Still when stripped of the Reagan facade you can only point to pre-1865 as an ideal time for America.
Why can't you admit the obvious?
The state of the ship?
Look at the Blue-State/Red-State maps of 1956 and 1964.
Look at the Blue-State/Red-State maps east of the Mississippi.
Look at the Confederacy and the Union of Mr. Lincoln's 1864.
Yes Hillbilly Republicans want to return to '64 alright.
Rural America LOVED socialist FDR Democrats until July 2, 1964.
The state of the ship?
All industrialized nations have socialized medicine except the one with large racial populations.
The biggest force in the history of American politics: "They will never admit it"...Alistair Cooke, 1972.