Texas is not a Big Government state and I think the bias toward big government comes from DC not the States (with some exceptions). Large cities seem to have a Big Government bias everywhere, but especially the North East and West Coast.
My bias against the Lincoln era Republicans comes from ancestors who were "burned out" of AL during Reconstruction. Much of the horrors of the history of that time are not recorded in History books, but has left an indellible imprint on those who moved due to the abuses by the Federal Government. The current parallels frighten me, and I am not easily frightened.
I repeat for clarity that I have never been a Dem.
And in 2005 when Tom Delay was proudly claiming that the Republican leadership had done such a good job that there was no more fat to cut in the federal budget? Doesn't sound like a small-government Republican to me. And if memory serves he was from....Texas? Somewhere like that? And those princes of pork, Trent Lott and Richard Shelby? Where are they from again? The Northeast or the West Coast? And Eric Cantor, with his talk this week about how when the GOP takes over the House again then 'deserving' earmarks will be just fine with him. What region does he hail from?
My bias against the Lincoln era Republicans comes from ancestors who were "burned out" of AL during Reconstruction.
Would it be too much to point out that Lincoln had been dead for two years before Reconstruction was imposed?
Much of the horrors of the history of that time are not recorded in History books...
They live on in Southron mythology.