Yet again you deflect from me proving your assertion incorrect. You said, and I quote, "All the Dixiecrats, which Senator Byrd was, switched to the Republican Party after passage of the Civil Rights Act" Now to today since you are so insistent on bringing it up and refusing to acknowledge you posted an incorrect statement. The dem. party uses fear about the repubs. just want to cut off all the government programs for them. The repub. party has largely ignored the problem. See there, both parties have failed the inner city folks of all colors.  School vouchers is a step in the right direction though, and the dems. have fought that. As to your statement that the repub. party is a party of racist bigots, that is also an untruth, while everyone can find example of bigotry in the repub. ranks, the same can be said about finding bigots in the dem. ranks. Are you interested in getting into a tit for tat? I'm not, and I am tired of the blanket statements and talking points from the left.