[Crawdad]

I believe Rush went national in 1988 so that hardly explains Nixon's two terms, not to mention Ronald Reagan.

The length of a generation in the "black community" is apparently much shorter than the length of normal generations.

[Zevonismymuse]

The length of a generation in the "black community" is apparently much shorter than the length of normal generations.

True. A fifteen year old in 1988 is now old enough, biologically speaking, to now be a grandparent.