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   Clark Kent said, over 2 years ago

   Ah yes, the sixties. When the far “right” began plotting the destruction of the middle class, the baby boomers in particular.
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   Ransom D Stone said, over 2 years ago

   Clark. I believe you refer to the totally “wrong”?
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   Sandfan said, over 2 years ago

   They’re on to us, guys. Warm up the black helicopters.
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   Wildcard24365 said, over 2 years ago

   “Duke” Day… I’m thinking, I’m thinking…
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   Nemesys said, over 2 years ago

   Clark, in the 60’s the far right was represented by entities such as the Ku Klux Klan, whose members were largely Democrats. Some of those Klan leaders (or “Exalted Cyclops”) were elected to public office, where they voted against every black nomination to the Supreme Court (including Justice Marshall) and filibustered to block progressive human rights legislation.
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   fbjsr said, over 2 years ago

   The KKK was the political action wing of the democratic party targeting blacks, catholics and Republicans. Can you say senator bird? The democrats only started being the minorities “friend” when they realised that they could use their votes to maintain their power. Wallace and the rest were all democrats. Before you outraged liberals start screaming look it up. It is a fact.
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   mightaswellbe said, over 2 years ago

   Well if you don’t want to call them “right” wing because they are wrong then simply call them the “Loonies off the Starboard Beam”.

   And If I remember right all those Democrats of a racist tint went for the Republican party after LBJ ( a Democrat)signed the civil rights bill in ‘65 (if that’s the right date).
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   ronebofh said, over 2 years ago

   Uh oh, mightaswellbe is indulging in that well known liberal vice known as “facts”. Hide the children.
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   Orgelspieler said, over 2 years ago

   @ mightaswellbe, that’s how I remember it too, and I was old enough that I think I remember it correctly.
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    Richard S. Russell said, over 2 years ago

    For those who’ve forgotten their history, “right” and “left” are not forever allied with a particular political party or nation. The Republican Party started out as a bunch of wild-eyed, radical leftists who wanted to abolish slavery altogether. You may recall that, during WW2, the Soviet Union and China were our allies. Britain used to be our mortal enemy.
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    Nelly55 said, over 2 years ago

    mighaswellbe is right

    they were called “Dixiecrats” back then and they bore no resemblance to the Dems of the rest of the country at all.

    I’m really old enough to remember
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    Chrisnp said, over 2 years ago

    The “solid south” was solidly Democrat and solidly segregationist from the end of reconstruction through about 1948, (Remember, Lincoln was a Republican) then the right wing tried splitting off the first time as the Dixiecrats, They came back to the party weaker, and by ‘61 they were able to sucessfully run a Catholic for president. That wouldn’t have happened 12 years earlier. I think the event that sealed the Dems fate as being the liberal/civil rights party was the Chicago National Convention in 68, where all he!! broke loose.
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    rickmac1937 said, over 2 years ago

    when is DUKE DAY i want to attend
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    freeholder1 said, over 2 years ago

    fb/Chris: You are referring to Dixiecrats who are no Republicans. times change, parties change, evil hearts remain the same. And they left because the dems voted in JFK (an evil catholic) and one of their own passed civil rights laws.

    rick: it doesn’t matter. You wouldn’t remember what happened afterward anyway.
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    freeholder1 said, over 2 years ago

    Richard: USSR is now our “ally” and we are owned by China. And Saudi Arabia. Please keep up. :-)
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