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To: ought-six
"The only reason the South voted for Wilson and FDR is because they were both Democrats. The South, up until the 1960s, was STAUNCHLY in the Democrats camp: A Republican just didn't have a chance in the South. (One of the reasons the South was so bitterly opposed to the Republicans was because of the Republican influence and control in the federal government, which resulted in Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War; and, perhaps more offensive to the South, Reconstruction. )"

All of what you say here is true.

However, even Democrats from the South have higher moral standards than their political comrades from the North or West.

131 posted on 08/27/2003 3:59:22 PM PDT by Happy2BMe (LIBERTY has arrived in Iraq - Now we can concentrate on HOLLYWEED!)
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To: Happy2BMe
However, even Democrats from the South have higher moral standards than their political comrades from the North or West.

Yeah, Bill Clinton and Al Gore are shining beacons of morality. LOL

136 posted on 08/27/2003 4:03:05 PM PDT by #3Fan
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To: Happy2BMe
Uh Wilson and FDR were from the North. Well FDR defintely was and he was the more socialist one. Wilson was southern originally but he was governor of New Jersey before becoming President. The point is high moral standards? Well Southern Democrats voted for both of them as well as many other New Deal socialist politicans. I agree that the South keeps the US religous and socially conservative (which is good in some respects). But it has been a major contributor to the growth of the federal government whether thesoutherners on this forum want to admit it or not.
171 posted on 08/27/2003 7:54:35 PM PDT by Classicaliberalconservative
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To: Happy2BMe
"However, even Democrats from the South have higher moral standards than their political comrades from the North or West."

That is true, for the most part. But Atlanta, New Orleans and Miami have some Dims who are as bad as, if not worse than, their Northern counterparts; but they are in the minority, thankfully.
183 posted on 08/28/2003 5:31:25 AM PDT by ought-six
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