A History of Liberal White Racism

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185. Then it shouldn't be difficult to answer my earlier question: what are some of his right-wing

positions, aside from his reprehensible views on race?

Your assertion is that he played up and/or faked liberal credentials in order to presumably advance his true agenda which was right wing. So what are some elements of that right-wing agenda? What are some of his accomplishments in that regard? He's not like Rand Paul. Rand Paul doesn't support the president's agenda in its entirety. Rand Paul doesn't stump for liberal candidates. Rand Paul doesn't spearhead liberal initiatives. Bilbo did those things.

I'm not aware of a lot of right wing positions Bilbo held, other than his racism.

And also, Rand Paul, at least, seems to be rather outright about his contempt of (most of) progressive ideology.....but you know what? He can afford to do so. Bilbo could not; had he done so, it could have significantly harmed his status with many of the more moderate Mississippians(whom were often, unfortunately, either in the dark about the true extent of his bigotry, or even willing to overlook it), even if his hardcore conservative base would have still have stuck with him to the end(and they would have).

You seem to suggest that Mississippi voters in the years between the world war were willing to overlook something like Bilbo's racism because of his progressive politics. I think that's rather specious. The majority of the electorate in Mississippi in the 1920s was not progressive on racial issues. I also doubt that Bilbo's bigotry was unknown to most voters. He campaigned on it. Here's an example:

http://mdah.state.ms.us/pubs/bilbo.pdf

In 1927, Bilbo mounted the first of many political comebacks when he ran for a second term as governor. During the campaign the incumbent governor, Dennis Murphree, called out the National Guard to prevent the lynching of a black man. Bilbo used the incident to his advantage, hinting that he would have acted differently had he been in office. This racebaiting tactic helped Bilbo become the first Mississippian to serve two terms as governor since 1890.

Still, if you have some evidence that he hoodwinked the public about his bigotry, I'd be interested in seeing it.