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rampartc

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4. i was young when the "solid south" was a democratic single party bloc

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2021, 07:51 AM

Feb 2021

we had many choices from "old regular" machine democrats through reform democrats, liberals and the black tickets.

now the single party in most of the south (outside the "black majority" districts into which we gerrymandered ourselves) is trumpist republican and there are no choices.

we are a big tent. welcome the evangelicals and dixiecrats back in (where we can marginalize them) and we do not need republicans.

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We don't need a functional GOP [View all] struggle4progress Feb 2021 OP

We need 2 parties: moderate & progressive Democratic leaders SheltieLover Feb 2021 #1

:) struggle4progress Feb 2021 #3

Sane Republicans need to leave the GOP struggle4progress Feb 2021 #2

YEP Cosmocat Feb 2021 #6

You just described the area that I live in! pazzyanne Feb 2021 #8

Not "belief" but "know" RVN VET71 Feb 2021 #12

i was young when the "solid south" was a democratic single party bloc rampartc Feb 2021 #4

FUCK NO. No racist Dixiecrat should EVER be allowed into The Democratic Party. Tommymac Feb 2021 #14

Gingrich-type conservatives have bottled up liberalism for 25 years or more bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #5

And may Gingrich and his type be washed away! RVN VET71 Feb 2021 #13

The GOP reigned when oil refinery magnates joined with "red scare" warriors. jaxexpat Feb 2021 #7

Amen. Joinfortmill Feb 2021 #9

The Radical Republican Reich, formerly the Republican Party, is a threat to the U.S. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2021 #10

Let the Republican Party fragment and die. hunter Feb 2021 #11

I heartily endorse this post and these responses! RobertDevereaux Feb 2021 #15

Coming from Jennifer Rubin, an avowed conservative, this is a remarkable take Mr. Ected Feb 2021 #16

I believe that the Democrats should actively found a Left-of-Left Party Joe Nation Feb 2021 #17

We need a dem liberal party I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2021 #18