Reply #36: The amount of racism in the Republican Party is shocking [View All]

[jsw_81]

These people literally have to appeal to racists and bigots in order to have a chance of winning a national election. President Johnson was absolutely right when he said that the Civil Rights Act would deliver the South to the GOP for decades to come.

But what's really shocking is how the Republicans lie about history. They claim to be the Party of Lincoln, which is technically true, but they forget that the Republican Party of Lincoln's day was progressive (by 19th century standards), Northern, and relatively tolerant. The racist Southerners who now make up the bulk of the Republican base in 2004 would have hated and despised the Republicans of Lincoln's day.