Only when we deconstruct the Conservative Republican con will we end it

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Radio Show Date: March 28th, 2018

We expose the Conservative Republican con for all to understand

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Conservative Republicans have been winning elections statewide and nationally almost unfettered since the election of Ronald Reagan. It started with the biggest con of them all. Reagan promised to cut taxes, balloon the defense budget, cut the deficit, and maintain the social safety net. It was a mathematical impossibility that his then-Republican primary challenger George H.W. Bush called voodoo-economics. The con man in Reagan made anyone who questioned his magic policies seem like fools. The actor successfully made a seasoned politician look like a clown.

At that point, it was evident that conning and acting was now an important part of the Conservative Republican orthodoxy. It was no longer about truth, science, or facts. It was about just getting someone who could act the part and lie and deceive convincingly.

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