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Hey, Kevin! I grew up in a thriving Agri/timber town in Southern Oregon that usually breaks 60-70% for the Republican in an election year. Gary Allen's book None Dare Call It Conspiracy was the Bible of what would be the MAGA-Equivalent tinfoil hat crowd of the day. Back then Cold War Red Scare politics was in full swing and it would've been a Republican or a George Wallace voter that wagged his finger about "Communism" or "Russia" or "they're going to take over without firing a shot." Then there were the End-times Bible thumpers who seemed to give it all credulity even if undeserved. Instead, the USSR & the whole-Easter bloc fell without firing a shot. Go figure.

Today it's the Democrats all hyped-up about Russiagate and who post the Blue & Gold on their Facebook page that are more likely to go off about "Putin" or anything they think will stick it to the Orange Man. Odd how times have changed. That's why I wrote a 2-part blog post about Crimea, trying to dispel some of he myths. Pretty much says the same thing you did, I just have a hard time shutting up or with brevity X-D

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