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It switched in 1965 with Johnson and the Voting/Civil Rights Acts. Put in motion by Nixon in 1968 Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2021 #1
They are the party of Reagan, not that it is a GOOD thing... he was awful. TigressDem Jan 2021 #10
It actually started long before that moose65 Jan 2021 #23
Yes, good analysis. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2021 #27
Some say Donald J tRump is the last president of the Confederacy. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2021 #2
K&R K& R K&R K&R K& R K&R K&R K& R K&R TigressDem Jan 2021 #11
Everything changed in the 1960s with the civil rights movement. n/t servermsh Jan 2021 #3
I ask them Cirque du So-What Jan 2021 #4
They just say that when someone brings up their racism JI7 Jan 2021 #5
We should respond, "AND look at how much the Democratic Party CHANGED since then.... TigressDem Jan 2021 #6
AND look at how much the Republican Party has CHANGED NM Grins Jan 2021 #18
Riiight? nt TigressDem Jan 2021 #19
Things change over 150 years, morons! MineralMan Jan 2021 #7
Not for conservatives who seek to live in the past. nt TigressDem Jan 2021 #12
Reality Bites. MineralMan Jan 2021 #16
That and "Republicans freed the slaves" LakeArenal Jan 2021 #8
Repubs primary reason for freeing the slaves was to drive wages down... Wounded Bear Jan 2021 #14
When I hear "Party of Lincoln" as shaming attempt to Blacks who vote Democratic... Montauk6 Jan 2021 #9
SO WHY is the LINCOLN Group outing you folk again? Oh yeah, your CURRENT actions betray you. nt TigressDem Jan 2021 #13
Not Democrats - CONSERVATIVES made up the Confederacy... Grins Jan 2021 #15
My response is . . . gratuitous Jan 2021 #17
And it's apparently their proud history (of not even 5 years), Hav Jan 2021 #20
Once again, proving that they are total idiots. smirkymonkey Jan 2021 #21
They wave the flag of the people who killed Lincoln, their party founder. Iterate Jan 2021 #22
sure llashram Jan 2021 #24
Yet all the Confederates are in their party. Bad Thoughts Jan 2021 #25
Tell 'em: Thank God you republicans won that war back in the 1860s. keithbvadu2 Jan 2021 #26
Another way that we are different from them moose65 Jan 2021 #28
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