Right, but history doesn't support the idea that the Republican Party is better for minorities than the Democratic Party - like I said, MANY racist Democrats left the party and went to the Republican Party during the civil rights movement - that's not an accident. Furthermore, the current Republican Party has a penchant for pulling the "race card card" which systematically ignores the experiences many blacks have with racism in this country by reducing them to mere attempts at "pulling the race card".
Alright, where is the GOP wrong on race? What is their racist history?
PS - Can we agree dems actually do have a racist history?
Why do we keep talking about parties, Dan? I don't know why you keep on focusing the discussion on political parties when I've already told you I don't care about the parties. I frankly don't give a flying frack about the two parties' history, as long as the Dems generally support the things I do TODAY, and the GOP doesn't.
But, just to humor you, yes, I acknowledge Dems have a racist history(Woodrow Wilson, Gov. George Wallace, Robert Byrd, host of other examples) but historically there was a long period where Dems weren't even united.
As for the GOP? They're hardly any less guilty. A simple google search reveals dozens of hits on the subject.
Let me google that for you
Alright, where is the GOP wrong on race? What is their racist history?
PS - Can we agree dems actually do have a racist history?
Cute trick. (You young people with your hot links and hippity hop songs)
But what do you have to say about it?
What? you mean there are 71 Virginians in the Library?Various Republicans and Liberia colonization?
Various Republicans and Liberia colonization?
LMAO..buzzed you?.. no I amI'm tired and a little buzzed. Not up for clever.
WTF are you tawkin bout, old man?
I'm tired and a little buzzed. Not up for clever.
WTF are you tawkin bout, old man?
OLD man yep I laughed.I just had to LOL at fiddy being called "old man" hahaha sorry guys carry on.
I just had to LOL at fiddy being called "old man" hahaha sorry guys carry on.
LMAO..buzzed you?.. no I am
It's interesting to me that you keep mentioning individuals without taking on all of the facts I've posted about the realignment of the party. Do you have anything that contradicts the fact that the parties realigned during the civil rights movement or are you going to post more quotes again?Strom Thurmond and . . . who?
He was the only segregationist Dem who switched parties.
The party's dramatic reversal on civil rights issues culminated when Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964.[37] Meanwhile, the Republicans, led again by Nixon, were beginning to implement their Southern strategy, which aimed to resist federal encroachment on the states, while appealing to conservative and moderate white Southerners in the rapidly growing cities and suburbs of the South.
The degree to which the Southern Democrats had abandoned the party became evident in the 1968 presidential election when the electoral votes of every former Confederate state except Texas went to either Republican Richard Nixon or independent Wallace. Humphrey's electoral votes came mainly from the Northern states, marking a dramatic reversal from the 1948 election 20 years earlier, when the losing Republican electoral votes were concentrated in the same states. '
History of the Democratic Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It's interesting to me that you keep mentioning individuals without taking on all of the facts I've posted about the realignment of the party. Do you have anything that contradicts the fact that the parties realigned during the civil rights movement or are you going to post more quotes again?
To answer your question, when I said, "many Democrats", I was referring to the constituency of the party, not the politicians and I still haven't seen you dispute this fact.
Here's a good summary:
There are two implications in the statement that you have yet to prove: blacks can't think for themselves and the Republican Party better handles "black" issues, historically and especially currently.No quotes. I just think dems have sold blacks a load.
A quick and dirty link for you. Not of my favorite source, but what the hell.I'm tired and a little buzzed. Not up for clever.
WTF are you tawkin bout, old man?
A quick and dirty link for you. Not of my favorite source, but what the hell.
American Colonization Society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
That is what I meant when I said that it is difficult to call Woodrow Wilson a northerner. He spent far too much time in the South, especially during his most formative years, that helped influence his views on race relations. Wilson is a rather complex figure given all the areas he lived, and thus I find it hard to call him a southerner or a northerner.Looks like Woody was the guy in '12. And yes, I admit, I did not look back far enough into his background, but it's not like the north was much different from the south in their support of him.
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