Thom Hartmann: Two Santa Clauses or How The Republican Party Has Conned America for Thirty Years

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Thom Hartmann: Two Santa Clauses or How The Republican Party Has Conned America for Thirty Years
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

This weekend, House Republican leader John Boehner played out the role of Jude Wanniski on NBC's "Meet The Press." -- Odds are you've never heard of Jude, but without him Reagan never would have become a "successful" president, Republicans never would have taken control of the House or Senate, Bill Clinton never would have been impeached, and neither George Bush would have been president. -- When Barry Goldwater went down to ignominious defeat in 1964, most Republicans felt doomed (among them the then-28-year-old Wanniski). Goldwater himself, although uncomfortable with the rising religious right within his own party and the calls for more intrusion in people's bedrooms, was a diehard fan of Herbert Hoover's economic worldview.



Thom is talking about this on his show today. Right now. IF you miss it you can hear it on-line - the audio will be posted later today here:

http://www.620kpoj.com/cc-common/podcast/single_podcast.html?podcast=hartmann_nationwide.xml