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The Genealogist

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7. I maintain that the difference is in how the message gets delivered

Reply to dajoki (Original post)

Mon Aug 12, 2019, 10:19 AM

Aug 2019

Reagan and those like him did excel in dog whistling to bigots and hatemongers. They wanted and continue to want to appeal to a broad group of people. Trump doesn't hide his bigotry and racism behind dog whistles, he just blurts out what is on his mind. I am quite sure that the dog whistlers get right anxious about their thin patina of respectibility being wiped off by Trump.

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Is the GOP still the "party of Reagan"? Oh, very much so. [View all] dajoki Aug 2019 OP

a direct line from reagan, and even before... pangaia Aug 2019 #1

Yes, way before n/t dajoki Aug 2019 #4

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Yes, except... genxlib Aug 2019 #3

Maybe? dajoki Aug 2019 #6

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I maintain that the difference is in how the message gets delivered The Genealogist Aug 2019 #7