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To: Paul Smith who wrote (134515)	3/24/2010 8:52:14 AM
From: Dale Baker	Respond to of 542836

That was back when the Rockefeller Republican wing not only existed but was very strong in the party, while the forerunners of much of today's southern Republican conservatives were still conservative Democrats. The 1964 legislation prompted a major redrawing of the political landscape in the South over the next 25 years.

To: Paul Smith who wrote (134515)	3/24/2010 9:34:23 AM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542836

I don't know where you pulled that out of, and Gingrich is probably wary enough at this point not to say something like that, but: If Krugman knew anything about history, he would know that his fabrication made no sense, since Republicans supported the 1964 Civil Rights Act more heavily than Democrats. But Krugman is both too ignorant to be aware of that well-known fact, and too lazy to look it up. is a total crock of crap. There's a famous quote attributed to Lyndon Johnson that shows up in many forms, this particular account seems closest to the source: BILL MOYERS: Watching the convention this week, I was reminded of another historic moment. The second of July 1964. The day my boss, Lyndon Johnson, the President of the United States, signed into law the Civil Rights Act, ending segregation in public facilities. With Martin Luther King and other movement leaders crowding around him, it was quite a celebration. But, that evening, as I went over to the living quarters of the White House to take the President some official papers, I found him disconsolate. "What's the matter," I ask, "this was a great day. You should be jubilant." He looked at me morosely and said, in effect, "I think we just handed the south to the Republicans for the rest of my life and yours." And so we had. As you will read in this important new book, "Divided America," LBJ's economic and racial liberalism broke the ties that bound many conservative whites to the Democratic Party. pbs.org

To: Paul Smith who wrote (134515)	3/24/2010 10:57:16 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542836

Former economist Paul Krugman, who now makes a living by mailing in Democratic Party talking-points to the op-ed page of the New York Times, made a fool of himself once more in his latest column. Ah, living by the loaded description. As for the Gingrich quote, if I read some of the text correctly, Krugman simply copied the quote from the Washington Post. Which was later corrected. If that's the case, the issue is in the back and forth between Gingrich and the Washington Post. Sounds like Gingrich said something, didn't like it, and tried to get it changed.