What if the Southern Strategy actaully existed? (totally not troll bait)

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http://buchanan.org/blog/nixon-southern-strategy-liberals-big-lie-6548
His position on other issues doesn't matter. What matters is the fact that he worked on the Nixon campaign, and therefore can be considered an expert on Nixon strategy.

You're basically saying that we shouldn't trust James Watson's mapping of DNA because he is a racist.

I get it you're 16 you need to own the libs, believe me when I was 14 and a commie I did the same thing

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Oooh. Bait.

Yes, we can trust Watson's mapping because it is independently verifiable and reproducible by other scientists. This is the scientific method.

The personal opinion of one staffer during the Nixon administration without documentation or additional context can be considered suspect, especially in light of documented statements and actions by other members of the party during the same period.
 
Extremism in the pursuit of Liberty is no vice.... Moderation in the pursuit of Justice is no virtue.

so we're quoting Goldwater now?

"Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them."
 

nickboy000

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Oooh. Bait.

Yes, we can trust Watson's mapping because it is independently verifiable and reproducible by other scientists. This is the scientific method.

The personal opinion of one staffer during the Nixon administration without documentation or additional context can be considered suspect, especially in light of documented statements and actions by other members of the party during the same period.
If I'm not mistaken Lee Atwater didn't work for Nixon
 
The southern strategy is real but it's also overstated as being the only reason the south shifted to the Republicans.

Much of the southern shift to the GOP was a product of urbanization-suburbaniztion in the south and the ideological alignment in which conservatives shifted into one party and liberals shifted into the other. The rise of the New South and a southern middle class was a strong part of the shifting of the south into the Republican column.

In 1960 Nixon won Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Florida (which was still more southern than not at the time) and got 48.52% of the vote in Texas, 47.89% of North Carolina, 47.27% of West Virginia, 42.16% of Alabama, etc.

In 1956 Eisenhower won Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Oklahoma, and Maryland. In 1952, Eisenhower won Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee, Texas, and Florida.


But, Nixon did try to to appeal to southern conservatives with law and order rhetoric and opposition to busing - but most of what he did also appealed to northern ethnics.

All true. There is a correlation between rising incomes and Republicanism in the South. There is also a correlation between in-migration and Republicanism, as the people from other states don't harbor antipathy toward the GOP.
 
Citing a genuine crypto-Nazi like Pat Buchanan, (I'm on the right, and I don't throw that term around lightly, but in Buchanan's case it's apposite) is maybe not the best appeal to authority on matters of racial politics.
 
I've held off on commenting on this obvious troll thread, but I guess I'll say something.

The Southern Strategy is very much a real thing. It was a tactic used by the GOP to increase support among racist white Southerners, mainly used by Goldwater & Nixon. Since it was more successful with Nixon, the GOP has used the tactic ever since, but they have become more "sly" or "quiet" about it.

Many modern day Republicans deny that the Southern Strategy happened, as they don't want to be pointed out as catering to racists. (But they actually do, look at the guy in the White House.) As for the OP, it does not help your case by looking up to & praising Pat Buchanan, a man who was deeply racist & bordering on fascist / crypto-nazi.

By looking at you denying the Southern Strategy shows that you are ignorant of politics, & you're most likely not the only one on this site that has denied the Southern Strategy. Im sure there are others, but they do not want to make their belief known, as it will lead to an action by either the Admin or one of the Mods.
 

nickboy000

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I've held off on commenting on this obvious troll thread, but I guess I'll say something.

The Southern Strategy is very much a real thing. It was a tactic used by the GOP to increase support among racist white Southerners, mainly used by Goldwater & Nixon. Since it was more successful with Nixon, the GOP has used the tactic ever since, but they have become more "sly" or "quiet" about it.

Many modern day Republicans deny that the Southern Strategy happened, as they don't want to be pointed out as catering to racists. (But they actually do, look at the guy in the White House.) As for the OP, it does not help your case by looking up to & praising Pat Buchanan, a man who was deeply racist & bordering on fascist / crypto-nazi.

By looking at you denying the Southern Strategy shows that you are ignorant of politics, & you're most likely not the only one on this site that has denied the Southern Strategy. Im sure there are others, but they do not want to make their belief known, as it will lead to an action by either the Admin or one of the Mods.

This long post doesn't provide any substantial evidence . It does suggest that questioning the Southern Strategy could get you banned, which is shocking.
 
So what if the Republican party actually attempted the Southern Strategy?

Since your entire history on this board has been insisting that racism doesn't exist, including reporting old mod posts banning racists as "abuse of power", I'm going to say that you don't need to be posting here.

Banned.
 
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