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12. +1. Yes, I'm sorry to say that some of my extended family while strong on unions and FDR, were...

Sat Aug 18, 2012, 05:01 PM

Aug 2012

Definitely showing those racist tendencies even though one of them was an emigrant who complained about not being treated fairly. He described being beaten for not speaking English well by the 'cops,' yet when the Democratic Convention in 1968 happened, he was all for the protestors getting beaten. ???

What he did, I understand now, was to identify with his oppressor. I suspect this is what happens to many. It's going with the winning side, not necessarily the best choice.

They were strong on women's rights, labor and 'blue dog Democrats.' They still voted for Democratic candidates, but the things they said as the sixties rolled on with the push for civil rights were shocking to me.

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Ronald Reagan was right...... [View all] James48 Aug 2012 OP

Yes he was right leaftie Aug 2012 #1

He was still a festering asshole, even back then Major Nikon Aug 2012 #2

i cannot bring myself to rec this but kick it- i shall! thank you!!! stlsaxman Aug 2012 #3

Strange how the situation in 1948 was DavidL Aug 2012 #4

The GOP got everyone off economics to voodoo economics with Reagan, but K & R freshwest Aug 2012 #7

I voted in 1980! DavidL Aug 2012 #10

I didn't vote for RR either. I thought the frigging world was coming to an end with he got in. freshwest Aug 2012 #11

A have yet to meet a "Reagan Democrat" DavidL Aug 2012 #13

I watched my coworkers go from Carter to Reagan, not over gas prices. It was AA that did it for them freshwest Aug 2012 #14

Carter was not an admiral. nt awoke_in_2003 Aug 2012 #15

Wasn't it NancyLauraCyndyAnn who changed his mind...oh, her and her psychic/astrologer? Tikki Aug 2012 #5

Pretty much Major Nikon Aug 2012 #9

+1. Yes, I'm sorry to say that some of my extended family while strong on unions and FDR, were... freshwest Aug 2012 #12

He always said, he never left the Democratic Party... reformist2 Aug 2012 #6

That is the spookiest thing I've heard in a long time. oldironside Aug 2012 #8