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To: Brumar89 who wrote (359145)	11/20/2007 1:34:06 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577075

Thus this renewed argument over whether Ronald Reagan was a racist--the facts provided in the links above notwithstanding. Again, Paul Krugman hasn't addressed those facts. Additionally, he hasn't addressed why, if Reagan was such a blatant and obvious racist, people like Ralph Abernathy and Hosea Williams were willing to support him. Abernathy and Williams were not stupid and surely wouldn't have been taken in by a genuine racist pretending to lack a prejudiced bone in his body. And Abernathy and Williams never stopped caring about the cause of civil rights, so it is hard to believe that they would have made common cause with a racist. Ronald Reagan's ability to draw support across racial lines in 1980--and to disrupt and gravely wound the New Deal coalition in the process--throws a huge monkey wrench into the gears of the argument that in 1980, Reagan openly and notoriously relied on the "Southern strategy" to propel himself to the Presidency. And Krugman doesn't even lift a finger to argue otherwise or to take Reagan's support in the civil rights community into account when making his "arguments." What is wrong with you Brumar? This thread alone has identified a number of links that support the notion that Reagan was not supportive of the voting rights act of 1965 and did signal his support to some racists in MS. There is nothing to suggest otherwise in the author's article except to say that two black guys had some sort of relationship with Reagan. In fact, even as he writes several paragraphs, there is nothing that invalidates Krugman's position other than his own disagreement.