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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:30 PM Original message |
At what point did the GOP become set as the right wing conservative party? |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'd guess somewhere around Benjamin Harrison |
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pmbryant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ronald Reagan 1980 and Newt Gingrich 1994 |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. It was the liberal party til the 1920's or so. |
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Midwest_Doc (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. Richard Nixon |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. jinx. nt |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. 1968 |
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AntiCoup2K4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Wrong. (but only technically) |
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nostamj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. he also financed nixon's first campaign.... n/t |
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AntiCoup2K4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. damn double posts |
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MoonAndSun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. It started with Barry Goldwater, but he would be appalled with how |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I saw something about that on PBS - When the GOP used to |
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AntiCoup2K4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. Goldwater on gays in the military |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
44. Goldwater was indeed appalled at what the RW had become... |
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ScotTissue (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. Post-Goldwater, after the 1964 election |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. See, in Britain, they had 'consensus' politics until Thatcher, |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Don't forget Wallace |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Ah, a freeper visitor. n/t |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. If you donate to DU |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
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maxanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. hey Dick |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. water floridation |
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La_Serpiente (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'll tell you when |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Sure, could always use more info. |
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La_Serpiente (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Welll |
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dwckabal (854 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. That about sums it up N/T |
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mikehiggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 04:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
54. racist radical |
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NewzJunkE (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. Conversely ... |
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maxanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. sorry, I wasn't aware |
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DIKB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Frankly neither was I |
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NewzJunkE (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. Not a full transition, but .. |
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felonious thunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:17 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Not to crush your argument |
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NewzJunkE (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. well, maybe not .. |
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felonious thunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. He campaigned on that. |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 03:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. A Question... |
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NewzJunkE (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 03:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Lighten up Ras .. |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 04:24 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Bringing up Clintonian things is a standard of FR... |
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ShimokitaJer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. The real question you should be asking... |
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NewzJunkE (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. pssssstttt... |
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ShimokitaJer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. SAT question: |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 03:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
47. Let me see... |
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felonious thunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. Gradually |
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dkamin (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
27. one could argue |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
28. This has been going on from at least Roosevelt |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
32. They always were, beginning with |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. Newt gets credit for what we're seeing now, IMO |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
34. Oh boy, this is one of those things that is difficult to tie down... |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
35. sorry, delete dupe |
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birdman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
37. 1912 |
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NewzJunkE (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:27 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Thank you Rasputin1952 & birdman ... |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
46. I'd say April 15, 1865... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
49. 1964 n/t |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
51. The Republican Party Was Always the Party of the Propertied & Corporations |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
52. When the right-wingers left the Democratic Party over Civil Rights? |
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NewJerseyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
55. It's been a slow process |
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Rich Hunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-03 05:38 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. yeah, thanks! |
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