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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (48441)	7/11/2013 7:44:07 PM
From: koan	Respond to of 85487

en.wikipedia.org The States' Rights Democratic Party (usually called the Dixiecrats) was a short-lived segregationist political party in the United States in 1948. It originated as a breakaway faction of the Democratic Party in 1948, determined to protect what they portrayed as the southern way of life beset by an oppressive federal government, [1] and supporters assumed control of the state Democratic parties in part or in full in several Southern states. The States' Rights Democratic Party opposed racial integration and wanted to retain Jim Crow laws and white supremacy in the face of possible federal intervention. Members were called Dixiecrats. (The term Dixiecrat is a portmanteau of Dixie, referring to the Southern United States, and Democrat.) The party did not run local or state candidates, and after the 1948 election its leaders generally returned to the Democratic Party. [2] The Dixiecrats had little short-run impact on politics. However, they did have a long-term impact. The Dixiecrats began the weakening of the " Solid South" (the Democratic Party's total control of presidential elections in the South). [3]

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (48441)	7/11/2013 7:49:21 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

The pubs were the liberal party until about 1900 and then the dems became the liberal party and stayed that way up to now. TR was a liberal/progressive. Father of modern progressive party. So looking at parties is not how to judge philosophies, one has to look at liberal versus conservative. The abolitionist's were a combination of church groups like quakers, liberals and other people of conscience. Abe Lincoln was a liberal Republican.