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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein
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Fab that conservatives oppose Trump, but it would also be fab if post-Trump conservatism didn't just return back to...this. /1
19:32 is where #DavidFrum says JFK broke into political enemies' psychiatrists' offices, too, just like Nixon, or something. /2
25:05 is where #DavidFrum says LBJ just should have put down riots "more forcefully," then stammers to non-respond when I note cops killed 23 in Watts (oops, actually 34) and state police went on a murder rampage AFTER the Newark riots were subdued /3
...in case you're wondering about the sort of conservative attitudes that paved the way for Trump. /5
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