This thread, indeed much of P&R lately, illustrates how vast the chasm has become between competing ideas. There is definitely a regional aspect to it as well. It is not new. Obama was fond of comparing himself to Lincoln. He was correct in a couple of aspects. He, like Lincoln, was viewed as a threatening radical elected with narrow regional appeal. The states they carried were almost identical, except for the west coast which was not part of the US in Lincoln's time. Like lincoln, Obama heads a party with no interest in compromise and every intent to push its radical program no matter what the consequences. Of course, with Lincoln those consequences included a Civil War with some 600,000 people killed, vast war crimes committed by the winning side and regional animosities that linger to this day. We can only hope that we don't get the same outcome with Obama, but it points up how dangerous his race-baiting and economic demagoguery are. For me, the ultimate lesson is we would have been better off partitioning the country then, and we would be better off doing it now.
Stupider and stupider...the unfortunate consequence of a necrotic brain whose transplant didn't quite take. "In politics, the Right, right-wing and rightist has been defined as the support or acceptance of social hierarchy.[1][2][3] Inequality is viewed by the Right as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_politics "In politics, the Left, left-wing and leftists are people or views which support social change to create a more egalitarian society.[1][2][3][4] They usually involve a concern for those in society who are disadvantaged relative to others and an assumption that there are unjustified inequalities (which right-wing politics view as natural or traditional) that should be reduced or abolished..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_politics
Let's partition the country NOW... East of the Mississippi could be known as Socialist States of America, West of the Mississippi could be Free Enterprise States of America. Two separate governments. Two separate armies.
The Democratic party represented the confederate south during most of those years.During those years it was best for African Americans to vote against them Currently the republican party represents the confederate south and its best for African Americans to vote against them
ROFLMAO - Where's RCG to comment on these facts? He can hardly contain his anger when one points out that Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican.
This is a good list you made of Southern Democratic history. The DNA of the Democratic is racist and exploitative. Use the minority race to maintain power and get Government money. You need to follow where people decide to live to understand if they feel wanted. The Blacks left the racist Democratic South and moved to the big cities in the North. Now that the Democrats have control the cities for many decades the Blacks are finding themselves living in separate but equal conditions. The Democrats have imported this concept from their racist brothers of the old south. Now the Blacks are moving back to the freedom of the new Republican South. http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2004/05demographics_frey.aspx The South scored net gains of black migrants from all three of the other regions of the U.S. during the late 1990s, reversing a 35-year trend. Of the 10 states that suffered the greatest net loss of blacks between 1965 and 1970, five ranked among the top 10 states for attracting blacks between 1995 and 2000. Southern metropolitan areas, particularly Atlanta, led the way in attracting black migrants in the late 1990s. In contrast, the major metropolitan areas of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco experienced the greatest out-migration of blacks during the same period. Among migrants from the Northeast, Midwest, and West regions, blacks were more likely than whites to select destinations in the South. Atlanta and Washington, D.C. were the top destinations for black migrants from all three regions; white migrants moved to a broader set of areas including Miami, Phoenix, and Los Angeles.
Fixed This is a good list you made of southern history and the party that represents them . The DNA of the party that represents the confederate south is racist