The Decade That Mangled the American Right

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The Decade That Mangled the American Right

“It’s rodeo time in Folsom, Louisiana,” intones correspondent Judd Rose over footage of a man riding a bull. “The night is black, the crowd is white, and the rhetoric is red hot. All eyes are on glib, glamorous David Duke, the Robert Redford of racism.” The camera pans to Duke as he addresses the crowd. “Ladies and gentlemen, I believe in equal rights for everybody,” he says. “But when I say that, I mean white people, too!”Duke was the lead stor…