re: #196 The Mother Of All Pies

I’m reading a novel right now, Storm Clouds Rolling In 1860-1861 by Ginny Dye.
It is heart-breaking to read and, even as fiction, it rings very true in describing how all the characters think, how they were raised to think that way, how some started to think things out for themselves, and a lot about the Northern “Black Republicans” and the fighting amongst themselves Southern Democrat presidential conventions.

If nothing else, it clearly shows how both the Republican and Democratic parties have turned a complete 180 degrees since the Civil War.