tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31021134.post115499867275742196..comments2023-05-20T11:09:48.466-04:00Comments on Michael Katsimbris's Blog: evolutionMichael Katsimbrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12760088740215297546noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31021134.post-58029070615858475872006-08-22T22:37:00.000-04:002006-08-22T22:37:00.000-04:00Johnson did lose southern dems with civil rights. ...Johnson did lose southern dems with civil rights. <br /><br />The base of New Deal northern dems were union members and Catholics. The main reasons they left were the wave of riots and rising crime rates in the 1960s. Other reasons were Vietnam, busing, affirmative action and rising taxes. <br /><br />Two books that explain this are EJ Dionne's - Why Americans Hate Politics and Taylor Branch's - Canaan's Edge.<br /> <br />The neocon idea of the US using the military to impose democracy around the world is not a really traditional conservative or repub doctrine. That is why Will and Buckley disagree with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com