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haele

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9. Connelly was pissed because the Democrats "dissed" him.

Mon Dec 30, 2024, 11:59 AM

Dec 2024

First for LBJ, then for Carter. Being a Conservidem, he also thought the Democrats were turning too Socialist. Though he was nominally for Equal Opportunity in the Civil Rights movement, it was more of a "just not too much Equal Rights" position, and he didn't like what he considered the coddling of Radicals on the Left. Especially Economic and Environmental radicals

Just from what I remember.

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