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Before tea there was coffee with Reagan

Back before there were tea parties, there was Operation Coffee Cup.

At coffee clatches around the country a women's auxiliary of the American Medical Association would pay a vinyl LP record by Ronald Reagan called "Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine." It was an attempt to thwart an early version of Medicare.

It is making the rounds on the Internet again. Here is a version for your amusement:
 

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