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Originally Posted by slapass
I think you are seeing this as one sided. I am sure they could make the same points for conservatives.
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Oh definitely. The whole religion thing used to be the Democrat party back in the day.
The Republicans grabbed it when Reagan ran for office.
But during the 1960's and 1970's when I was a kid all my family were Democrats. And so was the rest of the South up until Reagan campaigned and took it for the Republicans by using the so-called "Moral Majority".
Conservative used to mean spending money wisely and not wasting it. Small govt., less taxes on people.
All the "Jesus" b.s. over the last 3 decades has changed the meaning of "Conservative" just as much as the word "Liberal" has been hijacked.
Conservative used to stand for NorthEastern U.S. "Rockefeller Republicans". Southerners HATED Republicans. They stood for the elite, rich, well dressed, and social snobs.