http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/5870/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/david-brooks-defends-reagan-racism-sinks-bank-shot-against-krugman <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Is Paul Krugman reading this? &quot;But still the slur spreads. It&#039;s spread by people who, before making one of the most heinous charges imaginable, couldn&#039;t even take 10 minutes to look at the evidence.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Resident non-liberal columnist <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/09/opinion/09brooks.html?hp" target="_self">David</a><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/09/opinion/09brooks.html?hp"> Brooks </a>blows a hole into the left-wing myth of Ronald Reagan appealing to Southern racists to kick off his 1980 presidential campaign. Brooks column isdoubly valuable because it's a bank-shot sinking of fellow Times columnists Paul Krugman and Bob Herbert.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/david-brooks-defends-reagan-racism-sinks-bank-shot-against-krugman" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch CivilRigh DavidBrooks Miss. NewYorkTimes NYTimes PaulKrugman Philadelphia Racism RonaldReagan TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:49:00 +0000 admin 5864 at http://archive2.mrc.org