The GOP Southern Strategy. Fact or Myth?

In another thread, one of our noted posters has declared that the "Southern Strategy is largely a myth when applied to Republicans".

Here's our chance to learn something, 'cuz me, I'd love to hear this rationalization. This is not a call out thread because I know we have some real sharp conservative minds on the forums - they tell us so all the time.

For those of you who wish to make a BS Bingo card, please be sure to include:

Party of Lincoln
Freed the Slaves
Democrats + Jim Crow
Democrats + KKK
No. of Republicans Who Supported Civil Rights Act
Ann Coulter's "Research"
Mis-reading Election of '68
Democrats the REAL Racists

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