Hmm, never knew that George Wallace was a Republican.

Reality is they they are only recently Republican, they are traditionaly Democrats.

Tom

The link Frank posted specifically mentions Republican Butler County (link), Alabama not Lowndes County.

You are now officially assistant groundkeeper

I assume you have no source for "Lowndes County in Alabama, the most impoverished part of the state"

Depends what you define as recent; turned Republican in 1986

In my experience most people belonging to marginalised social categories (many times minorities, but surprisingly not only..) vote with left wing parties because they're promised social benefits or let's say - to get out of the vicious circle of poverty. Nothing new here.
On the other hand, not only the poor vote with the lefties. Quite a lot from the middle classes too, or academics, people like that. There must be something they do well, I suppose.

What about the Democrats? What about Obama care? Will the Americans be better off without it?
What the Republicans plan to do for the poor except from cutting off those pay checks, without which some families might not survive. I am not sure what people propose in order to replace a welfare system which is not that effective anyway.

Edit. As Trump would comment....fake news

http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/13/news...nts/index.html

Alabama on Thursday certified Democrat Doug Jones' victory over Republican Roy Moore in this month's special Senate election.

Moore had refused to concede in the wake of the election result.
On Wednesday, he filed an election complaint alleging voter fraud may have occurred, calling for a delay in the certification of the results that declared Jones officially the winner and asked for "a new special election."

Source

Meanwhile lawyers in more and more court cases are trying to use Trump tweets to support their cases.

For example;
Lawyers argued the latest tweet about the dossier should be seen as an official confirmation from the US President about both the existence of the dossier and the FBI's role in vetting it.

Meanwhile Govt. lawyers are supporting the FBI response that "neither confirms nor denies" the dossier exists and that they have examined it. They claim the President is just repeating stuff he saw on Fox&Friends!

Hard to imagine lawyers for any other major world leader saying their boss just repeats what he sees on TV.
"You could not make it up"

Source

What an embarrassment is Trump

What about gardening , Raising goat's and rabbits

Not a bad idea, supposing the Republicans will also give them a garden for gardening and raising rabbits.

Fake rabbits, fake goats,fake garden's :-)

As usual, you have no idea what you are trying to talk about. Sorry, I don't have time to entertain your ignorance.

Great, very easy maintenance.
We should really go for fake, come to think of it.

Very convincing, not

If you are unable to provide any sources then your post lacks credibility, discussion terminated

Impressive hypocrisy:

Jeff Sessions- one of the worst southern red necks for a long time in a high position. Also pictured together with Donald Trump!

Quite right. But that’s a little disingenuous. Southern Democrats started migrating to the Republican party after the Civil Rights act, so after late 1960s. Changed the complexion of both the Republican and Democratic parties over time. Of course now, both parties are mired in mud.

Thanks for that. My fact checking re. Alabama's current political state was below par.

Unfortunately the common thinking in many societies is that the poor are poor because they're lazy and stupid and drug addicts. Thus they don't deserve handouts, and reducing benefits will actually save tax money for those proper, hard-working folks.

In reality, poor are poor for a variety of reasons. Sure, some are lazy freeloaders. Many are single parents struggling to make ends meet after the partner/spouse disappeared without paying any support. Some are veterans of the military that have been left behind by the system. Some are folks with mental health issues that can't function in society. Some have physical health issues that costs a fortune to deal with and they're unable to work.

It's not a one-size-fits-all definition, but politicians like to treat it that way to score political points.

Well you have to admit that blaming their Democratic Representative for the conditions in Lowndes County when two thirds of the Alabama House of Representatives are Republican is at best naive?

Probably due to the Trump effect Alabama, like Virginia, will see the Republicans lose their commanding lead at the next election!

In fact, serious debt and even bankruptcy after medical care are faced by way too many American families. And, the support of veterans is atrocious.

Grandpa's been on the potty again...

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...31657229701120

More and more, I'm getting the impression that Donald Trump isn't a real person, but the world's greatest example of performance art.