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To: bentway who wrote (191822)	6/16/2012 10:58:03 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543888

Your point? There used to be conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans. That's not true anymore. The Republicans were the party of Lincoln, trustbuster Teddy Roosevelt, and progressive icon Robert La Follette. Imagine those guys signing Grover Norquist's latest pledge. Johnson knew what he was doing to the Democratic party when he got the civil rights act of 1964 passed, something I point out periodically, most recently in Message 28195826 . Johnson was pretty courageous. It was the right thing to do. Nixon was already working the southern strategy 4 years later, though George Wallace stole some of his thunder there. I guess the real pioneer was Barry Goldwater, but he was a little premature. Nixon blazed the path for the current course of the former party of Lincoln, but I doubt Nixon even in his most psycho days could have imagined the bastion of Obama hatred the current GOP is. It's just sad.

To: bentway who wrote (191822)	6/17/2012 9:47:16 AM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543888

Conservative Democrats, Dixiecrats who started migrating to the Republican party after the 64 civil rights act. They also purged the party of the Yaroboroug's and the few other southerners who voted for the civil rights act. And as I recall it was a categorical cleansing The dirty little secret is that the Republican's courted the souths inherent racism (Lee Atwater), by letting them know they did not approve and would not enforce any more civil rights programs than they needed to, programs like affirmative action and busing. In effect, playing to the souths racists who still held a majority of the vote. Still do.. Ralph Webster Yarborough (June 8, 1903 – January 27, 1996) was a Texas Democratic politician who served in the United States Senate (1957 to 1971) and was a leader of the progressive or liberal wing of his party in his many races for statewide office. As a United States Senator, he was a staunch supporter and author of " Great Society" legislation that encompassed Medicare and Medicaid, the War on Poverty, federal support for higher education and veterans. He co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and was the only southern senator to vote for all civil rights bills from 1957 to 1970 (including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965). Yarborough was known as "Smilin' Ralph" and used the slogan "Let's put the jam on the lower shelf so the little people can reach it" in his campaigns. en.wikipedia.org