Great prognostications in American conservative history.

[SpartanDem]

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Further proof

that all of human progress has been accomplished in spite of conservatism.

[annabanana]

2. kickety kick!. . What a bunch of wimps. . . . n/t

[freshwest]

3. But if you keep on electing conservatives, all of the collapses listed will happen.

[tclambert]

4. Conservative = Being on the wrong side of history

[Spitfire of ATJ]

5. Society isn't "fragile", it's kicked their "tough guy" asses without even trying.

[zipplewrath]

6. George Wallace

Segregation Now. Segregation tomorrow. Segregation forever!

It lasted about another 4 years.

[fantase56]

7. Further proof of the chicken little mentality of the frightened conservatives...nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Cool list. K&R, but "of" --> "or".

[gtar100]

9. Challenge - can anyone think of just one republican plan that has benefitted the working class

people in this country? It has to be something they championed and fought for.

Me? I'm drawing a big blank. But I'm not an authority on US history. Just semi-politically aware since Nixon.

[Jim Lane]

10. The Emancipation Proclamation. Some of TR's trust-busting.

I don't usually think of slavery in terms of a "class" analysis but you could consider slaves to be working class -- certainly not middle or upper class.

Theodore Roosevelt took some actions that restricted the oligarchs and did benefit the working class.

If I'm not allowed to go back more than a century, though, then I'm stumped.

[gtar100]

11. Yes, those are good ones. Now if only the repubs actually followed TR's lead.

It would be a very different country for the better if they did.

I suppose a more recent example might be found with the Eisenhower administration. But it's so telling that it's so difficult to come up with much of a list.