So if Texas (and others) secede from the US, maybe we can change BSA!

[moosetracker]

Because the ancient and honored tradition of the Democrats was only their tradition until the people of the parties changed parties, and the Republican party moved to be predomantly a Southern party that was the party with white supremacy, and the Democrats went from being the Southern party to the Northern party.. This may seem like a strange concept to you, but if the people change party affilitions the bad habits of the people go with the people.

 

If you had two houses on a street, and one had a normal family living in it, while the other house is a known for loud parties, drugs sex and rock and roll.. If for some reason those people buy each others houses and move into each others houses, you are silly to still consider the original house to be the house of ill repute, when for the next 20 years after the switch-a-roo it is the other house that is now carrying on the loud parties, drug, sex and rock and roll by the same people who were carrying on in the other house before the move.. While the old house is now quiet and well kept, by it's new tenants..

 

Around the time of JFK, when he (as the Democratic President) became the champion for civil rights for the blacks, this caused the rift.. Nixon (Republican) and Watergate, was a strike against Republicans being so upstanding, but I think Regan as the Republican candidate finalized the rift by using the southern strategy of Welfare Queens, as well as other bells and whistles to get the whites to resent blacks and other poors.. From then on the change was permenant, Republicans (the party that was Lincolns and started out in the North) becames the party of the south.. And the Democrats (the party that was where the KKK was known to exists moved South).. So although the people did not change houses, the houses basically got up and moved to the opposite sides of the street, while the people remained where they were and just took up residence in the house that was on their plot of land. Carrying on in the fashion that they had been carrying on before the houses up and moved.

 

So pointing to the sins of the Democrats before and even into the JFK presidential campaign is really a laugh.. Those sins belong to the people of the party, not to the party.. And all those people are now Republicans.(This message has been edited by moosetracker)

[SSScout]

 

Anyone seen the movie "Lincoln"?

 

I especially liked watching the House debates over the proposed amendment. Thaddeus Stevens, now there's a Scoutmaster for you !