bitterlyclingin
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[Heh! Heh! Ronnie Reagan was sorely castigated for his use of this term in 1976 specifically in reference to one then unidentified woman. The Chicago Trib digs into it hoping to exonerate the lady unfairly saddled with the label by RR, obviously looking for another spear to impale the Right on, and finds out she was worse than RR could ever have imagined. Story's never gonna see the pages of the NYT, the WaPo, the LA Times, Miami Herald. Down the Memory Hole as soon as possible]
"Few things gotand still getunder the skin of liberals more than Ronald Reagans famous use of the term welfare queen in his 1976 campaign (he didnt much use this theme in 1980, curiously enough). Paul Krugman thinks it was a minor case of welfare fraud, while between the foam flecks of Chris Matthews you can make out that Reagan was a raaaccist for mentioning the subject.
So kudos to John Levin and Slate for setting the record straight. Reagans welfare queen was a real person, and her name was Linda Taylor.
Though Reagan was known to stretch the truth, he did not invent that woman in Chicago. Her name was Linda Taylor, and it was the Chicago Tribune, not the GOP politician, who dubbed her the welfare queen. It was the Tribune, too, that lavished attention on Taylors jewelry, furs, and Cadillacall of which were real. . . As the Tribune and other outlets stayed on the story, those figures continued to rise. Reporters noted that Linda Taylor had used as many as 80 names, and that shed received at least $150,000in illicit welfare cash, the numbers that Ronald Reagan would cite on the campaign trail in 1976.
Note the important detail that it was the Tribunea board certified member of the mainstream mediathat coined the term welfare queen. But I guess you cant quote the media when it departs from liberal orthodoxy.
Turns out Taylors welfare fraud was the least of her crimes, as Levins story explains:"
The Welfare Queen: Reagan Vindicated Again | Power Line
"Few things gotand still getunder the skin of liberals more than Ronald Reagans famous use of the term welfare queen in his 1976 campaign (he didnt much use this theme in 1980, curiously enough). Paul Krugman thinks it was a minor case of welfare fraud, while between the foam flecks of Chris Matthews you can make out that Reagan was a raaaccist for mentioning the subject.
So kudos to John Levin and Slate for setting the record straight. Reagans welfare queen was a real person, and her name was Linda Taylor.
Though Reagan was known to stretch the truth, he did not invent that woman in Chicago. Her name was Linda Taylor, and it was the Chicago Tribune, not the GOP politician, who dubbed her the welfare queen. It was the Tribune, too, that lavished attention on Taylors jewelry, furs, and Cadillacall of which were real. . . As the Tribune and other outlets stayed on the story, those figures continued to rise. Reporters noted that Linda Taylor had used as many as 80 names, and that shed received at least $150,000in illicit welfare cash, the numbers that Ronald Reagan would cite on the campaign trail in 1976.
Note the important detail that it was the Tribunea board certified member of the mainstream mediathat coined the term welfare queen. But I guess you cant quote the media when it departs from liberal orthodoxy.
Turns out Taylors welfare fraud was the least of her crimes, as Levins story explains:"
The Welfare Queen: Reagan Vindicated Again | Power Line
