“You have a whole pack of these guys, who left the Dixiecrat Party, a part of the Democratic Party, went over to the Republican Party.”

“Democrats quickly noted that Mr. Thurmond ran against Truman in 1948 as a segregationist Dixiecrat.”

“He was a traditional segregationist, though the one-time Dixiecrat had reconciled with the national Democratic Party by the time he became Armed Services chairman.”

“In 1948, disgruntled southern Democrats, nicknamed Dixiecrats, launched the States' Rights party.”

“A less fantasy-based analysis might have focused more on the memory of Dixiecrats filibustering civil rights legislation.”

“Fortunately, the old power base of the Dixiecrats in Congress has been transformed into the country's most solid bedrock of Republican power.”