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Let's Get Swampy Y'All: Tony Joe White, "Polk Salad Annie"

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Belafon8/30/2018 9:46:45 am PDT

re: #352 Dave In Austin

I wanna ask a question that may be worth a post of it’s own, but I’m to damn lazy. I’m sure it’s been hashed here a time or two as well. But I’ll ask it anyway.

I was born in 1954 and will be 64 in Dec. So those of us with a bit of gristle understand about growing up in a very different and wondrous (for me it was white boy w/moderate privilege) time. 4th of July , Main St. Wheaton, IL…… Late 60’s/70’s in Phoenix AZ. and into the service. 80’s were foggy as was I but there was a change.

When did shit change from what it was to where we are now? And it wasn’t Obama.

I say Reagan. Just because I do. Thoughts?

I’m going with two inflection points: Reagan and Newt. Reagan separated whites from the New Deal. Newt separated Republicans and Democrats. He started the trend where you couldn’t be a Republican who listened to Democrats.