159 - The "Southern Strategy": From Nixon To Reagan To Limbaugh, The GOP Has Used Racism To Further Its Political Agenda / Health Care QuickBlast

BLAST THE RIGHT

Jack Clark

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4.7 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2009

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Today, an examination of the GOP's institutionalized racism, extending from Richard Nixon to Ronald Reagan to the current de facto head of the Republican Party, Rush Limbaugh. Starting in the 1960's, the Republican "Southern strategy" used racist appeals to garner the support of whites who were upset at the Democratic Party for leading the effort to enact civil rights legislation.You'll get some

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0:00.0	Greetings, you're listening to Podcast No. 159 of Blast the Right.
0:24.0	I'm your host Jack Clark, great to have you on board.
0:27.0	Today, an examination of the GOP's institutionalized racism.
0:32.0	Along the way, you'll hear a sickening audio clip of Rush Limbaugh.
0:36.0	Well, more sickening than his usual nauseating clap trap.
0:40.0	You'll also get some powerful talking points to use the next time you're told by a right-winger
0:45.0	how wonderful Ronald Reagan was.
0:47.0	I call it the five pillars of Ronald Reagan's racism.
0:51.0	To close out the show, a killer quick blast for the healthcare debate.
0:55.0	Let's get right into it.
0:57.0	Your sources for this segment include MediaMatters.org, The New York Times,
1:02.0	CQPolitics.com, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post,
1:07.0	and The Associated Press.
1:09.0	A few podcasts ago, we talked about the frenzied attacks by the right-wing
1:14.0	against a community organizing group ACORN.
1:17.0	Right-wingers for months have been running around,
1:20.0	making the absurd claim that the entire financial crisis was caused by ACORN.
1:26.0	It supposedly pressured all these huge banks into giving mortgages to those who couldn't afford them.
1:33.0	The battering ram that ACORN used was, so it's claimed, the Community Reinvestment Act.
1:39.0	But as you heard in that podcast, Bush administration officials themselves said
1:44.0	that the Community Reinvestment Act had nothing to do with the financial crisis.
1:49.0	I told you that the bottom line was that ACORN advocates on behalf of the poor
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