Eric Rauchway: like, “why did Reagan go to a spot near where three civil rights workers were murdered a mere sixteen years previous to campaign on ‘states’ rights’” is not a huge mystery when you consider the possibility that “it’s racism”

like, “why did Reagan go to a spot near where three civil rights workers were murdered a mere sixteen years previous to campaign on ‘states’ rights’” is not a huge mystery when you consider the possibility that “it’s racism”

sadly, “it’s racism” is often the correct analysis

Careful, you’re going to get yelled at by H@selby and Sto11er

and others, let’s be honest

There are dozens of people who recognize the truth of the Wal Mart Thesis! Dozens!

Please tell me the Wal Mart Thesis doesn't have anything to do with Clarence Thomas's bribemobile

(I would also accept "graftwagon," "RV (Reward Vehicle)," or "sleazebus")

Rolling tip jar b/c tips are now legal according to Thomas.

(Carter wins TX, LA, MS, AL, FL, GA, AR, TN, NC in 1976) You know, it's just a precursor to the 50-state strategy, a Hail Mary to wrest the South away

It was about airline deregulation

we are talking about the same Reagan who led his 1966 *Governor's* campaign with the pledge to roll back California's recently-passed law against racial discrimination in housing (in addition to vowing to smash student protesters and punish those uppity college leaders)

I think a lot about how the murderers were likely in attendance at the Neshoba County Fair to witness the GOP candidate signal support for their impunity

I said the same thing back in 1998-2000 and got pushback then. The fact that it's still at all controversial is maddening.

Reagan was one of the most vile racists to have been president in the last 50 years. Donnie has now surpassed Ronnie.

Ronald Reagan's Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixonwww.theatlantic.com In newly unearthed audio, the then–California governor disparaged African delegates to the United Nations.

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