The Party of Racism
Was anybody surprised by the tapes revealing the sainted Reagan as a virulent racist? In the aftermath of the Civil Rights Bill, the Republican Party managed to resuscitate itself from the near death experience of the Great Depression by becoming the party of American racism - albeit more of a wink and a nod racism than the old southern racism of lynchings. So there is nothing surprising about the Party's leading lights talking like this. Racist Ronnie: “To see those, those monkeys from those African countries — damn them, they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes!” Reagan said. Nixon liked the description so much he later repeated it multiple times. It's a party that's been rotten to the core for at least 50 years.