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Sandpiper
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Sat Jan-29-05 03:55 AM
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Edited on Sat Jan-29-05 03:59 AM by Sandpiper
Reagan defected because of the Dems embrace of the Civil Rights movement.
He opposed:
Brown v. Board of Education
The Civil Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act
His distatste for people of color ran deeper than his principles.
He was Strom Thurmond with more charisma.
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