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"In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to a Republican method of winning Southern states in the latter decades of the 20th century and first decade of the 21st century by exploiting racism among white voters"
This phrase is attributed to Nixon's strategist, Kevin Phillips:
Hmmm, so the Voting Rights act was a good thing for the republicans, because all the racists were turned off by the blacks joining the democrats and they joined the republicans instead. Now i think i understand what a "Reagan Democrat" is.
I wonder what Karl Rove's mentor, Lee Atwater has to say about this:
Well, at least he's honest.
Lets see what former RNC Chair Ken Mehlman has to say about it:
Well, at least ONE prominent republican denounced it, but it appears it's still entrenched within the conservative movement as evidenced by Limbaugh (the face of the GOP) and Hannity, two of the most conservative commentators.
So what do you guys think, is the GOP inherently racist (more of a 'wink wink, nod nod' type racist, rather than burning cross on lawn racist)?
"In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to a Republican method of winning Southern states in the latter decades of the 20th century and first decade of the 21st century by exploiting racism among white voters"
This phrase is attributed to Nixon's strategist, Kevin Phillips:
From now on, the Republicans are never going to get more than 10 to 20 percent of the Negro vote and they don't need any more than that... but Republicans would be shortsighted if they weakened enforcement of the Voting Rights Act. The more Negroes who register as Democrats in the South, the sooner the Negrophobe whites will quit the Democrats and become Republicans. That's where the votes are. Without that prodding from the blacks, the whites will backslide into their old comfortable arrangement with the local Democrats.[3]
Hmmm, so the Voting Rights act was a good thing for the republicans, because all the racists were turned off by the blacks joining the democrats and they joined the republicans instead. Now i think i understand what a "Reagan Democrat" is.
I wonder what Karl Rove's mentor, Lee Atwater has to say about this:
You start out in 1954 by saying, "N1gger, N1gger, N1gger." By 1968 you can't say "N1gger"?that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like forced busing, states' rights and all that stuff. You're getting so abstract now [that] you're talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you're talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is [that] blacks get hurt worse than whites.
And subconsciously maybe that is part of it. I'm not saying that. But I'm saying that if it is getting that abstract, and that coded, that we are doing away with the racial problem one way or the other. You follow me?because obviously sitting around saying, "We want to cut this," is much more abstract than even the busing thing, and a hell of a lot more abstract than "N1gger, N1gger".[8]
Well, at least he's honest.
Lets see what former RNC Chair Ken Mehlman has to say about it:
"By the '70s and into the '80s and '90s, the Democratic Party solidified its gains in the African-American community, and we Republicans did not effectively reach out. Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I am here today as the Republican chairman to tell you we were wrong."[23] However prominent Republican and conservative commentators denounced Mehlman for his apology, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity among them.[24]
Well, at least ONE prominent republican denounced it, but it appears it's still entrenched within the conservative movement as evidenced by Limbaugh (the face of the GOP) and Hannity, two of the most conservative commentators.
So what do you guys think, is the GOP inherently racist (more of a 'wink wink, nod nod' type racist, rather than burning cross on lawn racist)?