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In 1974's The Man With The Golden Gun, racist Louisiana caricature Sheriff JW Pepper, holidaying in Thailand, reacts to his wife's desire to buy a carved elephant statue with "but we're *Democrats*!". How far had the Southern Strategy progressed by this time?

by /u/Brickie78 in /r/AskHistorians

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