Ronald Reagan's racist phone call to Richard Nixon released

help them? See we've been like this forever.

into live microphones and in front of cameras, whereas Nixon, Reagan, and their ilk said them privately.

then you don't remember the 1980s.

in American history. He was a polished turd- no more, and no less.

They are racist to the core

that's why every damn road seems to be named after the bastard.

may he rot in hell

I still insist on calling it Washington National.

That should tell anyone everything they need to know.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Chaney,_Goodman,_and_Schwerner

which is a large and loud dog whistle in the South. It was only 12 years after MLK's assassination, less than 20 after those three civil rights workers were murdered there.

I found him sickening

majority of African Americans found Ron racist.

Raised by a father who took both newspapers in town to insure I read all sides of each story. One leaned liberal, one conservative. He was dismayed as I became a conservative republican, and I think part of that was just natural 14 year old rebellion against a father. It’s natural. Unfortunately it took me 30+ years to figure out my dad was absolutely correct. Wish he had lived to see the day I proudly changed my registration from republican to Democratic.

One thing he told me I disagreed with strongly but now understand. ‘ there’s very little Black and White in the world. It’s uniformly grey’.

The republican message is nothing if not Black and White... America great, government bad, taxes bad. Etc. Now they have openly brought the real life Black and White into it which used to be a little subtle.

Reagan was George Wallace with a marketing agency.

Pruneface (right) and Statuary, 1966

Ain't a saint. Color me fucking shocked....