[Mears]

“———the one Nixon gave in 1968. Perlstein calls that speech Nixon’s “masterpiece: poetic, shot through with rhythm and imagery and propulsion, layered into a carefully constructed latticework,” etc., etc”

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Somehow I find the description of the speech a tad over-the-top———and funny.

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[Albion Wilde]

Rick Perlstein... faults Trump's acceptance speech for failing to rise to the heights of the one Nixon gave in 1968. Perlstein calls that speech Nixon's "masterpiece: poetic, shot through with rhythm and imagery and propulsion, layered into a carefully constructed latticework," etc., etc. Not like Trump’s speech at all.

Talk is cheap, including the talk of talking heads. Trump is a man of action. He will look for a way to get it done and then he will get it done.

[JimRed]

...so thoroughly has the GOP internalized the Democrats' canard that "'Law and order' are code words for racism."

Since back then most of the violent protest was committed by students, predominantly white, it is amazing that the "racism" nonsense ever stuck. Media + big lie + repetition = Lie becomes accepted as truth.