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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-28-10 05:23 PM
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12. But LBJ was the Democratic President...
and he pushed it thru even though he knew his Party would probably lose the South for a generation or more. And he was right.

But it was the Democrats that brought it up, not the Republicans. Yes, they had to vote for it because they were the "Party of Lincoln". But just like now with healthcare, they did nothing when they had the chance...
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