02-29-2016, 02:20 PM
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It's 42
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Trump ain't no Ronald Reagan
What Donald Trump should've learned from Ronald Reagan's 1984 KKK comments.
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In stark contrast, when learning of a similar backing by the Klan in his 1984 Presidential campaign, perhaps the GOP??s greatest leader, Ronald Reagan, had this stern and reverberating rebuke for the Klansmen.
??Those of us in public life can only resent the use of our names by those who seek political recognition for the repugnant doctrines of hate they espouse? The politics of racial hatred and religious bigotry practiced by the Klan and others have no place in this country, and are destructive of the values for which America has always stood.?
Such an earnest and firm refusal to accept the support of an entity long accounted for promoting hatred and racial disharmony was what many hoped Mr. Trump would have brought to the table. Unfortunately, for both Trump??s reputation and the fortunes of his candidacy, he did not.
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I am no great fan of Regan but he did say what he meant usually and was an honourable man...
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