The Democrat Party and the end of Reconstruction

[jet57]

Why bother! It's just a shameless attempt to save face.

It’s the piece that shows how wrong you are,

[Hoosier8]

You’re talking about two different parties just like the Republicans of today are nowhere near the Republicans of Lincoln’s time. After the Civil Rights Act, the Southern Democrats flocked to the Republican Party. I have theorized that the real trouble with Reconstruction was the Radical Republicans.

No they didn't like Al Gore's racist father, Al Gore is still democrat. Only one or two democrats changed to the Republican party, the rest of the racist democrats stayed democrat.

[Chris]

It’s the piece that shows how wrong you are,

And yet you won't provide any of the historical facts WaPo thinks suggest something.

[carolina73]

what drove the Democrats into the Republican Party was not the Civil Rights Amendment but Ronald Reagan and for the first time Southern Democrats saw an option to voting for the most conservative Democrat and changing nothing. I was registered as a Democrat until Reagan's second term. Before then Republicans didn't have a prayer of winning a local elections so in order to have some say you registered Democrat, voted for the most conservative Democrat in the primary and then the Republican Presidential Candidate in the General. The Democrat leadership of today is the same as the Democrat leadership of the 1960's, if not overtly racist they were certainly "progressive socialist" and had been since at least Woodrow Wilson

1968 was George Wallace who came from the Democrat Party and splintered off. Humphrey would have swept the South without Wallace.

The largest group certainly were swept in with the Moral Majority at the same time as Reagan (1980). It started in 1972 for the Presidency but the Democrats still held on in the Southern state governments.

[Chris]

1968 was George Wallace who came from the Democrat Party and splintered off. Humphrey would have swept the South without Wallace.

The largest group certainly were swept in with the Moral Majority at the same time as Reagan (1980). It started in 1972 for the Presidency but the Democrats still held on in the Southern state governments.

Right, Wallace split off in 68 and form the American Independent Party, and after losing returned to the Democratic Party.

Initially the Moral Majority helped bring Carter into office but he disappointed them terribly.

[jet57]

And yet you won't provide any of the historical facts WaPo thinks suggest something.

(Chuckle)

Look up the Lilly- Whites.

[jet57]

Right, Wallace split off in 68 and form the American Independent Party, and after losing returned to the Democratic Party.

Initially the Moral Majority helped bring Carter into office but he disappointed them terribly.

Yeah, and then Wallace got shot. What's your point?

[jet57]

Right, Wallace split off in 68 and form the American Independent Party, and after losing returned to the Democratic Party.

Initially the Moral Majority helped bring Carter into office but he disappointed them terribly.

So you'er not going to meet the challenge of looking up the Lilly-Whites are you.

Run chris run...

[jet57]

1968 was George Wallace who came from the Democrat Party and splintered off. Humphrey would have swept the South without Wallace.

The largest group certainly were swept in with the Moral Majority at the same time as Reagan (1980). It started in 1972 for the Presidency but the Democrats still held on in the Southern state governments.

Humphrey would NOT have swept the south. He wasn't a racist.

[Chris]

So you'er not going to meet the challenge of looking up the Lilly-Whites are you.

Run chris run...

You made the claim, chump, you take the blame.