Every politician in the South USED to be a Democrat.

11 Bravo

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Tue Oct-04-05 05:39 PM
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Every politician in the South USED to be a Democrat.

Then the Democrats decided that "African-American" was a more appropriate term than "uppity n*****", so some southern Dems switched their allegiance to a party which accepted and encouraged their hateful rhetoric. And it ain't changed much to this day. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you your Republican party.

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TallahasseeGrannie

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Tue Oct-04-05 05:41 PM
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1. In Tallahassee, as deep south as you can get

you can forget about getting any public office unless you are a Democrat. Most offices are filled via the primary. I'm talking Judges, school board, etc., not national office. If you don't register as a Dem you have no say in local politics here.

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The_Casual_Observer

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Tue Oct-04-05 05:43 PM
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2. Because Lincoln was a republican.

Then came the Kennedys and civil rights, then all of a sudden Lincoln didn't look too bad anymore.

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ebal

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Tue Oct-04-05 05:46 PM
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3. Democratic politicians in the south

Most southern states had super majorities of Democratic politicians from immediately after the reconstruction until recently.

GA for example had a Democratic Governer Immediatly after Federal forces left and reconstruction ended, and went the entire 20th century with only a Democratic Governor.

From 1831 until 2003 there was a Democratic Governor except for:
Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Ruger U.S. Military Governor 1868-1868
Rufus B. Bullock Republican 1868-1871
Benjamin Conley Republican 1871-1872
George E. "Sonny" Perdue III Republican 2003-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Georgia

Florida, Alabama etc. are similar.

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Catherine Vincent

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Tue Oct-04-05 05:47 PM
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4. And I believe most African Americans were Republican

Which was why most southerners were Democrats. When the African Americans switched to the Democratic party, the racist ran to the Republican party. Red Neck Flight? :crazy:

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CottonBear

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Tue Oct-04-05 05:48 PM
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5. LBJ said the Democrats would lose power for a generation after the

Civil Rights Act was passed. It may be 3 generations before we regain power.

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