The
March
17, 1966 Editorial section of the Daytona Beach Morning Journal dedicated
itself in part to a consideration of the political and social state of California. Specifically, the editorial opened with a
blasting of Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty (D.) for failing to “do what needs to
be done” to help the city and prevent a further bloodletting. What was it that needed doing? According to the DMBJ, the fundamental
problem was “the stark contrasts between affluence and degradation that exists
in the sprawling city and its suburbs.”
After
ripping into Yorty, the article turned its aim towards then-candidate Ronald
Reagan, whom it labeled “an arch foe of the antipoverty program, medicare,
Social Security and any other programs seeking to uplift those trapped in
places like Watts.” In other words: Reagan’s
a racist! How do I know? Simple, because he opposes my solutions to
the problem of poverty.
Doesn’t
reading thoughtful and balanced writing like that just make you weep over all the nasty “partisanship” we hear from today’s media?
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