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3. Reagan only changed parties in the 1960s because he opposed the civil rights movement.
Wed Apr 9, 2014, 07:17 AM
Apr 2014

What this really shows is the power of race in America. And how racism is the giant pink elephant in the room for every thing that is politics in this country. Think of the number of working class whites who see declining wages, no healthcare, pay inequality and no upward mobility, but still vote GOP, because the Democrats are the part of minorities.


The political history of Ronald Reagan is a perfect dichotomy of modern American politics. And how racial hatred exploited by the GOP over the last 45 years, destroyed the best political course for all of its USA citizens, black and white.

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