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S1E2: Will the Real Evil Empire Please Stand Up?

SNAFU with Ed Helms

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Reagan and the Cold War

California millionaires were looking for a new candidate and they didn't have an obvious one. They saw him and they saw how he appealed to audiences. Pretty soon the Hollywood actor Ronald Reagan was the governor of California with his sights set on the White House. The myth that welfare queens were running rampant in US society is complete horseshit. It's a nasty old political trick, scaring the voters straight into the voting booth.

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