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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMitt Romney Has Been The Most Openly Racist Prez Candidate In My Lifetime
...I haven't lived that long, I honestly thought this kind of overt racism on such a high profile level was at least suppressed if not just put into a deep dark closet.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021819228
I am disgusted...
gollygee
(22,336 posts)I'm getting old. I'm sure we have DU'ers who are that young.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)gollygee
(22,336 posts)MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)gollygee
(22,336 posts)But you're right.
wryter2000
(46,016 posts)I remember being absolutely aghast that college kids were treating that old bastard as if he had anything of worth to say. I do believe he was the very beginning of the downward spiral into "conservatism." However, Reagan was the first major party, national, openly bigotted candidate.
Jersey Devil
(9,862 posts)Nixon may never have voiced any racism but he fully permitted the Southern Strategy to go into effect, seeking support from Dixiecrats who were pissed at the Democrats for the Civil Rights Act.
struggle4progress
(118,032 posts)We just never heard enough of the tapes back in the day
MADem
(135,425 posts)struggle4progress
(118,032 posts)wryter2000
(46,016 posts)He was already pushing racist "conservatism" before Nixon ran in 1968.
wryter2000
(46,016 posts)I'm old enough to remember Nixon.
The atmosphere has become openly racist. In an older time, Romney wouldn't have been so obvious. You're right, though. It started with Reagan.
JI7
(89,172 posts)gollygee
(22,336 posts)we should have a poll.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)JI7
(89,172 posts)who run for office exploit the bigotry for their own gain.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)and now, the Mormon Myth, the Fox/Wing Nut Brigade candidate
still_one
(91,937 posts)and as his final farewell he has disgraced himself by showing his true racist colors
sakabatou
(42,082 posts)uponit7771
(90,225 posts)sakabatou
(42,082 posts)Yes in that they're saying so much vicious and outright BS. No, in that it's kind of hard to feel it since I'm an aspie.
dem4ward
(323 posts)thelordofhell
(4,569 posts)uponit7771
(90,225 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)catbyte
(34,165 posts)African Americans human beings until you were in your mid-30's.