Of course they are!
What do you think the old term "Solid South" referred to?
They all thought the same, all voted together, all voted the same way -- and how did they vote?
Until the 1960s they mostly voted for Democrat Progressives, for Liberals, for Big Government and redistribution of wealth.
Whose wealth?
Why those evil, nasty, wicked Northern Republicans, of course.
And why shouldn't they make the Union pay, and pay, and pay...?
southernsunshine: "You see, it isn't YOUR party."
I'd say the GOP belongs to those who love it and support it the most.
And how, exactly, could that include folks who can't get over the Civil War, hate the Union and everything associated with it, especially that wicked Republican Party?
southernsunshine: "I often speak to individuals whose political opinions a strictly conservative, both socially and fiscally, but they refuse to vote for any Republican. When I inquire as to why they vote against Republicans their answer is a variation of, "Republicans, phooey! Nothing but a bunch of elitist snobs." "
Surely they are talking about their own neighbors, people they've lived beside for years, and somehow they can't get along?
So whose fault is that?
Do they imagine their Republican neighbors wouldn't welcome their support and aid?
But maybe their real problem is, they want to start out at the top, do you think?
;-)
Well bro, thanks for proving what most of us Rebs have always known: that Southerners and damn yankees will never be able to get along.
What do you think the old term "Solid South" referred to?
And if it wasn't for the Solid South now, you damn yankees would be living under a communist totalitarian dictatorship. You ought to be down on your knees kissing our Southern asses.
Until the 1960s they mostly voted for Democrat Progressives, for Liberals, for Big Government and redistribution of wealth.
That's just a flat yankee lie. You pukes do love your revisionist history, don't you, bro. Read up on Strom Thurmond and the Dixiecrats. Southern democrats were have always been the conservative wing of that party. It was the northern liberals who hijacked the democrat party with their union money and communist tendencies.
"I didn't leave the Democratic Party. The party left me."---Ronald Reagan
And how, exactly, could that include folks who can't get over the Civil War, hate the Union and everything associated with it, especially that wicked Republican Party?
Like I said above, thanks for proving that Southerners and damn yankees will never be able to get along.
Free Dixie!