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underpants

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3. Reagan in Philadelphia MS
Tue Oct 2, 2012, 07:46 PM
Oct 2012

Reagan's visit

Main article: Ronald Reagan's speech at the Neshoba County Fair

On August 3, 1980, Ronald Reagan gave his first post-convention speech at the Neshoba County Fair after being officially chosen as the Republican nominee for President of the United States. He said, "I believe in states' rights ... I believe we have distorted the balance of our government today by giving powers that were never intended to be given in the Constitution to that federal establishment." He went on to promise to "restore to states and local governments the power that properly belongs to them".[5] Analysts believed that his use of the phrase was seen by many as a tacit appeal to Southern white voters and a continuation of Richard Nixon's Southern Strategy, while some argued it reflected Reagan's libertarian economic beliefs. The speech drew attention for his use of the phrase "states' rights" at a place just a few miles from a town associated with the 1964 murders of civil rights workers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia,_Mississippi#Reagan.27s_visit

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An outright admission of voter suppression, GallopingGhost Oct 2012 #6
This shitstain should be in jail. SunSeeker Oct 2012 #7
The poll workers will still ask. I'll just respond with, "No thank you," and sign the registry book. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #8
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