Reagan opened his 1980 campaign in Neshoba County, Mississippi,
His speech extolled states' rights*.
His speech extolled states' rights*.
Reagan's great accomplishment was ideological--propelling the ascendancy of the right--but the actual governing results always looked more like hoary old interest-group politics. Wealthy individuals, corporate and financial interests got extraordinary benefits (tax reductions and deregulation) while the bottom half got whacked whenever an opportunity arose. His original proposition--cut taxes regressively, double military spending, shrink government and balance the federal budget--looked cockeyed from the start. Yet when the logic self-destructed in practice, conservatives were remarkably content, since they had delivered the boodle to the right clients. After my notorious account of Reagan's economic failure, based on my conversations with Stockman, was published in the December 1981 Atlantic Monthly, the Gipper likened me to John Hinckley, the would-be assassin who shot him. So much for Mr. Nice Guy.
William Greider/The Nation Jun.28.04.04
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link KWSnet Jun.11.04
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Brief history of Goodman, Chaney, Schwerner killings in Neshoba, Mississippi w/audio
Andrew Goodman
James Earl Chaney
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman Foundation
* "States' Rights" was a political code word for unapologetic racists in the South, who were opposing federal attempts to desegregate and integrate Southern schools and civic institutions. The right of states to enact and enforce racist legislation was actually being debated at the time of the murders of Goodman Schwerner and Chaney,
