>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.
Based on and made up of angry Democrats >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. They were plantation rich while the North was industrial rich. The south needed slaves to stay rich, the north used advancements in technology. >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"? Wasn't he an actor? >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. The democrats always fought civil rights. >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. The democrats abandoned the South. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:266812 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
