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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (467806)	2/16/2021 12:42:44 PM
From: research1234	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540785

The Republican Party of Eisenhower was highjacked first by Goldwater, then by Nixon, who invited in the Dixiecrats to complete the sharp right turn, as I’m sure you know. Neither party is any way near to what they were 60 years ago. bush senior was the last significant relic of the moderate Rep wing. Trump is completing the job of driving out any remaining moderate voices. If Dems are smart about positions, than can cement a generational hold on the federal government much like FDR did.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (467806)

2/16/2021 1:27:20 PM

From: koan

Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 540785

That is pure nonsense.

As Gertrude Stein said: "A rose by any other name is still a rose."

And I just explained it to you! One can easily tell Lincoln was a liberal!

In 1860, the Republican party was the northern free states and the Democratic party was the "slave states".

Now which one would you guess is the most liberal!!??

We have always had conservative parties and liberal parties, and in our country the Republicans were the liberal party until the turn of the last century and when they changed names with Wilson being the first liberal Democrat, racist that he was.

And he was followed by FDR.

So until after the turn of the last century the Republican party was the liberal party and the Democrats were the conservative party.

Christ almighty Wharf, it is not that tough to figure out!

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To: koan who wrote (467776)	2/16/2021 12:13:17 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) of 467808

"Lincoln was one of ours, a full blown liberal" We don't have Liberal and Conservative parties; we have D's and R's. Lincoln was an R. The first Blacks elected to Congress were R's. mobituaries.com The people who were wearing hoods and lynching Blacks were D's. The people blocking civil rights bills in the 50's and 60's were D's. The president turning away Jewish refugees and throwing Japanese Americans in concentration camps was a D. The first president to sign a 20th Century civil rights bill was Ike. JFK voted against it. historylearningsite.co.uk The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The bill passed 285–126 in the House of Representatives with a majority of both parties' support (Republicans 167–19, Democrats 118–107). [5] It then passed 72–18 in the Senate, again with a majority of both parties (Republicans 43–0, Democrats 29–18). [6] President Eisenhower signed the bill on September 9, 1957. en.wikipedia.org