[In 1952] the Los Angeles County Democratic Central Committee considered endorsing Reagan for an open congressional seat but declined to do so on grounds he was “too liberal.” . . . Liberals in those days celebrated the American “melting pot” rather than the diversity of its human ingredients. The genius of Ameica was not that it perpetuated differences but that it obliterated them and created a new being: an American.
—Lou Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 119
[In 1952] the Los Angeles County Democratic Central Committee considered endorsing Reagan for an open congressional seat but declined to do so on grounds he was “too liberal.” . . . Liberals in those days celebrated the American “melting pot” rather than the diversity of its human ingredients. The genius of Ameica was not that it perpetuated differences but that it obliterated them and created a new being: an American.
There's a typo in this quote that I know you'll want to fix..
Posted by: Matt | 02 December 2006 at 16:42