On Sep 29, 7:55*am, H the K wrote:
On 9/29/09 7:35 AM, wf3h wrote:



byrd's 92. he's the past of the democrats

duke's the future of the GOP

There's a great reluctance on the part of the repubs to discuss or even
acknowledge the "Southern Strategy." Without that bit of racist
strategy, the modern GOP would have ceased to exist.

absolutely. it's one reason the GOP today, demographically, is a party
of old, white southern male christians.


In brief, until 1964, much of the "deep south" apparatus of the
Democratic Party was in the hands of the States' Rights Democratic
Party, aka the Dixiecrats.

yep. and the right wing thinks history stops there. they ignore LBJ's
signing of the VRA which, as he explicitly stated, gave the south to
the GOP. the party of strom thurmond, jesse helms and david duke

The GOP is still using the Southern Strategy to instill racial fear in
the simple-minded.


willie horton was a great example of the 'southern strategy'...