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[Bob Schroeck]

I think the point, though, is that the Republicans like to claim the 1950s as "their" era, as a Republican golden age that defines what "real America" ought to be -- but the contemporary Republican Values that created that era (if you accept their claims) are almost entirely anathema to the modern Republican party -- they embrace the result but have abandoned the means that got them there.  They say, "follow us and we'll give you back what made America great before the 1960s", but they've rejected the path that brought them that greatness in favor of something entirely different.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.