07-28-2020, 08:47 AM
(07-26-2020, 02:11 AM)Eric the Green Wrote:(07-25-2020, 06:30 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: All that I ask is that the GOP go back to being humane and sane. We need that!
That is a tall order. They would have to go back as they were before about July 1964.
Their last sanity was for many of them to vote for the civil rights bill. Their insanity began with Goldwater's nomination. I do admit some sane acts did manage to get through from Nixon, but on balance, he and his party had gone over the edge at that point.
I am not sure sane is quite the right word. They had a better feeling for where the people were at the time. If there came to be elitist and racist elements to the GOP, the fact that the progressive era came to an end showed how racist America was at the time. The Democrats going for all men being equal under law and fighting on the side of the working man was a losing proposition. There were just more racists at the time.
Not sure that this is still the case. Appealing to the old racist values may not be a winning proposition at this point.
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.
