[Buddha-l] the 22 vows

[Tom Head]

On Jun 22, 2007, at 12:48 PM, Richard Hayes wrote:

> The big shift occurred when 1) Goldwater delivered the Republican
> party to anti-progressive libertarians, and 2) Johnson delivered  
> the formerly
> Democratic South to the Republicans by backing racial integration.

Didn't the Truman civil rights platform of '48 also contribute to  
this, though?  It delivered my beloved home state of Mississippi to  
Strom friggin' Thurmond, after all.


Cheers,

TH