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100. When Ray-Gun

Thu Sep 28, 2023, 09:27 PM

Sep 2023

kickstarted his campaign with a long windy stump speech on "state rights" in Neshoba County MS, which only 16 years earlier was the sight of the KKK sanctioned murders of Chaney, Schwerner and Goodman.

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It started with Reagan, not Trump [View all] Just_Vote_Dem Sep 2023 OP

I agree that Reagan hit the gas but... MANative Sep 2023 #1

I think you're right Just_Vote_Dem Sep 2023 #4

I just told my husband MOMFUDSKI Sep 2023 #93

IKE built the True Blue American Sep 2023 #112

After detente with China, the USSR, and a pending exit from Vietnam Ponietz Sep 2023 #39

Excellent response Duncanpup Sep 2023 #81

Nixon also started for-profit healthcare TexasBushwhacker Sep 2023 #97

+1 2naSalit Sep 2023 #40

Fascism's Origins: Abrahamic Blood Cults Are The Earliest Recorded Instance I'm Aware Of MayReasonRule Sep 2023 #49

thanks for clearly saying Stardust Mirror Sep 2023 #85

Thank You Stardust Mirror, That's Kind Of You To Say MayReasonRule Oct 2023 #120

I believe there is a key difference with Goldwater misanthrope Sep 2023 #64

Yes, and it was under Eisenhower that Republicans courted evangelicals Midnight Writer Sep 2023 #74

Thought that was an effort by the Knights of Columbus... rubbersole Sep 2023 #76

Some of this goes back to Herbert Hoover. paulkienitz Sep 2023 #88

Hooray RocRizzo55 Sep 2023 #116

The John Birch Society was the source of the toxin. summer_in_TX Sep 2023 #103

I'd say Nixon... raising2moredems Sep 2023 #106

Goldwater changed the center to the right. KentuckyWoman Sep 2023 #108

Newt Gingrich is evil Walleye Sep 2023 #2

Yup, gingrich comes to mind first. He turned politics into a trumpfest even before trump SouthernDem4ever Sep 2023 #23

+1 2naSalit Sep 2023 #41

Yes elleng Sep 2023 #80

Ah yes, the neoliberal Libertarians. gab13by13 Sep 2023 #3

Two apologist for the filthy-rich oligarchs Farmer-Rick Sep 2023 #22

Gingrich accelerated politics as total war, not just win but destroy the opposition, anything goes. betsuni Sep 2023 #5

He was the first one BlueMTexpat Sep 2023 #12

Sen. Jesse Helms did it years before him though Polybius Sep 2023 #55

True. BlueMTexpat Sep 2023 #110

Raygun constantly made bigoted, hateful remarks ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #62

I've never forgotten drmeow Sep 2023 #99

When Ray-Gun VGNonly Sep 2023 #100

Too true. BlueMTexpat Sep 2023 #111

Yes elleng Sep 2023 #82

If you haven't already... TSExile Sep 2023 #6

Thanks, I want to read that. Basic LA Sep 2023 #14

I was too young... TSExile Sep 2023 #29

Jesus and John Wayne Martin Eden Sep 2023 #21

No problem!! TSExile Sep 2023 #25

Thanks again! Martin Eden Sep 2023 #33

I know. TSExile Sep 2023 #107

For a quick read about what a hateful scumbag raygun was ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #63

Agreed on Reagan and Goldwater AverageJoe Sep 2023 #7

All of the above Mickju Sep 2023 #8

Yes, all of the above but Newt really kept that Hellbound train on the tracks. yonder Sep 2023 #11

IMO, it started BEFORE BlueMTexpat Sep 2023 #9

Do we need reminding that the father of G H W Bush...... jaxexpat Sep 2023 #32

Uh Prescott Bush and the two founders of the CIA funded Hitler IbogaProject Sep 2023 #37

Reads like a grade school primer on how to be awful for your country while getting richer. jaxexpat Sep 2023 #84

Thanks for the reminder. BlueMTexpat Sep 2023 #114

GHWB was CIA Dallas station chief then IbogaProject Sep 2023 #118

Nixon's Wage and Price Freeze was particularly painful. quaint Sep 2023 #42

+1 appalachiablue Sep 2023 #54

Before there was Nixon, there was McCarthy. ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #69

Wasn't it Reagan's first speech gab13by13 Sep 2023 #10

His first stop after the convention in San Diego was Philadelphia Mississippi underpants Sep 2023 #13

+1000 paleotn Sep 2023 #17

Not exactly misanthrope Sep 2023 #66

Okay thank you underpants Sep 2023 #67

You're welcome. The "states rights" misanthrope Sep 2023 #73

Raygun was being used as a GOP talking head back in the 1960s when he was railing against 4lbs Sep 2023 #16

Reagan said "Govt. Is the problem" at the Inaugural Address in Wash., DC Jan. 1981. appalachiablue Sep 2023 #50

Contrary to popular opinion DENVERPOPS Sep 2023 #109

Well how far back do we look? vlyons Sep 2023 #15

When seeing via the karmic-model of 'what-it-is' ... sanatanadharma Sep 2023 #28

K&R. William769 Sep 2023 #18

Can't forget the Powell Manifesto. That's in the mix, too. Efilroft Sul Sep 2023 #19

TY! *THE POWELL MEMO* Corporate America's Call To Arms, 1971 appalachiablue Sep 2023 #46

and James Buchanan who created the plan with Koch... Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2023 #57

Yep, JB and the mega Koch machine. . appalachiablue Sep 2023 #58

Before the Powell memo, there wasn't so much coordination and planning Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2023 #59

Correct, a call to arms for all out war on liberal democracy, based on a false 'attack' appalachiablue Sep 2023 #72

Gutting the Fairness Doctrine was a planned step. summer_in_TX Sep 2023 #104

Yes, another effort with huge consequences, thanks for mentioning. appalachiablue Sep 2023 #105

The logical conclusion of the southern strategy and the evilgelical strategy. paleotn Sep 2023 #20

Nixon preceded Reagan; The Dulles Brothers were Nixon contemporaries; and so on and so on . . . NBachers Sep 2023 #24

Lee Atwater Dawgman49 Sep 2023 #26

"teamwork" moondust Sep 2023 #52

I recognize Roger Stone and Lee Atwater, but who's the 3rd guy? Trailrider1951 Sep 2023 #60

Paul Manafort ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #70

that figures Trailrider1951 Sep 2023 #78

I keep telling people that. liberal N proud Sep 2023 #27

K&R ck4829 Sep 2023 #30

It started with Nixon's southern strategy JI7 Sep 2023 #31

Other players who have been important to the progression of Republican dystopia are Rupert Lonestarblue Sep 2023 #34

it started with trickey dick.then all ahead full. raygun was the big one though AllaN01Bear Sep 2023 #35

This LostOne4Ever Sep 2023 #87

Republicans Old Okie Sep 2023 #36

Maybe cuz it's Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2023 #53

Bingo! Trailrider1951 Sep 2023 #79

Belva Davis Confronts Violent Racism at the 1964 RNC spike jones Sep 2023 #38

It was really Nixon, if you want to get technical. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2023 #43

Absolutely. The no tax President who raised taxes 6 out of his 8 years. marble falls Sep 2023 #44

Trickle down RANDYWILDMAN Sep 2023 #45

Yep, The front door was Nixon. But reagan let all the bad guys in calimary Sep 2023 #91

Nixon, McCarthy enigmania Sep 2023 #47

And then there is Elliott Abrams Seinan Sensei Sep 2023 #48

Lots of other evil doers like Jesse Helms unc70 Sep 2023 #51

When people say the right-wing Senators today are the most extreme ever, I call BS Polybius Sep 2023 #56

It started with FDR and the New Deal ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #61

+1 appalachiablue Sep 2023 #95

He was never president, Mr.Bill Sep 2023 #65

Okay Arthur_Frain Sep 2023 #68

What a great analogy!! barbaraann Sep 2023 #75

Actually, it started with nixon. niyad Sep 2023 #71

And they started with The Merchants of Death Kid Berwyn Sep 2023 #77

Nixon. Oopsie Daisy Sep 2023 #83

It all started when women and minorities started advocating for equal rights. Pacifist Patriot Sep 2023 #86

Reagan and his ilk focused the project, but it has been going on decades before. Caliman73 Sep 2023 #89

Last night Michael Steele was trying to admonish the candidates over Reagan SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2023 #90

They tried to pull a coup against FDR Mysterian Sep 2023 #92

No, it started before Reagan. It was Nixon and Atwater. sakabatou Sep 2023 #94

Yes it did tiredtoo Sep 2023 #96

Gingrich. elleng Sep 2023 #98

It's definitely pre WWII, See Maddow's Ultra Podcast PurgedVoter Sep 2023 #101

Yep RocRizzo55 Sep 2023 #117

They just seem to get worse every election mahina Sep 2023 #102

I had assumed that Reagan would always remain the worst president of my lifetime. mwb970 Sep 2023 #113

And let's not forget the pupeteers of the whole shebang the REAL Deep State and Architects... B.See Sep 2023 #115

Eugene McCarthy started a lot of it Polybius Sep 2023 #119