At 01:51 AM 1/12/2004 +0000 Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>The Fool wrote:
>>
>> The Republican party is _built_ on confederate loving, racist,
>> bigoted, bible thumping fundamentalists in the south. Republicans
>> couldn't win without the bigot vote. Republicans like Rush, and
>> Buchanan, routinely pander to bigoted southerners.
>>
>How interesting. We learned here in Brazil that the Republican
>Party was Lincoln's Party, and that Lincoln made war against the
>South Separatists.
>
>Which one of these two statements is wrong?
Both are correct.
The South of the United States no longer casts votes on racial issues, but
does cast votes on religious/cultural conservatism issues. This has led
to the once "Democratic Solid South" becoming the "Republican Solid South."
JDG
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