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In reply to the discussion: A question for older DUers and those who study history: Were repubicans always this nuts? [View all]dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Until 1964, Civil rights, which was backed by Johnson in the Senate, was a much watered down issue, only token laws with little substance had been passed. ( Read Caro's bios of Johnson for details).
But in '64, all that changed, not the least reason was the massive Civil rights movement.
THAT's when the Dixiecrats went nutz, and they went further around the bend after the Women's movement.
The two "chattel" classes had demanded their freedom.
By the 1968 Convention, the tone had most defiantly changed.
IMHO, from '64 on, the political tenor had seriously shifted, it was VERY evident by '68.
I remember so clearly that by the time Nixon took office, many of us were deeply appalled what he had done to the Office of the Presidency..we were stunned by Watergate.
Today, Watergate seems almost quaint in comparison to the massive wave of criminal behavior that constitutes our government.