Read this at the excellent @SixthFlrMuseum , which has a thorough exhibit on the radical reactionary fringe in Dallas in 1963—the same radical reactionary fringe that was dismissed & marginalized 53 years ago, and which has now become the base of the @GOP.
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In 1963, and for a few decades after in the Dallas I grew up in, the conservative consensus was pragmatic, pro-business and surprisingly tolerant & forward thinking. Not anymore.
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My mother breathed a sigh of relief when Barack Obama ended his second term on a high note and he and his family were fine. We lived through so much back in the 60s and 70s.
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From back when the US right-wing didn't carry water for Moscow.
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No. Parties shift every century. The Republicans were shouting emancipation in 1865! They are now shouting "We love Robert E Lee!
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Each time I read something like this I am reminded that "crazy" is not a new phenomenon. The internet just brought it out of the shadows and gave it a louder voice.
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He was going to be the first President I would have been able to vote for (1964). Then it was Bobby in '68 but...Maybe sometime (SOON) we will be able to look
@RepJoeKennedy as a possibility for President.#keepAmericagreat Tick, Tick, Tick: #11/06/18 is coming!

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I so hate how this story ends.
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Wow! I wonder how they felt after. Following this week leading up to Nov. 22 with your tweets has been fascinating but stressful, knowing what's coming.
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"We're heading into nut country."
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I guess it was Oswald who placed the add!
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Oh, man. That's painful as a native Texan. Of course the people placing the ad had no idea...
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Ugh, creepy old "America-thinking" truthers.
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Wow! “The spirit of Moscow”?
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Have you ever actually read that ad? Always been presented as some ultra right wing polemic but if you read it, they were spot on
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If you want to idolize a serial sex predator and drug addict, go ahead. I simply said read the ad.
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Sorry, don't live in Alabama
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