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minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 days agoIt’s the Southern Strategy, but without Nixon’s charm or Reagan’s intelligence.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoreagans intelligence is a stretch, he mostly had progressive symptoms of alzheimers around that that time, it is believed that nancy throat goat reagan and his cabinet was just pulling his strings 100% of the time.
minus-square5too@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoI read that as a joke - Nixon wasn’t exactly known for his charisma either. Both were known for the other, iirc
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoI think that’s the joke, Reagan was senile but charming and Nixon had no charm but was cunning
minus-squarestrawberry_enjoyer42@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoI should probably give this stuff some proper reading, but I’m curious about your take on it.
It’s the Southern Strategy, but without Nixon’s charm or Reagan’s intelligence.
reagans intelligence is a stretch, he mostly had progressive symptoms of alzheimers around that that time, it is believed that nancy throat goat reagan and his cabinet was just pulling his strings 100% of the time.
I read that as a joke - Nixon wasn’t exactly known for his charisma either. Both were known for the other, iirc
I think that’s the joke, Reagan was senile but charming and Nixon had no charm but was cunning
I should probably give this stuff some proper reading, but I’m curious about your take on it.