The Final US Election Thread

[TinCow]

I guess I'd like to hear from you why you think the Republican party under George W. Bush has been segregationist? The author is making a direct comparison between her father (before he sang Kumbaya and reformed himself) and Geroge W. Bush in 2008 in the particular, and by extension the GOP in 2008 at large. You appear to be applauding her comparison. I'd like to hear some justification for that.

Did you even read that article? It makes no claims at all that Bush was segregationist. It compares the impact of Wallace's stance on segregation and the resulting national about-face to Bush's policies in handling issues like Iraq and domestic spying and the subsequent rejection of the Republican party in yesterday's election. There is nothing in there about Bush or the current Republicans being segregationists. It compares the turnabouts, not the issues which caused them.