From good to bad to worse; the GOP before 1964 was good when President Johnson annexed The raciest southern Democrats and gave them to the Republican GOP, they became bad. Southern Democrats were super pissed at their Northern counterpoints, and were way the hell not cool with dudes like Kennedy and Johnson. Goldwater, being way more conservative than Rockefeller (who was a progressive, pro-civil rights Republican), started catching their eye. They became especially enamored with him when he opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Strom Thurmond even switched parties. However, black Republicans and Rockefeller Republicans were pretty grossed out by this and went Democratic. And have not turned back since. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party took on all the pro-civil rights folks, and most of the progressive wing of the Republican Party. After the first African American president was elected for two terms the GOP has become covertly worse then the KKK against civil rights. in other word if you do happen to be a super crazy racist, you’re probably not voting Democrat these days.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 18:36:02 +0000
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