I remember when Reagan announced his run for governor. Hope my dates are right. I was shocked that a candidate, an actor, who had no government experience or qualifications could run. And so naive even with high school and college history and civics. I grew up in a family of forever Democrats who were first generation Americans and my fa…
I remember when Reagan announced his run for governor. Hope my dates are right. I was shocked that a candidate, an actor, who had no government experience or qualifications could run. And so naive even with high school and college history and civics. I grew up in a family of forever Democrats who were first generation Americans and my father was a veteran of WW2. They loved FDR. And voted for Stevenson. I wasn’t old enough to vote until the presidential election of 1972, after ratification of the 26th Amendment that lowered the voting age to 18. We had a McGovern sign on our lawn and no one destroyed it. We just debated on our front lawns, patios and driveways. Reagan: a rookie for California governor. And Nixon for president again in ‘72. A landslide. A crook. And with Reagan’s experience of dismantling the social services of our state, he was elected president in 1981. Of course a repub. Welcome to reality and life as an activist for social Justice, peace and anti racism. And the environment. Not ever ever ever a repug.
And we Californians should have known better. After former actor and song-and-dance man George Murphy's dismal stint as U.S. Senator, we thought Reagan would also be a flash in the pan. Boy, were we wrong.
I remember when Reagan announced his run for governor. Hope my dates are right. I was shocked that a candidate, an actor, who had no government experience or qualifications could run. And so naive even with high school and college history and civics. I grew up in a family of forever Democrats who were first generation Americans and my father was a veteran of WW2. They loved FDR. And voted for Stevenson. I wasn’t old enough to vote until the presidential election of 1972, after ratification of the 26th Amendment that lowered the voting age to 18. We had a McGovern sign on our lawn and no one destroyed it. We just debated on our front lawns, patios and driveways. Reagan: a rookie for California governor. And Nixon for president again in ‘72. A landslide. A crook. And with Reagan’s experience of dismantling the social services of our state, he was elected president in 1981. Of course a repub. Welcome to reality and life as an activist for social Justice, peace and anti racism. And the environment. Not ever ever ever a repug.
And we Californians should have known better. After former actor and song-and-dance man George Murphy's dismal stint as U.S. Senator, we thought Reagan would also be a flash in the pan. Boy, were we wrong.