"The essence of dog-whistle politics is that only the dog can hear the whistle. But the Trump campaign can never execute a deft or subtle maneuver for the threshold reason that the Trump campaign fumbles everything. Instead of careful signaling sympathy and concern to crime-anxious constituencies, the Trump campaign crudely broadcasts a blatant message of racial provocation."
David Frum at The Atlantic reacts to Donald Trump's embrace of "law and order."
As does Ron Fournier.
Monday, July 18, 2016
"Nobody Supposes That Trump Will Keep Us Together"
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1960s,
2010s,
Clinton,
crime,
Nixon,
Obama,
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twentieth century,
twenty-first century
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