That is a refreshing piece of candor, nutmeg. And go down with the ship you shall, you shall be honored much as the confederacy is. Be proud of that.
They were southerners.The KKK is an organization composed mostly of southerners founded by veterans of the confederate states of america military The GOP now represents the south /former confederate states of america
not true at all, all of them supported big oppressive government, which is the total opposite of conservatives.
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Also conservatives value individual rights over collective rights, you cant have racist laws when looking at people as individuals, with rights over the group, you can only have racist laws when looking at groups of people with certain collective rights. Look at it to this day its still liberals enacting racist laws like affirmative action.
The GOP intrinsically believe that race and gender are tied to competency. They vote it, they legislate it. The rest of the nation disagrees. If they are saying they cannot find good female or minority candidates, it is because they are not looking. But the rest of nation is hip to this now, so, no worries.