The Dixiecrats meet again in New York. Now they're called Republicans.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You turn on the TV, and you hear all these guys: 'Republican Party in disarray. Turmoil in Washington.' I don't think that's the case.
You can call me an Eisenhower Republican. There is a gigantic gulf between an Eisenhower Republican and the kind of fringe brand of Republicanism that is being so vocally promoted today.
Dixie has just fallen to pieces. There are little patches of Dixie. But even in the heart of Dixie - in Alabama - Dixie is slipping. They've stopped using the word in commercial listings.
Today we voted as Democrats and Republicans. Tomorrow we begin again as New Yorkers.
We're seeing conservatives and evangelicals and libertarian and Reagan Democrats all coming together as one, and that terrifies Washington, D.C.
I love the Upper West Side. I walk down the street all the time and am stopped by Democrats. I don't think they've ever actually met a Republican before.
Some want to rebrand the GOP, but they will never rebrand conservatives.
I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves. The Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law in the 1600's. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and he was not a Republican.
Depending on your political orientation, the Dixie Chicks are either the great defenders of free speech or American traitors.
Don't worry if they're Democrats or Republicans. Give them service and they'll become Democrats.