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Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by Crabtownboy, Feb 1, 2014.

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  1. Bro. Curtis

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    __________________Erm….make that "i(N) the bible"…..
     
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    Been away for a week or so. When I lived in Virginia Republicans were as scarce as hen's teeth. Just wondered when you "fell from grace" and deserted to the democrats.
     
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    Old, welcome back. I grew up in the Shenandoah Valley. Interestingly it was the most Republican section of VA when I was a kid. The Byrd machine owned the state back then.

    I left the Republican party when I realized it had moved so far following their adoption of their Southern Policy that I could no longer support the party. This does not mean I have never voted Republican since then. I voted for Marjorie Hold in ever election she ran in for the House of Representatives. She was a great Congresswoman and did a very good job.

    I am not tied to any party in the sense that I would vote for anyone that party ran. It comes down to the beliefs and ideas the candidate expresses. If a candidate shows me they are more concerned about the average American as well as the elderly, the sick, the poor the I would vote for that person.

    I will not vote for any candidate that I believe has the rich and special interest folk at heart over those I mentioned in the paragraph above.

    I understand there are points in this reply that you probably do not agree with, but that is fine. It would be a very boring world if we all agreed on everything. :laugh:


    Cheers, and again, welcome back.
     
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  4. OldRegular

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    You see the so-called Southern Strategy as racist. I see it as smart! The Republican Party went where the votes were. The once stronghold of the Republican Party, the Northeast and parts of the Midwest were seduced by the "dark side". The South has been traditionally Conservative even when it was solid for the democrats.

    Some the great Democrat Senators have come from the South, Walter George, Richard Russell, Strom Thurmond, John McClellan, Alben Barkley, John Stennis; but then there were those like LBJ, Estes Kefauver, Fritz Hollings, Huey P Long, the two Gores from Tenn, and numerous others as bad or worse.
     
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    Old, I would never say it was not smart politically for it was. However IMHO that does not mean it was not racist. The old Solid South for the Democrats was racist as well.

    You missed Harry Byrd. If you were not part of the Byrd machine while he was alive you simply could not be elected. A number of those senators you mentioned I would not hold up as role models ... but I don't want to go into that can of worms.
     
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    Racists went to the liberal Democrats--non-racists went to the GOP because the GOP voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when the Democrats opposed it.
     
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    I include some of those I would not hold up as role molds:

    I put all those in the same boat along with the entire democrat caucus in the Senate with Harry Reid as the worst of the lot!
     
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    I understand.


    You realize that we discussing some fellows that the kiddies on the board have never heard of before.

    There was one attribute about these fellows I wish our current crop of Senators had and that is even if they did not agree and maybe even did not like each other they would get together and discuss issues. I think that came from their experiences in WW II where you had to work with folk you might not have liked as your life and their depended on working together. Unfortunately IMHO a lot of the current Senators grew up spoiled and never having to work with anyone outside their own circle. Maybe this is a good argument for universal military service. I'll have to think about that.

     
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