tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post3403549065751587389..comments2024-03-16T05:00:38.826-04:00Comments on Egnorance: What about the Democrats' Southern Strategy?mregnorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431770851694587832noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-61161233940502135462014-11-01T15:51:01.977-04:002014-11-01T15:51:01.977-04:00Super old post. I just wanted to comment, because...Super old post. I just wanted to comment, because I see this post get used from time to time in political debates. <br /><br />The democrat who lead the democrat resistance to the civil rights movement was Strom Thurmond. Let it sink in... Yes. Strom Thurmond was the deomcrat who lead the resistance to the civil rights movement. <br /><br />Also - the Civil Rights movement was fought along geographic lines - not party lines. TheUnion states favored it, and the Confederate states did not. Further, In the Union states, more Democrats favored the CRA, relative to Republicans. In the Confederate states, more Democrats favored the CRA relative to Republicans. The North favored the CRA, the South did not. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-58828428103847510562012-10-22T09:09:57.078-04:002012-10-22T09:09:57.078-04:00It's amazing how all those Northeasterners, Mi...It's amazing how all those Northeasterners, Midwesterners, and Westerners (including net numbers of black individuals and families) become part of the Great White Nixonian Racial Conspiracy Election Cycle Rile-em-Up "Narrative" when they move to the Southeast. As they must have done, since quite a few people have moved to warmer (and freer) climes since 1976.<br /><br />Must be all that sunshine. It gets to ya, dude.<br /><br />BTW, there's a great interactive migration map at the <a href="http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2008/12/17/u-s-migration-flows/" rel="nofollow">Pew site</a> that even a fourth grader or Obama supporter can comprehend.George Boggsnoreply@blogger.com