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To: TimF who wrote (782012)	4/26/2014 3:45:15 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578161

Not that opposing the Civil Rights Act was inherently or necessarily racist, but Republicans voted for it in larger percentages than Democrats did. Being a little disingenuous, aren't we Timmy?? The year was 1964....

To: TimF who wrote (782012)	4/26/2014 3:45:20 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Respond to of 1578161

Not that opposing the Civil Rights Act was inherently or necessarily racist, but Republicans voted for it in larger percentages than Democrats did. Being a little disingenuous, aren't we Timmy?? The year was 1964....

To: TimF who wrote (782012)	4/26/2014 10:12:41 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578161

Nevertheless Tim, the Republican party eagerly pursued disaffected racist (D)'s after the civil rights legislation of the 1960's. As a consequence, the former racist (D) "Solid South" is now the Republican "Solid South". It's undeniable. ..and the dog whistles toot on! thenation.com Lee Atwater: It has become, for liberals and leftists enraged by the way Republicans never suffer the consequences for turning electoral politics into a cesspool, a kind of smoking gun. The late, legendarily brutal campaign consultant Lee Atwater explains how Republicans can win the vote of racists without sounding racist themselves: You start out in 1954 by saying, “Nigger, nigger, nigger.” By 1968 you can’t say “nigger”—that hurts you, backfires. So you say stuff like, uh, forced busing, states’ rights, and all that stuff, and you’re getting so abstract. Now, you’re talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you’re talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is, blacks get hurt worse than whites.… “We want to cut this,” is much more abstract than even the busing thing, uh, and a hell of a lot more abstract than “Nigger, nigger.”