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**Stengapsept** · 01-23-2006, 05:05 PM

I think it all started when bible belt dixiecrats started leaving the democratic party for the republicans during the fights over the civil rights and voting rights acts of the sixties. The result of that migration was made clear when Reagan swept the south in 1980. In the years since then, republican leaders have continued his policy of pandering to the social reactionaries.
Up until w was elected, this mostly consisted of giving lip service since the pro business/wealthiest 2% core of the party had traditionally supported individual freedoms as long as they didn't adversely affect profit or cause the imposition of taxes. By the time w was elected, however, the radicals in the fundamentalist movement had integrated themselves far enough into the party to be in a position to demand their due.
The other factor in this equation is the almost universal support for abortion choice on the democratic side. An increasing number of voters who would otherwise never vote for a republican or side with the jerry falwells and pat robertsons of the world are doing so to fight abortion.

01-23-2006, 05:05 PM	#5
Stengapsept Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 651 Senior Member	I think it all started when bible belt dixiecrats started leaving the democratic party for the republicans during the fights over the civil rights and voting rights acts of the sixties. The result of that migration was made clear when Reagan swept the south in 1980. In the years since then, republican leaders have continued his policy of pandering to the social reactionaries. Up until w was elected, this mostly consisted of giving lip service since the pro business/wealthiest 2% core of the party had traditionally supported individual freedoms as long as they didn't adversely affect profit or cause the imposition of taxes. By the time w was elected, however, the radicals in the fundamentalist movement had integrated themselves far enough into the party to be in a position to demand their due. The other factor in this equation is the almost universal support for abortion choice on the democratic side. An increasing number of voters who would otherwise never vote for a republican or side with the jerry falwells and pat robertsons of the world are doing so to fight abortion.
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