The man who turned the Party of Lincoln into the Party of Trump (generation, myth)

[rorqual]

A fantastic article on Roger Milliken, a man who played a big role in the GOPs' "Southern Strategy"

Milliken’s name does not mean much to most anyone born after the Vietnam War, but he was the godfather to the first generation of modern conservatives. The owner of one of America’s largest private companies, a textile manufacturer he turned into a chemical-processing giant, Milliken used the profits from his staunchly antiunion mills to fund conservatism’s founding institutions, including the National Review and Heritage Foundation. Many of the facts we take for granted in politics today—that the GOP is a conservative party; that it counts on the solid support of white, male, working class voters in the South and West; and that big-money donors can pick and choose its candidates, even to the point of running themselves—were the fruits of his career.

Roger Milliken: The Man Who Launched the GOP’s Civil War - POLITICO Magazine

[TheWiseWino]

A good read, I read it earlier today.

[Goinback2011]

Hmmm...if only the Dems would do an expose of Soros....

[whogo]

The Southern Strategy is a myth

[nyyfanatic85]

Agreed, the southern strategy is a lot like the 78 cents for women myth: it has been debunked so many times that it's not even worth discussing again.

[joeymags]

Will have to read. By reading thread title, I guessed it was Grover Norquist but I suppose he isn't in line with trumps policy. But he has also transformed the Republican Party.