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CrispyQ

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12. Scratch my response. It was bigotry, pure & simple.

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #9)

Wed Dec 29, 2021, 01:55 PM

Dec 2021

People of color & uppity women demanded equality & equity in the system & in the 60s they actually made some strides. The fragile white man's club couldn't deal. That was the spark.

on edit: Reading through this thread, it was probably a combo of things.

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1956 Republican Platform- What Happened? [View all] packman Dec 2021 OP

I used to vote religiously for Everett Dirksen. The last Republican I ever voted for. Midnight Writer Dec 2021 #1

Richard Nixon. Then Barry Goldwater. ColinC Dec 2021 #2

What the heck was the Dem Party platform that year? Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #3

Probably very similar. Elessar Zappa Dec 2021 #5

My Dad was always an ardent Democrat. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #7

Here's a very interesting read n the Democratic platform from 1956. Lonestarblue Dec 2021 #25

Many thanks, very interesting. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #28

The United States no longer is among the top 50 world democracies. pazzyanne Dec 2021 #29

Thank you! I had seen references to our drop but not by how much. Lonestarblue Dec 2021 #30

Greed? Lust for power? CrispyQ Dec 2021 #4

Didn't take long for the GOP to become the party of ruthless sociopaths. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #9

Scratch my response. It was bigotry, pure & simple. CrispyQ Dec 2021 #12

You are right on both counts. The GOP leaders want power and money. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #17

Wow nt XanaDUer2 Dec 2021 #6

Ronald Regan anti stupid Dec 2021 #8

I always wondered why more people didn't get the irony Mr.Bill Dec 2021 #20

ha ya reminds me of a Truman quote anti stupid Dec 2021 #23

That's a good one. Mr.Bill Dec 2021 #27

1964, is when the conservatives reclaimed the party with Goldwater's nomination. The 1964 ShazamIam Dec 2021 #10

Times changed and the MIC got control of our government. It's not about what's good for the jalan48 Dec 2021 #11

Short, and very simple answer of what happened SCantiGOP Dec 2021 #13

Yep, that's what happened. A big instigator of the shift was the issue of busing children to achiev Trailrider1951 Dec 2021 #18

Eisenhower happened. The 1952 one had plenty of wingnut-wish-list but... JHB Dec 2021 #14

at one time the GOP was the anti-slavery party lapfog_1 Dec 2021 #15

In 1956, "people" and "workers" and "communities" meant WHITE people, workers, and communities. zuul Dec 2021 #16

greed is what happened. nt Javaman Dec 2021 #19

The FDR New Deal was immensely popular. The (r)epuglicons had to play along with its tenets erronis Dec 2021 #21

If that really was their platform in 1956 KS Toronado Dec 2021 #22

Voters switching parties over time is what happened. cstanleytech Dec 2021 #24

What happened? Mr. Evil Dec 2021 #26

Seems like a thousand years ago. Codifer Dec 2021 #31