The Confederate South Lost To Democrats For The Long Haul!

Hard to believe, but 150 years after the Civil War, the party of Abraham Lincoln, which was hated in the South for a century, now controls 70 percent of all Congressional seats, helped along by Republican gerrymandering, and the future is gloomy for the Democratic Party in the Confederate South.

For the eleven states involved, there are now only four Democrats to the 18 for the Republicans, and it is thought likely that Mary Landrieu’s Louisiana Senate seat will be lost in the runoff election in that state in December. Only Bill Nelson’s seat in Florida and Tim Kaine’s and Mark Warner’s seats in Virginia are Democratic, and Warner nearly lost his seat eleven days ago!

In the House of Representatives, in the eleven states, there are only 37 Democrats to 99 Republicans, and 21 of the 37 Democratic seats are in mostly urban areas of Texas and Florida, and most of those seats are held by African Americans, Latinos, or Jews.

So the South has become an area totally different now than in the 19th century, but with, sadly, the same mentality on race, and lack of concern about the poor amongst themselves!

2 comments on “The Confederate South Lost To Democrats For The Long Haul!

  1. Minds and Times of F. Wayne Johnson November 16, 2014 7:43 am

    This is a posting from my friend in France. Be sure to play the clip because it is Ruby Bridges today talking about her thoughts and experience that year. By the way, the painting was done by Norman Rockwell.

    http://thebrainpolice.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-little-girl-in-painting.html?m=1

    I remember this well from the evening news back then….I’m glad we have come much farther as a nation. There is still more to go….damn Teabaggers. 🙂

  2. Ronald November 16, 2014 10:20 am

    Thanks, Wayne, for this video and the reminder of what we have been through as a nation, and still are, in 2014!

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