The Eastern Establishment moderate Republicans who composed a large segment of Republican Party during the 1960s who supported progressive social legislation are now extinct. Following the passage of '60s Civil Rights legislation, the Republican party's Southern Strategy encouraged entrenched southern racists to align with the Republican party to maintain their racism-Republican god Ronald Reagan chose tiny Philadelphia, Mississippi, the scene of a brutal triple murder of 60s civil rights workers, to formally announce his 1980 candidacy.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" <willy...@...> wrote: > > > > > do.rflex: > > > They were wrong about Social Security... > > > > "FDR passed Social Security with massive > Republican support -- 81 Republicans voted > in favor of the measure in the House and > only 15 against while 16 Republicans voted > in favor in the Senate and just 5 against..." > > Newsbusters: > > Read more: > http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/03/25/lehrer-accuses-gop-blocking-civil-rights-act-kyl-corrects-him#ixzz0jcPOAD0A > > http://tinyurl.com/yghhj9c >
