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Originally posted by kenlori:
There is a lot of opinion intertwined in those facts. Some call it spin. Just b/c you claim rational analysis of facts is "spin" don't make it so.GOP started courting disaffected racists. Take a deep look at who some of our senior liberal senators and congressmen are/were. I already mentioned Mr Gore...but what about the late WV senator Byrd, who was actually a grand dragon No he wasn't, the term is Grand Wizard anyway, and he weren't that.of the KKK. He was fully accepted by the Democrat party, who were more than willing to overlook his past. He apologized more than a 1000 times and told everyone never to join that organization, called it an albatross around his neck, said he was young and immature and made a very bad mistake. Dems felt he atoned for his mistake. On the other side, look at David Duke. David Duke was a Grand Wizard of KKK, not Robert Byrd Republicans overwhelmingly rejected him as a peer.You're spinning the "facts" kenny boy. He was elected to Louisiana representative. Then he ran for Senate and for Governor. Although the Republican Party did repudiate his racism and anti-Semitism, the voters in Louisiana turned out in strong support for the racist. He got 600,000 votes in the Senate race I believe, while his opponent got 700,000 votes. That's not an "overwhelming rejection". He started as a Dem but switched to Pub, just like Strom Thurmond, and just like most Southern racist politicians. As I've said before, all of Georgia's national reps (save one) are now Pub and we have a Pub governor. Our Pub leaders today are nativist and anti-immigrant, as well as anti-voting rights act and anti-civil rights. So most black folks don't vote for 'em... Not all Southern racists turned Republican...some became leaders in the Democrat party.

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Originally posted by podunk:
Black Americans overwhelmingly vote Democratic.

There was a time when they overwhelmingly voted Republican because The Republican party truely did do more than the Democratic Party to better their lot in regards to civil rights and help them gain equality. And, it's true that the Democratic Party truely did oppose and fight against emancipation.

But, for some reason, in the thirties, blacks began switching parties and continued to do so on into the early sixties when it became almost unheard of for blacks to suport the Republican Party.

Also, durring the early sixties, southern Democrats, for some reason,began to abandon the Democratic Party in favor of the Republican Party.

What caused this massive political shift?

...again...the break down of black families and their growing dependence on government drew them closer to the party of handouts. Southern whites were probably repulsed that they were carrying a large burden of taxes to support failed Democrat social policy. Of course "failed" to working folks may not be considered a fail to those who increasingly depend on others (taxpayers) for their sustenance.

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Originally posted by kenlori:

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Originally posted by kenlori:

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Originally posted by podunk:
Black Americans overwhelmingly vote Democratic.

There was a time when they overwhelmingly voted Republican because The Republican party truely did do more than the Democratic Party to better their lot in regards to civil rights and help them gain equality. And, it's true that the Democratic Party truely did oppose and fight against emancipation.

But, for some reason, in the thirties, blacks began switching parties and continued to do so on into the early sixties when it became almost unheard of for blacks to suport the Republican Party.

Also, durring the early sixties, southern Democrats, for some reason,began to abandon the Democratic Party in favor of the Republican Party.

What caused this massive political shift?

...again...the break down of black families and their growing dependence on government drew them closer to the party of handouts. Southern whites were probably repulsed that they were carrying a large burden of taxes to support failed Democrat social policy. Of course "failed" to working folks may not be considered a fail to those who increasingly depend on others (taxpayers) for their sustenance.

To answer your recent question Podunk, I assume you missed my earlier answer to this question. See above...

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Originally posted by glitterbootygirl:

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Originally posted by kenlori:

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Originally posted by kenlori:

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Originally posted by podunk:
Black Americans overwhelmingly vote Democratic.

There was a time when they overwhelmingly voted Republican because The Republican party truely did do more than the Democratic Party to better their lot in regards to civil rights and help them gain equality. And, it's true that the Democratic Party truely did oppose and fight against emancipation.

But, for some reason, in the thirties, blacks began switching parties and continued to do so on into the early sixties when it became almost unheard of for blacks to suport the Republican Party.

Also, durring the early sixties, southern Democrats, for some reason,began to abandon the Democratic Party in favor of the Republican Party.

What caused this massive political shift?

...again...the break down of black families and their growing dependence on government drew them closer to the party of handouts. Southern whites were probably repulsed that they were carrying a large burden of taxes to support failed Democrat social policy. Of course "failed" to working folks may not be considered a fail to those who increasingly depend on others (taxpayers) for their sustenance.

To answer your recent question Podunk, I assume you missed my earlier answer to this question. See above...

He's so funny, more white folks than black folks taking handouts and lots of 'em are working full time but still forced to feed their families with food stamps.

As Dan Akroyd said to Jane Curten..

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Originally posted by podunk:
You think white folks that support the Democratic Party are just deadbeats looking for a handout the same as the black folks?

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Originally posted by kenlori:

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Originally posted by glitterbootygirl:

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Originally posted by kenlori:

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Originally posted by kenlori:

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Originally posted by podunk:
Black Americans overwhelmingly vote Democratic.

There was a time when they overwhelmingly voted Republican because The Republican party truely did do more than the Democratic Party to better their lot in regards to civil rights and help them gain equality. And, it's true that the Democratic Party truely did oppose and fight against emancipation.

But, for some reason, in the thirties, blacks began switching parties and continued to do so on into the early sixties when it became almost unheard of for blacks to suport the Republican Party.

Also, durring the early sixties, southern Democrats, for some reason,began to abandon the Democratic Party in favor of the Republican Party.

What caused this massive political shift?

...again...the break down of black families and their growing dependence on government drew them closer to the party of handouts. Southern whites were probably repulsed that they were carrying a large burden of taxes to support failed Democrat social policy. Of course "failed" to working folks may not be considered a fail to those who increasingly depend on others (taxpayers) for their sustenance.

To answer your recent question Podunk, I assume you missed my earlier answer to this question. See above...

He's so funny, more white folks than black folks taking handouts and lots of 'em are working full time but still forced to feed their families with food stamps.

As Dan Akroyd said to Jane Curten..

There is no question that more white folks than blacks are freeloading from working people, but then, that was not the conversation was it???