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By today’s standards he seems mild. Even Obama praised him. Along with Lincoln, Republicans trot Ronald Reagan out every time Democrats praise the communication wizardry of Obama, Clinton, or Kennedy,
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By today’s standards he seems mild. Even Obama praised him. Along with Lincoln, Republicans trot Ronald Reagan out every time Democrats praise the communication wizardry of Obama, Clinton, or Kennedy, or the stalwart composition of FDR or integrity of Truman. In reality, Reagan was an impenetrable facade of congeniality who was quite hostile to civil rights.
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More Resources
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2003/nov/08/uselections2004.usa
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a34733508/reagans-showtime-racism-matt-tyrnauer-ian-haney-lopez-donald-trump/
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/freedom-riders-solid-south/
https://www.c-span.org/video/?297514-2/ronald-reagan-man-myth
https://youtu.be/PkVCppsIyrA
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/11/reagans-race-record/46875/
https://youtu.be/Gj8gAQ_cQ7Q
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Books
Sidney Blumenthal, The Rise of the Counter Establishment: From Conservative Ideology to Political Power, harperCollins, 1988.
Stuart Stevens,,It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump, Knopf, 2020
Anderson, Carol, White Rage, Bloomsbury USA; 2016.
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