I have to admit that much of the time I tune into the Kelly File just so I can look at Megan Kelly. However, last week I watched her interview of D'Souza (Hillary's America) during which he cited several historically well-known anti-slavery figures (such as Lincoln and Frederick Douglas) as being Republicans and pro-slavery or pro-segregation figures as Democrats. True enough. But what he failed to cite was the ideological turn that the Republican Party took (starting particularly in the 60s) as the Congress (and society generally) embraced desegregation. He completely ignored the Solid South, Dixiecrats, and George Wallace's American Independent Party.
I think the reason why conservative pundits keep trying to draw a parallel between the anti-slavery Republican party of the Civil War era and today's Republican party is because they know a lot of modern day conservatives are dumb enough to buy it. No one else does.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
