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To: fieldmarshaldj
Were nutcases like him the reason the GOP gained more seats in 1966 than it had prior to 1964?
39 posted on 08/03/2003 3:12:25 AM PDT by Impy (Don't you fall into the trap, democrats are full of crap.)
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To: Impy
"Were nutcases like him the reason the GOP gained more seats in 1966 than it had prior to 1964?"

That was one, also the 'Rats winning a number of traditionally GOP seats that they shouldn't have, and the 6-year curse of a 'Rat administration (if you count JFK-LBJ as one). The GOP, ironically, would've had at least 8 or so fewer seats going into 1966 had it not been for them winning ultra-'Rat Southern seats in '64 (in AL, for example, the all-'Rat delegation in 1962 (as it had been since 1901) became majority GOP (5-3) in one fell swoop, but then dropped to 3-5 'Rat in '66, and the GOP would not regain a majority there until 1997). Some of these, of course, were temporary gains, and wouldn't be solidified for, as with AL, until the '90s.

40 posted on 08/03/2003 3:50:39 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~Remember, it's not sporting to fire at RINO until charging~)
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