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The Dixiecrat Platform
The Smoking Gun ^ | August 14, 1948 | The States Rights Democratic Party

Posted on 12/13/2002 5:24:52 PM PST by GraniteStateConservative

Just so people here understand that Thurmond's run for the White House had nothing to do with lowering taxes or reducing government spending.



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To: muawiyah
Actually, I am in favor of mandatory INTER-RACIAL marriage. Do that for four or five generations and we'll get rid of the really sharp and divisive so-called "racial" issues in this country.

Where do I sign up for Condi Rice? ;~))

181 posted on 12/16/2002 10:45:30 AM PST by Ditto
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To: GraniteStateConservative
Thanks for the post ! NOW I know something about the Dixiecrats.
182 posted on 12/16/2002 10:53:22 AM PST by jimt
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To: Ditto
She's cute, but I think a bit beyond effectuate the desired change due to her age.
183 posted on 12/16/2002 11:15:10 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah
She's cute, but I think a bit beyond effectuate the desired change due to her age.

I promise to give it every possible effort. Cross my heart. ;~))

184 posted on 12/16/2002 11:37:37 AM PST by Ditto
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To: Bluntpoint
"States rights, in this instance, was just an excuse to defend the indefensible. "

No, the point is that the states did not delegate away the authority that the federal government was seeking to take.

It's not an issue of which policy you would prefer. The issue is whether or not the federal government had the Constitutional authority to come into a state and change the laws of that state. The Dixiecrats were right in saying that the federal government did not have such authority.
185 posted on 12/17/2002 11:21:06 AM PST by PresidentDavis
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To: GraniteStateConservative
I believe that we will see the leadership of the Democratic extend an olive branch of sorts to Lott, a grudglingly apology-accepted stance, in order to keep him as the Majority Leader.

'Lott the Majority Leader' is more useful to the Dens than 'Lott the Senator'.

186 posted on 12/17/2002 11:34:22 AM PST by GSWarrior
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To: PresidentDavis
Well, of course, it is worthy of note that Dixiecrats "prefered" racist policies when given a chance to enact them in their own states.
187 posted on 12/17/2002 11:36:02 AM PST by Austin Willard Wright
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To: pgkdan
If you ask me the violence and hatred exhibited in Boston because of bussing was much worse than anything I saw in the South.

Thank you

188 posted on 12/17/2002 11:37:11 AM PST by billbears
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To: amendment_x
The Dixiecrats not only felt that segregation was a local issue. They also thought that each state should have the right to throw the plain language of the 15th Amendment out the window.
189 posted on 12/17/2002 11:39:06 AM PST by Austin Willard Wright
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