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Ford, Reagan, and the Halloween Massacre
Ford, Reagan, and the Halloween Massacre
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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
May 13, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Thumbing his nose at both courtesy and convention, Ronald Reagan challenged incumbent Gerald Ford for the GOP presidential nomination in 1976. But why would Reagan run against a sitting president of his own party? On this episode of Whistlestop, Slate's political correspondent John Dickerson gives the background of the Gipper's ascendency to hero status in the conservative movement.
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Released:
May 13, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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