2. Politics is about tribal loyalty. A great deal of heterodoxy acceptable if candidate is seen as loyal to core value of tribe.
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3. In the case of the Trump wing of the GOP, the core orthodoxy is racism. Trump is so strong on that, he can be moderate on other issues
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@HeerJeet This is probably the single best insight I have read this election season.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet He's a 30s-era Southern Dem. They pushed the New Deal thru Congress, but ensured it didn't challenge racial heirarchy.... -
@HeerJeet And New Deal `social safety net but only for whites' coalition was (is?) powerful force in U.S. politics! Trumpism here to stay?
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@HeerJeet@haroldpollack There's nothing socially moderate about bullets dipped in pigs blood.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@helaineolen Archie Bunker politics, yes. -
@HeerJeet@helaineolen "Archie Bunker politics" is it exactly
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@HeerJeet See also Nixon and China, Reagan and Gorbachev, etc.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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