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Old 08-12-2017, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by bobabode View Post
Utter revisionist nonsense. The southern racists and the GOP willingly joined forces under Nixon's 'Southern Strategy' and then were further cemented to the GOP under Reagan.
Indeed. LBJ said upon signing the Civil Rights Act "We have lost the South for a generation." He didn't say "I'm banishing Southern members of my own party."
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