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In reply to the discussion: "We Lost the Battle for the Republican Party's Soul Long Ago." -Stuart Stevens [View all]Hamlette
(15,417 posts)30. really interesting side discussion about Wm Buckley from link in article
Buckley was a racist but changed and became one of the leading civil rights voices in the GOP starting in the 1960s. The link talks about Buckley's reasoning when he was a bigot: blacks, being not as advanced (smart), could be easily manipulated to vote for demagogues leading a populist movement which would lead to totalitarianism.
Which was exactly what happened to whites in the GOP, not the blacks Buckley feared.
Good, short read:
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/05/13/william-f-buckley-civil-rights-215129
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"We Lost the Battle for the Republican Party's Soul Long Ago." -Stuart Stevens [View all]
DemocratSinceBirth
Jul 2020
OP
George Romney, Pete McCloskey, Jacob Javits, John Lindsey, William Cohen, Chuck Hagel and others
Tom Rinaldo
Jul 2020
#8
In some cases they would be called Democrats now, and in Crist's case now he is one
Tom Rinaldo
Jul 2020
#12
How many times does the GOP have to crash the economy and run up the deficit to figure out
vlyons
Jul 2020
#5
The Southern Strategy of Lee Atwater and his convicted felons has gone national.
Marcuse
Jul 2020
#20
rw radio was essential for finally implementing that strategy - see comment below
certainot
Jul 2020
#24
Trump has thrown our country back 70 years and exposed the fact that racism never left,
cayugafalls
Jul 2020
#22
analysts like him live in cities and can't see the problem or are often afraid to say it - limbaugh
certainot
Jul 2020
#23
Hate radio is IT. And it makes me want to SCREAM that Democrats don't seem to get that -
calimary
Jul 2020
#31
The GOPee party lost its soul when Reagan supplanted patriotism with greed and Fundie morality
bucolic_frolic
Jul 2020
#34