eating grapes with a shit-eating smirk on his face (in response to Cesar Chavez), starting his presidential campaign in Philadelphia, Mississippi, whose only claim to fame was the killing of civil rights workers in the 60s (and being sure to lace his speech with plenty of references to states' rights) - this was all calculated.

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Ronald Reagan, the governor of California, arguing that King had it coming [View all] kpete Jan 2012 OP

Reagan wasn't tone-deaf. He knew what he was doing, and what he was doing was TlalocW Jan 2012 #1

Didn't Reagan kick off his ProgressiveEconomist Jan 2012 #2

I know it was in Philadelphia, Mississippi TlalocW Jan 2012 #4

and also vindictive law-n-order types, like the ones screaming for blood in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya MisterP Jan 2012 #3

you are so right dana_b Jan 2012 #5