in your opinion when did politics lost its integrity and became more of entertainment?

I'm just curious of what people thoughts on which presidential party or decade it happened.

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The first time I noticed it was in 1992, at the Republican National Convention, with Pat Buchanan's divisive speech on Culture Wars. Molly Ivans, the pundit, said the speech "probably sounded better in the original German." During the mid-terms in 1994, Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey authored the Republican Contract On America to further the hate and divisiveness. What we see today flows directly from these and other actions almost 30 years ago.

Human1000 · 51-55, M

@windinhishair I remember listening to that speech on the radio and thinking "WTF."

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@Human1000 I saw it on tv and immediately was reminded of Hitler's famous 1935 propaganda movie "Triumph of the Will". I had the same reaction you did.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@windinhishair The fact Pat Buchanan is now seen as a "liberal" should scare the shit out of people.

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Yes it should. He was a rabid conservative in his day.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@windinhishair He still is but the overton window is so far right it is falling off the edge of sanity.