RE: The North Carolina Election of 1898
Try re-reading Bartlett's piece and insert 'liberal' in place of each 'Republican' and 'conservative' in place of each 'Democrat'. It may make better sense that way while maintaining its accuracy. Plus it's a hoot.
It might be a hoot, but it would also be a waste of time. "Conservative" and "Liberal" are even worse labels since their meaning can (and does) change in a generation or less.
It's clear that 'Democrats' of 1898 were much closer in philosophy to modern-day 'conservatives' than to those modern-day Democrats that Steve named in his previous post.
What??!! That's exactly like saying, "An apple is much more like a horse than it ever was a cow." The Democrats of today are only different than the Democrats of 1898 in that they have also decided to pander to sexual deviants and socialists. They are still racists and they still embrace demagoguery and thuggery as political tools. These days, they just seem to have better marketing skills. Conservative and liberal have nothing to do with this. Your pathetic attempts at painting conservatism as a safe harbor for racism are as transparent as they are inept. The Republicans were clearly considered a conservative party when they joined President Johnson in pushing through the Civil Rights Act over the obstructions and objections of, you guessed it, the Democrats.
The fact remains that the one and only coup d'etat carried out in US History belongs to the good old NC Democrats. That party has a continuous history since then of oligarchy and corruption. When someone talks about the good ol' boy network in North Carolina, they are invariably referring to the Democrats. You can try as hard as you like to morph the party into something else by pretending that the Democrats and Republicans changed places, but that's just wishful thinking. The Republicans have their own problems with hypocrisy and ineptitude, but they have a continuous history in NC of opposition to racism and segregation.
By the way, I'm finding this convoluted defense of the NC Democrat Party by you "nonpartisans" to be hugely entertaining.
It might be a hoot, but it would also be a waste of time. "Conservative" and "Liberal" are even worse labels since their meaning can (and does) change in a generation or less.
It's clear that 'Democrats' of 1898 were much closer in philosophy to modern-day 'conservatives' than to those modern-day Democrats that Steve named in his previous post.
What??!! That's exactly like saying, "An apple is much more like a horse than it ever was a cow." The Democrats of today are only different than the Democrats of 1898 in that they have also decided to pander to sexual deviants and socialists. They are still racists and they still embrace demagoguery and thuggery as political tools. These days, they just seem to have better marketing skills. Conservative and liberal have nothing to do with this. Your pathetic attempts at painting conservatism as a safe harbor for racism are as transparent as they are inept. The Republicans were clearly considered a conservative party when they joined President Johnson in pushing through the Civil Rights Act over the obstructions and objections of, you guessed it, the Democrats.
The fact remains that the one and only coup d'etat carried out in US History belongs to the good old NC Democrats. That party has a continuous history since then of oligarchy and corruption. When someone talks about the good ol' boy network in North Carolina, they are invariably referring to the Democrats. You can try as hard as you like to morph the party into something else by pretending that the Democrats and Republicans changed places, but that's just wishful thinking. The Republicans have their own problems with hypocrisy and ineptitude, but they have a continuous history in NC of opposition to racism and segregation.
By the way, I'm finding this convoluted defense of the NC Democrat Party by you "nonpartisans" to be hugely entertaining.
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