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Which we are doing. The Republican Party of today is NOT the party of Lincoln. You're skipping over huge chunks of history regarding the morphing of the two parties. I don't even have to go back to TMF for that. Albaby, and others, posted some detailed histories on this very board just a couple of months ago. Before 1964, the parties were more diverse. There were conservatives and liberals within both parties. Then came the 1964 CRA, pushed by a Democrat (LBJ), with the knowledge that the Democrats had just lost the South for a generation.
...aaaand they didn't actually lose the south for some time. That's even if I grant your premise, which is that racism is motivating southern voters to vote Republican. I don't grant that premise.
You guys seriously need to revisit your prejudices. Does it bother you at all that Lee Atwater actually didn't say what 100% of the liberal media claims he said?
Since then, the parties have further morphed into parties of education. Many Republicans now claim that Dems have lost touch with the "common man" (translation: lesser-educated people).
LOL@this. I'll wager that with 2 Masters' degrees and a Ph.D. in engineering I have more education than just about anyone on this board :).
That is NOT to say that all Republicans are racist. But most racists (today) are Republican.
Uh, huh. Sez the party that ASSUMES blacks don't have photo ID and can't get it and are dependent on welfare. The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations literally permeates the democrats these days.
