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[Alter] It was a political calculation

It was a political calculation that his evangelical basedid not want him to deviate from...

The Reagans • S01E04 • 2020

[Alter]
It was a political calculation that his evangelical base
did not want him to deviate from their premise which is that AIDS was God's revenge. You ever get
the feeling sometimes that if we let this be
another Sodom and Gomorrah, that maybe we might be
the generation that sees Armageddon?
- Yes

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[Alter] It was a political calculation

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that his evangelical base did not want him to deviate

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from their premise which is that

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AIDS was God's revenge.

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You ever get the feeling sometimes

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that if we let this be another Sodom and Gomorrah,

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that maybe we might be the generation

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that sees Armageddon? - Yes.

Duration

22 seconds

Views

45

Timestamp in Movie

00:19:41

Uploaded

Jun 02, 2025

Season

1

Episode

4

Genres

documentary, biography, history

Production

Altimeter Films,Showtime Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

A four-part documentary series that explores the many surprisingly unexamined aspects of the Reagan White House, and how Nancy Reagan's paper-doll image was at odds with the power she ultimately wielded throughout her husband's pr...