“Ok, they won that fight. Then what happened? Blacks, by the millions, turned their backs on that hard won victory.”
The first Republican who comes along and pulls the patient off the cocaine drip-IV will get blamed for causing the excruciating and perhaps fatal withdrawal symptoms.
Yes, he will.
We saw how Reagan was savaged in 1981-1982 as he allowed [quite properly] Volcker to put the screws to the money-printing which resulted in a pretty serious recession.
The Democrats shrieked that the downturn was caused by his tax-cuts which hadn't even been fully-implemented yet. They all knew full well it was the result of the Fed's actions, but it sold well on TV.
I was a relatively young skull full of mush at the time and wondered what Reagan could possibly be thinking. I hope Rand or Cruz will have the guts to do it again.