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To: koan who wrote (55378)	6/4/2009 6:34:27 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

The facts your present in your post are accurate but they don't support your earlier assertion. "Southern" is not synonymous with "conservative" or "right wing", and "northern" is not synonymous with "liberal" or "left wing"; but both would have to be true if the facts from that Wikipedia article where to reasonably be considered support for your assertions that "the right wing fought so hard to prevent integration in the south in the 60's", and that it was pushed through by liberals. Just as "Southern" and Northern", don't equal "Conservative" and "Liberal", "Republican" and "Democrat" don't either. But you don't get 80 to 82% of Republican votes, not even in the 60s, when only liberals are supporting an idea, or with conservatives united in opposition. ---- Totals are in "Yea-Nay" format: * The original House version: 290-130 (69%-31%) * The Senate version: 73-27 (73%-27%) * The Senate version, as voted on by the House: 289-126 (70%-30%) [edit] By party The original House version:[9] * Democratic Party: 152-96 (61%-39%) * Republican Party: 138-34 (80%-20%) The Senate version:[9] * Democratic Party: 46-21 (69%-31%) * Republican Party: 27-6 (82%-18%) The Senate version, voted on by the House:[9] * Democratic Party: 153-91 (63%-37%) * Republican Party: 136-35 (80%-20%) en.wikipedia.org