At 01:51 AM 1/12/2004 +0000 Alberto Monteiro wrote: >The Fool wrote: >> >> The Republican party is _built_ on confederate loving, racist, >> bigoted, bible thumping fundamentalists in the south. Republicans >> couldn't win without the bigot vote. Republicans like Rush, and >> Buchanan, routinely pander to bigoted southerners. >> >How interesting. We learned here in Brazil that the Republican >Party was Lincoln's Party, and that Lincoln made war against the >South Separatists. > >Which one of these two statements is wrong?
Both are correct. The South of the United States no longer casts votes on racial issues, but does cast votes on religious/cultural conservatism issues. This has led to the once "Democratic Solid South" becoming the "Republican Solid South." JDG _______________________________________________________ John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity." - George W. Bush 1/29/03 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l