The reasoning behind this sociological shift was that the suffragettes’ rationale that since Wilson (a Democrat) and his administration was dead-set against the women’s vote until after World War I, the newly minted voters would go and support the Republican candidate.

Women, like blacks, would support the GOP until FDR’s reign – uh, I mean administration – when he appointed Frances Perkins as his Secretary of Labor (first woman in a Cabinet position – and not ironically, the last in line to the presidency at that time). Also, his wife Eleanor was another impetus in women supporting the Democrats.

Just FYI.

Regards,
Peter H.

I believe the Obama mantra is that torture is never justified, should never be ignored, and should be stopped in all instances, regardless of price.

What you’re saying is that allowing torture is justified if it prevents the loss of American lives and money. That’s a highly rational position to take, but unfortunately, it’s not the Democrat Party one.

Really, NDT? Democrats suck like any other political party in this country, but that’s a bit over the top.

refused to enforce, stop, or even charge Saddam with war crimes, and flew to Baghdad themselves to propagandize for and claim that Saddam Hussein did not practice torture, it is proven that Democrats are nothing but anti-American hypocrites who will fully support torture when it helps their leftist allies and when they are bribed with billions of dollars in oil revenues.

“proven”? You mean it’s not possible, that despite the torture, etc., going on, that people who opposed the war thought (perhaps wrongly) would make things worse?

Given that Democrat Party members fully support and endorse Saddam Hussein’s actual and proven use of torture and gulag tactics on a massive scale, refused to enforce, stop, or even charge Saddam with war crimes, and flew to Baghdad themselves to propagandize for and claim that Saddam Hussein did not practice torture, it is proven that Democrats are nothing but anti-American hypocrites who will fully support torture when it helps their leftist allies and when they are bribed with billions of dollars in oil revenues.

My understanding is that Wilson was fairly antiSemitic as well.

let’s see.