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===The Republican/Southern Democrat coalition===

===The Republican/Southern Democrat coalition===

In Congress, Waggonner often supported a Republican-Southern Democratic coalition on various issues. These conservative Democrats were later known as the "Boll weevils." Waggonner was fiscally conservatism and opposed many of the federal social programs as well as [[civil rights]] legislation in 1964, 1965, and 1968. He took a "[[hawkish]]" position on the [[Vietnam War]].

In Congress, Waggonner often supported a Republican-Southern Democratic coalition on various issues. These conservative Democrats were later known as the "Boll weevils." Waggonner was fiscally conservatism and opposed many of the federal social programs as well as [[civil rights]] legislation in 1964, 1965, and 1968. He took a "[[hawk]]hawkish]]" position on the [[Vietnam War]].

Waggonner said that he spent much of his time in Congress trying to convince liberals of the error of their politics. "The trend to socialism is not accidental, but reflects the attitude of the majority, or it would not be the prevailing trend. I spend all of my time talking to the liberals in Congress, doing all I can to persuade them of the rightness of our views, not to conservatives who already share our philosophy."<ref>"Says Waggonner, Missionary Work Among Liberals Is Necessary", ''Minden Press'', June 3, 1963, p. 1</ref>

Waggonner said that he spent much of his time in Congress trying to convince liberals of the error of their politics. "The trend to socialism is not accidental, but reflects the attitude of the majority, or it would not be the prevailing trend. I spend all of my time talking to the liberals in Congress, doing all I can to persuade them of the rightness of our views, not to conservatives who already share our philosophy."<ref>"Says Waggonner, Missionary Work Among Liberals Is Necessary", ''Minden Press'', June 3, 1963, p. 1</ref>