Most Dixiecrats were, and Wallace was more moderate than most (after all he didn't abandon Truman over civil rights in 1948 to join Thurmond).

In the South in the Thirties there was no contradiction between being a Liberal Democrat and being an inveterate racist. FDR was hugely popular among southern whites, something I have even heard mentioned in modern C&W songs. I can't think of a more emblematic New Deal project than the dams and rural electrification of the TVA.

Heck even the Klan was often a big supporter of the New Deal, and this is not a criticism of the New Deal, though it may be of FDR. The populist drive that drove the whole project just wasn't all that concerned about race. The south was ful of good loyal democrats and uess who adminstered all the New Deal programs there.

Mr. Noah, you might be upset about this sort of class warfare rhetoric, but if that is what you are upset about why aren't you a McCain supporter. Or is the end all and be all of you Liberal views abortion and expressing lofty and meaningless concern about blue collar America without doing anything about it.

As Hillary starts running up Obhama's backside with cleats, and Obama begins losing voters, Noah and a handful of like-minded hyper partisan Obama-supporting Slate Writers are going WAAAAAAY over the line.

I expect Noah to claim that Bill wears a white sheet and that Hillary practices witch craft before all is said and done.