What else do many of these giants have in common? THEY'RE FORMER DEMOCRATS.They were Democrats when Democrats were what conservatives are now.
They were not Democrats as Democrats are today- God- hating, America-hating, freedom-hating socialists.
Those giants ceased being Democrats when Democrats ceased being American.
In fact at one time Republicans were more "liberal" (socialist) than Democrats. The inclination that Abraham Lincoln had towards a paternalistic uber-state had no counterpart in the Confederacy or their ideological progeny in the old Dixiecrats. Apart from racist garbage that nobody misses, we need to bring back the rebel yell.