The 1956 Republican platform

[madness]

Republican Party Platform of 1956 | The American Presidency Project

So you want to take it back to the 1950s when America was great, eh?

 

[mc_brew]

that was all for mostly white people... if you extend those benefits to non-whites the support dries up instantly.... selling racism to whites will always be a bigger draw than anything else....

 

[madness]

that was all for mostly white people... if you extend those benefits to non-whites the support dries up instantly.... selling racism to whites will always be a bigger draw than anything else....

This is true

 

[Professor Emeritus]

that was all for mostly white people... if you extend those benefits to non-whites the support dries up instantly.... selling racism to whites will always be a bigger draw than anything else....

In some senses partially true but all remember that in the 1950s the biggest racists weren't Republicans, they were Southern Democrats and segregationist parties. Quite a few Black folk were still repping the Republicans in the 1950s and many of these policies may honestly have had Black people in mind too.

 

[Yapdatfool]

In some senses partially true but all remember that in the 1950s the biggest racists weren't Republicans, they were Southern Democrats and segregationist parties. Quite a few Black folk were still repping the Republicans in the 1950s and many of these policies may honestly have had Black people in mind too.

When a bunch of those southern dems and other fringe parties started becoming republicans was when the current paradigm shift started. Somewhere between JFK and Nixon time wise I believe.

 

[Json]

Eisenhower spends 500 billion on highway infrastructure in 1950s.

Republicans today are like 100 billion and a toothpick bridge.

 

[Geek Nasty]

Don't forget 1956 Republicans didn't include southern whites.