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Then Republican President Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) mobilized the "religious right" of white evangelicals for his party. Later, extreme white conservatives calling themselves "Tea Party" militants emerged in the GOP.
All this outlines America's political flip-flop - how the liberal Republican Party turned conservative, and the conservative Democratic Party turned liberal. It was a fascinating transition.
(James A. Haught, the Charleston Gazette-Mail's editor emeritus, can be reached by email at haughtblogger@gmail.com
This column is drawn from his 11th book, Hurrah for Liberals.)
The Charleston Gazette-Mail - Sept. 12, 2016
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