> Sam wrote: > Well it is the party that created the KKK. > I don't think the Democratic party spun off the KKK, but rather it was a result of the Civil War. Essentially it was, and is, a modern American insurgency pretty similar to Iraq.
Another interesting point is that shows the evolution of the parties. The Democrats - near as I can remember anyway - were the original rich man's party and gun right's advocates due to their DFL type background; i.e., farmers. As farming converted from 90% of our economy to 5% the party seemed to evolve to what it is today, a catch-all. Didn't Will Rogers famously say something like, "I don't belong to an organized political party, I'm a Democrat"? Anyway the real progression can be seen in the south where the farmer tradition includes the democrat tradition; which is at odds with civil rights, the place the Democrats migrated too. At the same time, Republicans have been 3 groups: social conservatives, fiscal conservatives, and FP conservatives. Thus given the Christian tradition it was only natural that The South would drift Republican. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:266804 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
