Toronado3800
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Really? The Republicans became the party of racism in the 1960? Wasn't there a Democrat president in the 1960's that said this:
"I'll have those n*ggers voting Democratic for the next 200 years."
-- Lyndon B. Johnson to two governors on Air Force One
Now, let's go all the way to former Democrat President Bill Clinton when talking to Ted Kennedy during the 2008 primaries said this remark regarding Barack Obama:
"A few years ago, this guy would have been carrying our bags"
How about Democrat Senator Harry Reid, showing his well hidden racism with this comment about Obama:
"light-skinned African American with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one."
These are just a few in a very long list of racist comments by Democrats. The truth is, while Democrats try to portray themselves as caring about people outside the white race, but every once in awhile, these Democrats slip up and show their very well hidden racism, and prove that they only are using minorities for votes and could care less about them.
An interesting game you play.
And yes I know the block of 18, including Strom, were Democrats at the time but huh, Strom left the Republican Party. A Goldwater era flip perhaps? A 100 years after the Civil War we once again heard folks talking about being Arkansasians instead of Americans and states rights?
Can something be learned from comparing the list of Red and Blue states in the past election to the states from where their Representatives voted for the Civil Rights act of 64?
Perhaps I will play a game, what do you think the GOP did to totally reverse the trend in black voting trends? After all, this is the party of Lincoln so all things being equal black voters should love them.
The only things Republicans did to totally reverse the trend in black voting was to allow Democrats to tell everyone what it is Republicans think about blacks and allow the left-wing media to regurgitate that meme. But, it really isn't necessarily a matter of what the Republicans did. It's a matter of what the Democrats did and what blacks allowed themselves to believe.
Further, do you just so happen to have the voting demographics of elections farther back than 1960?
Yup. Before the 60's blacks identified themselves as Republicans. FDR was a standout Democrat who they largely voted for on economic issues but most blacks pre 1960 were Republicans.
So think about the events of the 60's and the rise of the last 3rd party to win any electoral votes. What happened to them fellows?
What happened to George Wallace after the attempted assination which left him paralized?
The flip did happen when the Republicans were sick of loosing and absorbed the American Independant party votors who voted for pre-assination attempt racist Wallace en masse based on little but racism.
Gotta remember how bad off the Repubs were after the Great Depression until the Nixon era.
Maybe read more about or ask someone about the Democrat Primaries of 68. Don't just pay attention to the Kennedy assination or the riots but look at the split in the party and follow em voters. Kennedy/Johnson are talked about so much for good reason but they tore that party apart.
Sorry to offend you again.