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What was it George Wallace said?

"They-uhs not a die-mmms wuth'a diffarunce in eeetha tha Ree-publicuns or Dimma-crats. Thass wye yoo shud vote fuh me."

Or something to that effect.

Turns out that cracker was a lot smarter than I ever realized, back then.

[/ QUOTE ]Or... not.

He said that back before the progressive-conservative split. Believe it or not the Republicans used to have a lot of progressives: like Teddy Roosevelt. The Democrats used to have a lot of conservatives (commonly known as dixiecrats). This is no longer the case to any significant degree.