Back to the Future

By Matthew Yglesias

Via Ross Douthat an old Nixon campaign ad from 1968: See web-only content:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/05/back-to-the-future/40800/ Brink Lindsey remarks: "Today’s presidential TV spot is a Nixon ad from 1968. Change 'Vietnam' to 'Iraq' and the script could be repeated verbatim by the 2008 Democratic nominee."

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