Why I was raised a Republican

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Originally Posted by Riot

Good point. Both parties were cautious in action on civil rights, even the Kennedy Dems. I don't know if the country could have tolerated more change, more quickly. Yet we have many of the same problems now, still. Remnants from that cautiousness of that era? From not being surgical and severe enough at the time? Maybe.

I think that people haven't changed across the spectrum, as much as what the organized groups have chosen to stand for - "this season".

Yes, many of the old problems remain, Dr King's murder slowed the train significantly but both parties, for all their bluster, accept that America has to be governed from the middle. Perhaps they are correct when many folks call the likes of Clinton and Obama radical liberals. I would give anything to see one real left wing President in my lifetime but I've long since accepted that will not happen.