Your post is, for the most part, accurate.
I was born in Atlanta in 1952 and it was still the “Solid South” where you would vote for a yellow dog as long as he was running as a Democrat. (thus the term)
It was extraordinarily hard for a people who have voted ‘Democrat’ for generation after generation to finally give up and join the “enemy” camp.
The first Republican governor of Georgia wasn’t elected until 2002 and if anyone wants to call Zell Miller a liberal.....well....be my guest.
And let’s not forget the Al Gore of 1988. He was pro-life and loved that tobacco that he grew and suckered...blah, blah, blah.
Rick Perry gets a pass, and barring any revelation that has yet to surface, he probably gets my vote as well.
For years, Texas Democrats were more conservative than Rockefeller Republicans.
Anyone trying to sell Al Gore has no credibility.