In 1987 then VP George H.W. Bush told Gorbachev, "Reagan is a conservative, an extreme conservative. All the dummies and blockheads are with him."-Codevilla

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July 7, 2010, "America’s Ruling Class–And the Perils of Revolution," Angelo M. Codevilla,  The Imaginative Conservative

"Former Soviet dictator Mikhail Gorbachev tells us that in 1987 then vice president George H. W. Bush distanced himself from his own administration by telling him, “Reagan is a conservative, an extreme conservative. All the dummies and blockheads are with him…” This is all about a class of Americans distinguishing itself from its inferiors."...(near end of subhead, 'Meddling and Apologies,' second half of piece)

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