On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:54:20 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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Actually the 1964 Civil Rights act was passed because of Republican
support. The biggest hindrance to the passage was Sen. Gore. Yup, Al's
racist daddy.



Most southern Democrats opposed the bill. That's a fact. It's also a fact
that southern Democrat Congressmen/women are no longer racists; whereas,
most of the southern Republicans are now anti-minority. So, what you're
saying is that a segment of Congress grew up, and another segment regressed.

and no question that southern dems became southern republicans. as LBJ
said when he signed the bill "i think we just handed the south to the
GOP for the next generation'.

and he was right. if the GOP supported the bill, southern racists
didn't see it that way.