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by skip 07/08/2016, 3:47pm PDT |
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fabio wrote:
I'm not sure they were riding high off the Civil Rights Act so much as watch the entire election map flip colors.
I mean, it was the right thing to do, but it clearly marked a major shift in party identities and revitalized a GOP that had been on life support for 30 years prior. If anyone ever denies that the Republican party is racist, just ask them to explain the shift in presidential election results from pre to post 1964.
Carter won most of the South. It was the West, most of which doesn't have strong ties to slavery, that voted against him. Clinton heavily campaigned in Black communities and still won a decent percentage of the Southern white vote as well as at least half of deep Southern states. The elections of Reagan and Bush Sr. were blowouts, so it wasn't a Southern bloc that propelled them to victory either. The Southern bloc arguably wasn't really visible until GWB, but that's 30+ years after desegregation. Racism isn't dead but it's not worse from that time.
And you can google the 1976 DNC platform - they got rid of almost everything that I quoted above. The 1972 DNC platform even called for a ban on handguns. Part of it was procedural changes to allow more involvement - mostly championed by McGovern's grassroots activists - so a plank only needed 10% of approval by members to bring it to a vote, so they flooded the platform with social justice/progressive policies. Abortion first made it into the DNC platform at that time, which McGovern overruled, which did more to alienate Southern, religious voters than civil rights activism. I honestly don't think it was McGovern's fault but he couldn't control the fanatical social justice activists and mostly his followers who overran the party that year.
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Sanders supporters still out for purity purge by Animal Mother 07/06/2016, 1:26pm PDT
You misspelled "policy" by Mischief Maker 07/06/2016, 3:30pm PDT
Yes it's totally not a complete purge the Sanders campaign is after by Animal Mother 07/06/2016, 9:29pm PDT
Except those already on board NT by EXCEPT THOSE ALREADY ON BOARD 07/06/2016, 9:40pm PDT
"EIN FUHRER BERNIE!," what by Vested Id 07/06/2016, 10:58pm PDT
What we need is a new National brand of Socialism by dr. no 07/07/2016, 9:07am PDT
Fuhrer Bernie's five year plan will probably take ten years because he keeps by falling asleep on his hoverthrone. 07/07/2016, 10:09am PDT
l guess you out-Wolpawed me because I have no fucking clue what you're saying NT by Vested Id 07/07/2016, 10:40am PDT
Fuck you for stealing my /nick you garbage. by Dr. No 07/07/2016, 1:56pm PDT
Bern victims stand by their betrayer in Philly by No refunds 07/24/2016, 4:27pm PDT
Dude, I share your fears. That's why I voted for the stronger candidate. by Mischief Maker 07/07/2016, 4:27am PDT
I suspect that if Sanders got the nom/became Prez he'd be our Jeremy Corbyn. NT by Fullofkittens 07/07/2016, 8:36am PDT
Better that than Trump get the nom/become Prez and be our George W. Bush. by Mischief Maker 07/07/2016, 4:06pm PDT
"Trump is Hitler" doesnt help. NT by Dr. No 07/07/2016, 7:43pm PDT
If Anti-Establishment > Racism for righties they would have voted for Rand Paul. by Mischief Maker 07/07/2016, 8:03pm PDT
Are we sure we want to be calling the right a bunch of racists all the time by Vested Id 07/07/2016, 11:20pm PDT
MPC prefers to identify as NT by 'Gay racist bodybuilders' 07/08/2016, 7:30pm PDT
Having an iron cross tattooed on your finger though? Racist! NT by Fuck you, Id you dishonest shit 07/24/2016, 6:16pm PDT
Part of a pattern buddy by Vested Id 07/24/2016, 7:16pm PDT
"posting career" are you seriously putting those two words together? NT by laughable 07/24/2016, 6:47pm PDT
Yes, that's the point by How to bodybuild the gay racist way 07/24/2016, 7:12pm PDT
I don't believe that Trump can beat Clinton. NT by Fullofkittens 07/08/2016, 4:18am PDT
Thought the blue dogs went extinct? by mike williams usgamer 07/07/2016, 9:26pm PDT
"Repubs" should really be "conservative voters" by mike williams usgamer 07/07/2016, 9:31pm PDT
Re: "Repubs" should really be "conservative voters" by Animal Mother 07/08/2016, 2:57am PDT
Problem is the Blue Dogs just jacked off after flipping control of congress by mike williams usgamer 07/08/2016, 1:05pm PDT
Hey wait I just found a good image BrandNewCongress.org could use by Animal Mother 07/07/2016, 2:18pm PDT
Is this jsoh? by Mischief Maker 07/07/2016, 4:05pm PDT
Oh fuck you, cunt by Animal Mother 07/08/2016, 2:44am PDT
Again by Vested Id 07/07/2016, 7:29pm PDT
Teabaggers defended themselves with those exact same lines by Animal Mother 07/08/2016, 1:59am PDT
Hey really quick ... who fucking cares? I'd elect Pol Pot at this fucking point. NT by Worm 07/06/2016, 10:44pm PDT
Because this worked out in the past by skip 07/08/2016, 7:05am PDT
Was it really McGovern that sunk them? by fabio 07/08/2016, 1:30pm PDT
You're talking about the South? by skip 07/08/2016, 3:47pm PDT
Re: Because this worked out in the past by Mysterio's Phone Bank 07/08/2016, 7:52pm PDT
Third parties are landfills of poisonous personalities by skip 07/08/2016, 8:59pm PDT
Re: Third parties are landfills of poisonous personalities by Mysterio's Phone Bank 07/08/2016, 9:38pm PDT
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