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In reply to the discussion: A question for older DUers and those who study history: Were repubicans always this nuts? [View all]Freddie
(9,258 posts)Has been around longer than Reagan, unfortunately. My 90-year-old Dad remembers Hoover being a "trickle-down" proponent as he refused to pass any legislation to help the poor during the early Depression that would interfere with the free market's magic. (sound familiar?) I believe "trickle down" was the expression Hoover used.
Dad (sadly starting to lose it mentally) was a good FDR/union Democrat who only lost his way once by supporting Nixon. His reasoning was, I think, the true reason Nixon won in 1968. We lived in a sleepy little town that never saw a protest or even a "dirty hippie" and Nixon promised to keep things that way. For those whose lives were sheltered from the 60s turmoil--most of the country really--that was a powerful promise.