I grew up in central Pennsylvania. Eisenhower's farm was 20 minutes from my house. It was a heavily Republican county. Ike was very popular. When I wore my "America needs Kennedy" button to school, kids made fun of me. I didn't understand how anyone could be opposed to what I thought were Democratic values: justice & equality for everyone. As an eight year old, that's all I could understand and its still all I need to understand today.
I can't believe it's almost fifty years later and the country is where it is. I offer this article by Alexander Cockburn as a reality check to those large clumps of readers here who are in denial. Concern troll me all you want but read the article, too:
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