Here are a few "faqs.:

former Democrats who switched to the Republican Party
1960s – Arthur Ravenel, Jr., South Carolina State Representative, later U.S. Representative from South Carolina (1987–1995)
1960s – James F. Byrnes, former Governor of South Carolina (1951–1955) and United States Secretary of State (1945–1947)
1960 – Claude R. Kirk, Jr., later Governor of Florida (1967–1971)
1960 – Charlton Lyons
1961 – Perle Mesta, former United States Ambassador to Luxembourg (1949–1953)
1962 – Dave Treen, later U.S. Representative from Louisiana (1973–1980) and Governor of Louisiana (1980–1984)
1962 – Jack M. Cox, former Texas State Representative
1962 – James D. Martin, later U.S. Representative from Alabama (1965–1967)
1962 – Ronald Reagan, while an actor and former Screen Actors Guild president.[3] Later 40th President of the United States (1981–1989)
1962 – Floyd Spence, South Carolina State Representative, llater a U.S. Representative from South Carolina (1971–2001)
1963 – Rubel Phillips, former Mississippi Public Service Commissioner
1963 – Stanford Morse, Mississippi State Senator
1963 – James H. Boyce
1964 – Alfred Goldthwaite, Alabama State Pepresentative
1964 – Clarke Reed
1964 – Howard Callaway, later U.S. Representative from Georgia (1965–1967) and United States Secretary of the Army (1973–1975)
1964 – Iris Faircloth Blitch, former Georgia U.S. Representative (1955–1963)
1964 – Charles W. Pickering, later Mississippi State senator and Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (2004)
1964 – Strom Thurmond, while U.S. senator from South Carolina (1954–2003).[4]
1965 – Albert W. Watson, while U.S. Representative from South Carolina (1963–1971) (resigned before switching parties and regained his seat in a special election)
1965 – Roderick Miller, Louisiana State Representative
1966 – Marshall Parker, South Carolina State Senator
1966 – Joseph O. Rogers, Jr., South Carolina State Representative
1966 – Thomas A. Wofford, former U.S. Senator from South Carolina (1956)
1966 – Len E. Blaylock, later U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Arkansas (1975–1978)
1966 – Jerry Thomasson, Arkansas State Representative
1966 – Henry Grover, Texas State Representative
1967 – William E. Dannemeyer, later U.S. Representative from California (1979–1992)
1967 – Allison Kolb, former Louisiana State Auditor (1952–1956)
1968 – William Reynolds Archer, Jr., while a Texas State Senator, later U.S. Representative from Texas (1971–2001)
1968 – Will Wilson, former Attorney General of Texas (1957–1963)
1968 – James L. Bentley, Comptroller General of Georgia (1963–1971)
1968 – Gerald J. Gallinghouse, later United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana (1970–1978)
1970s[edit]
1970 – Jesse Helms, later U.S. Senator from North Carolina (1973–2003)
1970 – A. C. Clemons, Louisiana State Senator
1970 – William Oswald Mills, later U.S. Representative from Maryland (1971–1973)
1970 – Bob Barr, later U.S. Representative from Georgia (1995–2003)
1971 – Tillie K. Fowler, later U.S. Representative from Florida (1993–2001)
1972 – Ed Karst, Mayor of Alexandria
1972 – Robert R. Neall
1972 – Trent Lott, later U.S. Representative from Mississippi (1973–1989) and U.S. Senator from Mississippi (1989–2007)
1973 – Mills E. Godwin Jr., former Governor of Virginia (1966–1970) and Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (1962–1966). Later Governor of Virginia (1974–1978)
1973 – Samuel I. Hayakawa, later U.S. Senator from California (1977–1983)
1973 – John Connally, former United States Secretary of the Treasury (1971–1972) and former Governor of Texas (1963–1969)
1975 – Elizabeth Dole, later United States Secretary of Transportation (1983–1987), United States Secretary of Labor (1989–1990) and U.S. Senator from North Carolina (2003–2009)
1975 – John Jarman, while U.S. Representative from Oklahoma (1951–1977)
1976 – Rob Couhig
1977 – A. J. McNamara, Louisiana State Representative
1977 – Lane Carson, Louisiana State Representative
1978 – Robert G. Jones, Louisiana State Senator
1978 – Chris Smith, later U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1981–present).[5]
1978 – Thomas Bliley, Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, and later U.S. Representative from Virginia (1981–2001)
1978 – Michael F. "Mike" Thompson, Louisiana State Representative
1979 – Charles Grisbaum, Jr., Louisiana State Representative
1979 – Ed Scogin, Louisiana State Representative
1979 – Armistead I. Selden, Jr., former U.S. Representative from Alabama (1953–1969) and United States Ambassador to New Zealand (1974–1979)

Thanks for sharing what really bothers you. I think it is also what bothers a lot of other right wingers. Those Blacks are getting uppity. The next thing you know, one of them is going to run for president. Oh, wait . . .

And the Republicans hijacked the racism of the Southern Democrats, many of whom switched parties in the aftermath of the Civil Rights Act.

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The Right Wing dictionary: Communism: any idea I don't like

Two things: first, like Breitbart, I heard the sentence end with "horrible day" and a new sentence begin with "If Hillary gets to put her judges . . ."

Second: I don't see how a "defensive" assassination is different from an "offensive" one, except that the assassin feels justified in what he or she is doing.

Oh, one more thing, I don't think Trump seriously wants to see Hillary or a liberal Supreme Court justice killed, anymore than he seriously believes Obama wasn't born in the US or that he seriously believes Ted Cruz's father was an accomplice in JFK's assassination. But it troubles me that he doesn't see anything wrong with bringing them up, apparently not realizing that there are people who will feel justified in acting on his words.

While it is hard to follow Donald Trump's syntax, to put it mildly, I heard this speech just a little different. I heard him end a sentence after "horrible day," and then begin a new one with "If Hillary gets to put her judges in . . ." So to me, the horrible day would be the day that the second amendment people did something. What could they do that would lead to a horrible day? Not vote, not argue a case in the Supreme Court, not lobby Congress, so what could it be?

But I thought David Duke was running as a Republican.

Right. And that's why he said that if it happens, it will be a horrible day. Makes sense.

I think he made it clear what he meant when he said, "But that would be a horrible day." Why would it be horrible? I think he meant it would be horrible if a sitting president or a Supreme Court justice was assassinated.

So just how are they going to "fight" the Supreme Court? Do you think he is talking about them arguing their case before the Court? And if that's what he's talking about, why immediately after saying "maybe the Second Amendment people can do something, I don't know," did he say, "But that would be a horrible day"? If they won their case in court, wouldn't that be a wonderful day?

According to the Fiscal Policy Institute, the top 1% also make 44% of the income in New York City in 2009. Since income for the top 1% has risen faster than the average since then, I think it is likely that the percentage would be higher now. So how is paying the same percentage of income tax as their income unfair? I think they can, and should, pay a higher percentage than those of us in the middle class.

The election won't be "stolen" if Hillary Clinton gets more popular votes and more electoral college votes than Trump, which looks like what is going to happen. We liberals sucked it up when Reagan, Papa Bush, and W got elected (though I will admit that I think W's first win was "stolen" by the Supreme Court's decision not to allow a recount in Florida). Conservatives can do the same when HRC wins and the senate flips back to Democratic control. If all the awful predictions that conservatives are making about what will happen under Hillary's presidency come true, they can defeat her after one term. I don't think that is what will happen, though. We will keep muddling along, I hope in a slightly more positive direction. My biggest fear with a Clinton presidency is that she will think she has to prove she is tough on foreign policy, and, like W, get us into a war we have no business being in. We will never get back to the post-World War II economic boom, because automation, the death of unions, and the replacement of local merchants with big box stores has permanently altered our economy and I don't think there is any going back. We all need to try to be open minded and work together to make the best of the hand we are dealt for all Americans, whatever their race, religion, or political persuasion.

And that doesn't involve shooting anyone, even those you disagree with.

I'm one of those liberals so many on this site vilify, so it isn't hard for me to make a decision. Hillary is not a great campaigner, but I think she will be a good president. Maybe we'll even get back to the peace and prosperity we had under her husband.

I don't think Jesus would agree.

I really don't want to see anyone killed over an election. It sort of defeats the purpose of having an election, doesn't it? If Hillary wins, and I think she will, it will be in spite of all the borderline legal tactics conservatives are using to drive down the total number of votes that will be cast, assuming that if fewer people vote, it will be better for their side. I am not so sure that is true. I don't think the Trumpites will be any more determined to stand in line for hours to vote than those of us who support liberalism.

But anyway, if you are determined to shoot somebody, here's a list of people who will probably be in Cleveland that we could get along without: Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, Corey Lewandowski, Mike Huckabee, Louie Gohmert (Though, on second thought, he is pretty entertaining. Skip him.), . . . Man, once I started this, it is hard to stop. I'm starting to understand how you feel.