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BaronChocula

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Reply to Kid Berwyn (Original post)

Tue Jan 23, 2024, 03:30 PM

Jan 2024

So much history is lost on what made the gop the party it is today. I like to say Reagan expanded the confederacy into the North by scapegoating blacks. His "Welfare Queen on the South Side of Chicago" helped deliver his "Reagan Democrats." Before the Welfare Queen in 1980 there was the "strapping young buck" waiting in line to pay for steaks with food stamps in 1976.

I like to point out that every Senate Republican leader since Bob Dole has been a southerner (Lott, Frist, McConnell)

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Very happy for this post! BaronChocula Jan 2024 #8

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Indeed. bucolic_frolic Jan 2024 #13

Thank you. Must emphasize racist history. Kid Berwyn Jan 2024 #28

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Very interesting, thanks so much for the link. 👍🙂 nt Raine Jan 2024 #30

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You are welcome! Kid Berwyn Jan 2024 #32