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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Credit should go to Eisenhower for what he did during his administration, whatever the reason. The Dems were pretty wishy-washy about civil rights until Kennedy and, even more so, Johnson, and the real birth of the Southern Strategy was Barry Goldwater's campaign. FDR won sizable black votes based more on his economic policy than his support for civil rights, which was often lukewarm.
And the huge black vote for Democrats comes after the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Imagine that.
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I do give credit to Eisenhower. And didn't he integrate the military, too?
Unfortunately, Eisenhower is about as far from today's Republican party as I am.
As for the last point -- Black people were just responding to racist Democratic appeals. Haven't you been reading today?
