--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 8/1/05 3:36:19 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > OMG!!! First, to somehow equate the republican party of 140 yrs ago > to today's party is ridiculous. Today's republicans have little in > common with goldwater much less lincoln. > > 2nd, the civil rights legislation was introduced by pres. kennedy and > led through the house and senate by democrats. IT was opposed by the > South - both democrat and republican - with a few exceptions like > Johnson of Texas. Finally signed into law by Pres. Johnson, who > remarked afterword that he just gave the south to the republicans, > which in fact was true as southern bigots felt betrayed by the > democrats who championed civil rights and began switching in droves to > the republican party which is how it stands today. > > > > > Fact is more republicans voted for the civil rights legislation than > democrats. It would not have passed if it had not been for republican support
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