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In reply to the discussion: When and how did you figure out that American Conservatism was a scam? [View all]0rganism
(23,937 posts)everyone was jabbering about who their parents were voting for. being the awful time that it was, many were blabbing about Reagan. and they'd say things like "he's the lesser evil" or "he's such a great leader". being the naive child that i was, i asked a simple question: "how so?"
not one of them had a shred of an answer.
so i started paying closer attention to the debates and campaigns, and what i saw was astonishing. Reagan campaigned solely on image and a particular rhetorical style, aspects totally lacking from President Carter or Rep. Anderson. that was his schtick. the policy positions he advocated seemed hollow and destructive to me, but he presented them with style.
and it worked.
from that point on, i have not been able to support a Republican for any office.