* Reagan lacked a history of racist speech or activity.
Reagan opposed the civil rights act and the voting rights act. He signed the mulford act to prevent black panthers from defending themselves with guns. He had a history of going in front of southern audiences slinging wildly distorted anecdotes of welfare queens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_queen#Origin) and young bucks (http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/10/innocent-mistakes/)? His went around with his communications director Pat Buchanan (http://fair.org/press-release/pat-buchanan-in-his-own-words/). He opposed MLK's birthday as a holiday until he was forced to sign it into law.
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Date: 15/10/13 18:22 (UTC)Reagan opposed the civil rights act and the voting rights act. He signed the mulford act to prevent black panthers from defending themselves with guns. He had a history of going in front of southern audiences slinging wildly distorted anecdotes of welfare queens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_queen#Origin) and young bucks (http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/10/innocent-mistakes/)? His went around with his communications director Pat Buchanan (http://fair.org/press-release/pat-buchanan-in-his-own-words/). He opposed MLK's birthday as a holiday until he was forced to sign it into law.