Actually, I was wondering if Kevin Phillips had grappled with the legacy of the Southern Strategy. I know that he was very disgusted with the Bush family, and wrote a book detailing the family’s role in financing the Nazis. Phillips seemed to have been a Main Street Republican, and was deeply suspicious of Walk Street, the financial sect…
Actually, I was wondering if Kevin Phillips had grappled with the legacy of the Southern Strategy. I know that he was very disgusted with the Bush family, and wrote a book detailing the family’s role in financing the Nazis. Phillips seemed to have been a Main Street Republican, and was deeply suspicious of Walk Street, the financial sector, and the “awl bidness.” I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t be a MAGA type but he did certainly set in motion the conditions for Trumpism to exist.
Actually, I was wondering if Kevin Phillips had grappled with the legacy of the Southern Strategy. I know that he was very disgusted with the Bush family, and wrote a book detailing the family’s role in financing the Nazis. Phillips seemed to have been a Main Street Republican, and was deeply suspicious of Walk Street, the financial sector, and the “awl bidness.” I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t be a MAGA type but he did certainly set in motion the conditions for Trumpism to exist.
Phillips did finally decry the Southern Strategy.
I wouldn't be surprised if Phillips has stopped referring to himself as a Republican...I'll check.
I did...he's been registered as an Independent for DECADES.
I need to find that.