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In reply to the discussion: I still cant get my head around the fact the Lincoln was a Republican and Democrats [View all]Bucky
(53,998 posts)41. Yeah, weird, cause, like all that changed happened, like, overnight and stuff.
I mean, duuuude.
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I still cant get my head around the fact the Lincoln was a Republican and Democrats [View all]
srican69
Dec 2012
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What I find wierd is the switching of poles .. certain core values is what define a party ...
srican69
Dec 2012
#7
Between Nixon's "Southern Strategy" and Johnson's signing of the Voting Rights Act
1-Old-Man
Dec 2012
#18
The "Solid South" was solidly white Democrats -- blacks, if they voted, voted Republican
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#21
Not so much anti-war as anti-foreign entanglement (read 'isolationist'...)
Surya Gayatri
Dec 2012
#36