Why do people use the word democratic when discussing democrats?
Did Goldwater support the civil Right Act of 1964?
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Don’t forget Bill Clinton’s mentor, William Fulbright.
I always LOL at the “dim-Republican “”switch””. If the dims had “switched” with the Republicans , why was Robert Byrd, former grand kleagle of the KKK, a dimocrat??
It greatly distorts the reality of what was going on in the events described.
So: applying our advanced powers of critical theory, we can attribute all the good things Republicans back then to the Democrats, and blame all the bad things Democrats did on the Republicans.
This is meant to prove that the Democrats are always right and are the party of Light, while the Republicans are always wrong and are the party of Darkness.
Democrats say this with a straight face and claim to think that it is sophisticated.
excellent article.
“Hillary’s America” (on Netflix) covers this in even more detail.
In 1968-72 the Vietnam war, communism, the new left were the issue.
The South tends to be pro-military, anti-communist. 1968 Wallace was anti-communist and pro-old school Democrat segregationist.
Nixon was anti-communist and pro-integration.
In 1972 there was no Wallace. It was all war. Segregation was no longer the issue of the day. Nixon got all the votes nationwide except for 1 state. In some ways, Nixon was like Trump. Nobody liked Nixon. He was hated by many. Yet they voted for him, the lesser of two evils.
(I voted for John Hosper)
My former B-I-L, Liberal Democrat to his core ALWAYS used the word Dixiecrats and blamed Nixon for the Republican Southern Strategy which got him Elected in 1968.
My former B-I-L is a bitter Old man who sees Conservative / Republican Bigots under every rock.