“(Truman) won his party's nomination at the 1948 Democratic National Convention only after defeating attempts to drop him from the ticket. The convention's civil rights plank caused a walk-out by several Southern delegates, who launched a third-party "Dixiecrat" ticket led by South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond. The Dixiecrats hoped to win enough electoral votes to force a contingent election in the House”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election
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Because the rich and the powerful HATED the idea that the electorate should have any say in American politics.
After all, this is a democracy run by plutocrats!! Didn’t Truman get the memo? Who the fuck did he think he was?
“The New Deal had greatly strengthened labor unions and they formed a major base of support for Truman's Democratic Party. The Republicans, working with big business, made it their highest priority to weaken those unions.”
Plutocrats will be plutocrats.
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“When Truman dropped to 32 percent in the polls, Democratic Arkansas Senator William Fulbright suggested that Truman resign; the president said he did not care what Senator "Halfbright" said.”
That sounds vaguely familiar, right Sen Bennet?
“As he readied for the 1948 election, Truman made clear his identity as a Democrat in the New Deal tradition, advocating for national health insurance, and repeal of the Taft–Hartley Act.”
Unions are good.
The plutocrats hated this.
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“He broke with the New Deal by initiating an aggressive civil rights program which he termed a moral priority. His economic and social vision constituted a broad legislative agenda that came to be called the ‘Fair Deal.’”
And now we get to part of the meat and potatoes: racism. You may think racism was bad under Obama, but it was NOTHING like it was in the 1940s. So bad, I can’t read more than a minute before it triggers me. History is full of this shit.
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So WHITE America went apeshit. Fuck Truman and FDR for getting things done, screw working with the Allies to stop Hitler, fuck the winning (for a later time) of WW II, how DARE the fuck say ALL AMERICANS are equal?!?! (The bastard was WOKE!)
Screw him, tell him to resign, to step aside, go woke, go broke, man. He can’t make competent decisions, we need to nominate someone ELSE at the convention!!!
Does ANY of this sound familiar? No?
Onwards through history…
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“The Solid South rejected civil rights as those states still enforced segregation.”
Because the South is STILL FIGHTING THE GODDAMN CIVIL WAR! They are losers will not accept the loss (see Jan 6th).
“ In the spring of 1948, Truman's public approval rating stood at 36 percent, and the president was nearly universally regarded as incapable of winning the general election.”
Sound familiar?
Then you will LOVE the next post by Truman
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“Republicans approve of the American farmer, but they are willing to help him go broke. They stand four-square for the American home—but not for housing. They are strong for labor—but they are stronger for restricting labor's rights. They favor minimum wage—the smaller the minimum wage the better. They endorse educational opportunity for all—but they won't spend money for teachers or for schools.”
Today’s problems are over THREE-QUARTERS of a century old!
Guess who is responsible?
@feloneouscat
Sounds like Trump is returning to where people want him. At least some people. Every single person he choose for leadership postings were those who were dedicated to destroying it. And my fear isn't that people don't know. It's that they want this. This is actually what they want.