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Manifestor_of_Light

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6. I'll tell you what they were trying to do in 1958.

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 01:40 AM

Jan 2013

My parents were delegates to the 1958 Texas Democratic Convention.
They were part of a group trying to nominate Henry B. Gonzalez for governor.
They said there were fistfights, walkouts and rump conventions!!
And some old lady hit Father over the head with her purse in the middle of a free-for-all!!!

Ah, the good old days!!!

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What I Amazing Is That Texas Used To Be A Blue State. What The Heck Happened ----- [View all] TheMastersNemesis Jan 2013 OP

BFEE was formed. Skink Jan 2013 #1

I think... Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #2

Thank goodness he left the party. A weak knee politician. LiberalFighter Jan 2013 #12

I don't see it that way. He WINS elections. He looks like Ken of Ken & Barbie... Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #16

When the democrats nominated McGovern and the Democratic Party was WCGreen Jan 2013 #3

Texas was a Democratic state because it took Southerners a century to get over Reconstruction NoPasaran Jan 2013 #4

LBJ with Civil Rights legislation a major factor. LiberalFighter Jan 2013 #13

Gerrymandering districts! B Calm Jan 2013 #5

How did they gerrymander districts without first winning a majority of the state legislature? onenote Jan 2013 #8

I'll tell you what they were trying to do in 1958. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2013 #6

They believed their own hype......... thelordofhell Jan 2013 #7

The long goodbye elleng Jan 2013 #9

GOP has successfully used racism to make white voters opposed to all liberal ideas. reformist2 Jan 2013 #10

The influence of the Southern Baptist Church. Chipper Chat Jan 2013 #11

They need to be told that hell isn't what they need to worry about. LiberalFighter Jan 2013 #14

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ensured political realignment of the South over the next 50 years. Selatius Jan 2013 #15

The same thing that happened to the rest of the south, plus oil money? Orangepeel Jan 2013 #17

Racism, that's what happened. bemildred Jan 2013 #18