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SCantiGOP

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1. SC is under a 3 point spread

Reply to GulfCoast66 (Original post)

Mon Aug 8, 2016, 09:23 PM

Aug 2016

Don't think we can win it, but it's getting closer. The shame is we have a very weak field in the Statehouse due to gerrymandering giving the GOP about 20% more representation than they should have.

I've said the same as you many times; LBJ said a generation, but we're into the 3rd generation and Repub racist politics still control the Deep South.

Also, one side of my family has been in the South for 3 centuries (the other side getting here during the Irish potato famine) and I really want to see our Party govern here again.

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LBJ was so very wrong. [View all] GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 OP

SC is under a 3 point spread SCantiGOP Aug 2016 #1

I turn 50 in just over a month GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #2

If white, did you, as you grew up, consider the "n" word absolutely normal and appropriate... 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #3

I'm too shamed to answer that question SCantiGOP Aug 2016 #4

Don't be ashamed. You grew up in a culture you didn't create. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #5

Normal, yes. Heard it all the time. GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #9

" He left small town south because he could not stand the hate. " 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #13

Different? GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #15

I'm from GA, born in 1946 brer cat Aug 2016 #23

I agree it was not usually hate. More just a sense of separation and superiority. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #27

Native Floridian, lived in the south all my life OriginalGeek Aug 2016 #28

2 generations + elleng Aug 2016 #6

LBJ never foresaw someone as offensive and caustic.... Raster Aug 2016 #7

FDR developed the southern strategy. former9thward Aug 2016 #8

A generation is about 25 years, so he was actually right book_worm Aug 2016 #10

I must polity disagree GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #12

Tonkin Gulf Martin Eden Aug 2016 #11

Great post GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #14

LBJ wouldn't be shocked by the racism. It was even worse during his long career. Martin Eden Aug 2016 #17

This back and forth has been very enlightening GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #19

Vietnam was a big part of my political awakening Martin Eden Aug 2016 #21

On Moyers' PBS show, I heard phone recordings of LBJ... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #20

First and foremost it was a political decision Martin Eden Aug 2016 #22

I looked for the LBJ phone recordings again... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #24

K&R... spanone Aug 2016 #16

This is a good thread. longship Aug 2016 #18

Good sentiment, GulfCoast66. n/t Hugin Aug 2016 #25

But LBJ was also so right Proud Public Servant Aug 2016 #26