To: Thatcherite
Most of this stems from Nixon's "Southern Strategy." Many Southern Democrats (especially the segregationists) moved to the GOP.
437 posted on
11/02/2005 11:12:12 AM PST by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: Doctor Stochastic
Most of this stems from Nixon's "Southern Strategy." Many Southern Democrats (especially the segregationists) moved to the GOP. Right. The grandparents of these "republicans" were solid democrats, chanting their creationist slogans during the Scopes trial of the 1920s.
438 posted on
11/02/2005 11:26:00 AM PST by
PatrickHenry
(Reality is a harsh mistress. No rationality, no mercy)
To: Doctor Stochastic
Most of this stems from Nixon's "Southern Strategy." Many Southern Democrats (especially the segregationists) moved to the GOP. Along with their populism and anti-business ethic.
It would have been better in the long run for the GOP to stick with the Republican president who busted the segregationists in Clinton's home state.
439 posted on
11/02/2005 11:29:43 AM PST by
js1138
(Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
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