10. One example of that dynamic is this: JFK's invocation of separation of church & state was *defensive* because he was trying to reassure fears about a Papist president that had led Al Smith in 1928 to lose must-win Democrat base states in the South. https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1104826913342849031 …
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21. Prof. Kruse does the same thing here: "oh yeah, he stood up to the Russians." Tough-on-USSR was, of course, the conservative position throughout the Cold War, not the liberal one. It has remained the position of many non-Trump conservatives since. https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1104826923589554176 …
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22. Again, "JFK was really, really against Communism" is not the killer gotcha that you think for why he was more a liberal than a conservative. He wasn't a Bernie Sanders "honeymoon in Moscow" guy. He almost had nuclear war over Fidel Castro. He spoke of Communism as evil:pic.twitter.com/RFRqtv4SQy
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Cutting tariffs was the liberal position for decades, including during the decade you discuss here.
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