Sorry, I was researching the National Western Stock Show in Denver from 1/13/50 on, so I was just skimming everything else. The "D"s shown with the WY Congressmen just caught my eye. I did a really quick skim now and didn't see it. But I did check the list of WY senators on the Senate website to confirm: https://www.senate.gov/states/WY/senators.htm. BTW, it's amazing how many of the 1950 issues sound like ours! Truman battling Congressional Rs for control of the House (yeah, they were playing games back then too), a general who took some freezer gifts being investigated by Rs (once they did care about conflicts of interest and integrity), Taiwan's independence (this was just after the Communists took control in China), flooding in the Midwest, bigots murdering black children, etc., etc. Biggest difference - you could disagree with conservative Rs, but for the most part, they had integrity and decency. Of course, every single one of them are RINOs.
What? Sorry, disagree. Most of the Dems were still the FDR New Dealers. If you mean the southern Dems, they were a small part of the party, which is why they abandoned the Dems after the Civil Rights activism of the 60s and headed to the Rs..
Yes and no. The Dixiecrats were the first Dems to head to the Republicans followed by Dixiecrat-adjacent Dems all over the country. The result is that today the deplorables call the GOP their political home. The tares are choking out the wheat.
Truman in general and on average had good approvals, but he had a low point that was lower than even Trump's lowest point. Checking the news, the cause was his nationalizing the steel industry. He thought the Korean 'war" was sufficient justification, but SCOTUS said no.
What bill?
Sorry, I was researching the National Western Stock Show in Denver from 1/13/50 on, so I was just skimming everything else. The "D"s shown with the WY Congressmen just caught my eye. I did a really quick skim now and didn't see it. But I did check the list of WY senators on the Senate website to confirm: https://www.senate.gov/states/WY/senators.htm. BTW, it's amazing how many of the 1950 issues sound like ours! Truman battling Congressional Rs for control of the House (yeah, they were playing games back then too), a general who took some freezer gifts being investigated by Rs (once they did care about conflicts of interest and integrity), Taiwan's independence (this was just after the Communists took control in China), flooding in the Midwest, bigots murdering black children, etc., etc. Biggest difference - you could disagree with conservative Rs, but for the most part, they had integrity and decency. Of course, every single one of them are RINOs.
Dems is 1950 were the Republicans of today. And vice versa.
What? Sorry, disagree. Most of the Dems were still the FDR New Dealers. If you mean the southern Dems, they were a small part of the party, which is why they abandoned the Dems after the Civil Rights activism of the 60s and headed to the Rs..
Yes and no. The Dixiecrats were the first Dems to head to the Republicans followed by Dixiecrat-adjacent Dems all over the country. The result is that today the deplorables call the GOP their political home. The tares are choking out the wheat.
Truman in general and on average had good approvals, but he had a low point that was lower than even Trump's lowest point. Checking the news, the cause was his nationalizing the steel industry. He thought the Korean 'war" was sufficient justification, but SCOTUS said no.