The Demo Derby.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
American Prospect, The, September, 2003 by Putnam, Jackson K.
DID RONALD REAGAN, IN 1966, call "for a Republican Eleventh Commandant: 'Thou shall not speak ill of any fellow Republican"? ["The Demo Derby," July/August] No, he didn't. That famous proclamation was issued by California's capable Republican Party Chairman Gaylord Parkinson in 1965.
Although Reagan endorsed it, he frequently failed to adhere to it, most famously in his blowup against his primary opponent, George Christopher, in the 1966 gubernatorial campaign. He also filled the air with curse words against Republican moderate State Controller Houston ...
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