And I quote:
"But the republicans have always been a state's rights party whereas the democrats are a big government party. "
- For_Gondors
Really??? It is the Republican Party that has always been about state rights??? And here I thought it was the then southern Democratic Party that left the union over "state rights" and the northern Republican Party that was all about federal power.
2007-03-20 19:51:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
You are correct about the history of the parties but that all change with the civil rights movement. Now Republicans are for state's rights and Democrats, Big Government. Southern Democrats in the 60's were upset with the Democratic party supporting civil rights and switch to the Republican party. This made the Republicans change their stance on states rights.
2007-03-20 19:59:24 · answer #1 · answered by hockey 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If liberals are for state rights then let abortion be a state-controlled issue, like it should be.
2007-03-21 03:31:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same reason some liberals are simply clueless.
2007-03-21 03:04:21 · answer #3 · answered by DOOM 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Imbreeding from the South. It shrinks the brain- look at Dubya.
2007-03-21 03:11:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋