Turd Blossoming

1972: Dan Rather reports on the Nixon campaign, and the Boy Genius shows up, talking about getting young people excited about the Republican Party.


Via Echidne, who says: "It is an interesting video to watch if you like the history of politics in general, too. And note the strict gender division of labor."

I nicked the title of the post from Cliff Schecter, who accuses Rove of looking like Skippy from Family Ties. Heh.



He was my worst nightmare before I was even born.

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