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   George Tirebiter said, 3 months ago

   Hate Mongering at it’s finest. I can just feel the quantitative IQ dropping in the area…
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   Omnius said, 3 months ago

   The republicans have a long history of racist hatred, they will never change. The tea baggers are even worse.
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   midaswelby said, 3 months ago

   @Omnius

   How about posting some examples. I’m finding the opposite to be true.
   Abraham Lincoln – Republican
   Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – Republican
   Eisenhower (integrated schools) – Republican
   KKK – Democrat
   Jim Crow Laws – Democrat
   Civil Rights Act of 1964 was supported by a higher percentage of Republicans than Democrats. Al Gore Sr. tried to filibuster it.
   Just scratching the surface.
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   mightaswellbe said, 3 months ago

   @midaswelby

   Yea well about that. When LBJ signed the civil rights act a whole bunch of Southern Democrats revolted and took over the Republican party. That’s the way I remember that, I could be wrong but it sure seems that way.
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   Anybody else?
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   tedsini said, 3 months ago

   @midaswelby

   Your examples are all at least 45 years old. As for Doctor King, he voted for Adlai Stevenson and then John F. Kennedy. He said many times that he supported neither party. Now in the past, I agree that the Republicans were the more “liberal” of the two parties, at least on matters of race. The Democrats always had to consider the demands of the Dixiecrats. When the Republicans gained control of the South, however, they began to show the same cowardice that the Democrats had shown in dealing with issues of racial equality.
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   Redkaycei Repoc said, 3 months ago

   @mightaswellbe

   That is correct, the “Solid South” which vowed they would never vote Republican after Lincoln changed their stand after LBJ.
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   midaswelby said, 3 months ago

   I’m notice you were unable to provide examples. How can it be so difficult, if you are so certain?
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago

   @midaswelby

   After that the Dixiecrats moved to the Republicans Been there done that. You have no revelations here, just behind the times.
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   lightenup said, 3 months ago

   You should just refer to each group as “right-wing” and “left-wing” as the labels have changed over the years.
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago

    @midaswelby

    Tedsini gave the historical president.
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    mightaswellbe said, 3 months ago

    @Redkaycei Repoc

    Solid South, the original flip floppers. Snerk!
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