To: Yollopoliuhqui
Up until the assassination of McKinley and the take over of the Republican Party by Teddy Roosevelt, Republicans were “progressive” and blacks voted for Republicans almost exclusively.Is this accurate? McKinley was said to be to the right of TR, but the terms "right" and "left" weren't used then, were they? Blacks stuck with the GOP until 1936, when FDR stole them away with the promise of federal largesse. Both McK and TR look big in comparison to the 2012 "leadership."
60 posted on
03/11/2012 8:25:19 PM PDT by
Theodore R.
(Mathematically, it's all over, says Mittens.)
To: Theodore R.
All the "Bull Moose" Party managed to do was to get Wilson, a real left-wing SOB, elected.
Comparison time:
the by now universally despised Harding was actually a much better leader than the present Kenyan recumbent ... especially economically!
Harding got handed a genuine recession ... and his administration solved the problem in 18 months! The "Teapot Dome" scandal? Peanuts! BTW, gasoline was $0.19/gallon. No high-test!
64 posted on
03/12/2012 6:00:37 AM PDT by
Kenny Bunk
((So, you're telling me Scalia, Alito, Thomas, and Roberts can't figure out this eligibility stuff?))
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