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1992: The year politics broke

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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The Facelift Metaphor of David Duke's Political Career

David Duke's attempts to make himself more appealing through facelifts symbolize his political career, where he tried but failed to distance himself from his Nazi past. The Duke phenomenon highlighted that traditional Republican messages on taxes and the economy were losing relevance among their actual voters.

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