Two Papers in One!

[LowDown]

“The first and vital object to be accomplished to-day is the election of Woodrow Wilson. . . . It has for many years been desirable that political power in the Nation should be transferred from the Republicans to the Democrats. The desired transfer has been postponed because the Democratic Party has wandered in strange places, has committed itself to unsafe doctrines under distrusted leaders. That has been cured. The Democracy has returned from its wanderings, it is again a united party, and the candidate . . . stands before the country a man of high equipment for the office, worthy of the full confidence of the people.”—editorial, New York Times, Nov. 5, 1912

“Reflecting on the incredible and unprecedented forces of chaos with which [Wilson] has had to contend, we think that his leadership has justified itself and that Mr. Hughes’s plea to the country to replace it by his own is futile and not without a touch of impudence.”—editorial, New York Times, Oct. 23, 1916

“Student protesters at Princeton performed a valuable public service last week when they demanded that the administration acknowledge the toxic legacy of Woodrow Wilson. . . . He was an unapologetic racist whose administration rolled back the gains that African-Americans achieved just after the Civil War, purged black workers from influential jobs and transformed the government into an instrument of white supremacy. . . . The protesters’ top goal—convincing the university to rename the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the residential complex known as Wilson College—has drawn heavy fire from traditionalists. . . . The overwhelming weight of the evidence argues for rescinding the honor that the university bestowed decades ago on an unrepentant racist.”—editorial, New York Times, Nov. 25, 2015

Two Papers in One is a regular feature of the Best of the Web feature at the Wall Street Journal.

My comment: It should not be forgotten that Wilson's racism was part and parcel of his progressive politics.

Dreams From My Uncle - WSJ

 

[Summerwind]

Two Papers in One is a regular feature of the Best of the Web feature at the Wall Street Journal.

My comment: It should not be forgotten that Wilson's racism was part and parcel of his progressive politics.

Dreams From My Uncle - WSJ

I admit the title gave me an image of two cigarette papers stuck together to roll a joint. That said, no one has ever denied that the Democratic Party had it's years of being the racist party. That is now fully flipped on it's head. Much like the Republican party is also somewhat upside down from it's past as well.

 

[Beaudreaux]

I admit the title gave me an image of two cigarette papers stuck together to roll a joint. That said, no one has ever denied that the Democratic Party had it's years of being the racist party. That is now fully flipped on it's head. Much like the Republican party is also somewhat upside down from it's past as well.

I was wondering if you could clarify what anything you said has to do with the OP topic - the contradictions in the NYT's, the "newspaper of record" as it is called by many on the left?

If what the NYT says is accurate about the school and Wilson, then shouldn't the NYT also be banned and cleansed from public view given their support of Wilson and his Progressive agenda?

Wilson is the father of modern Progressivism, by the way.

 

[Summerwind]

I was wondering if you could clarify what anything you said has to do with the OP topic - the contradictions in the NYT's, the "newspaper of record" as it is called by many on the left?

If what the NYT says is accurate about the school and Wilson, then shouldn't the NYT also be banned and cleansed from public view given their support of Wilson and his Progressive agenda?

Wilson is the father of modern Progressivism, by the way.

It has to do with the fact that things do not, have not stayed the same since the time of Wilson. Progressivism isn't the same as it was, neither is conservatism. I used to be a conservative, and actually still consider myself mostly conservative, however the conservatives have become all religious nutters these days trying to tell everyone else what they can and can't do, that used to be the progressives.

 

[Saucey]

I admit the title gave me an image of two cigarette papers stuck together to roll a joint. That said, no one has ever denied that the Democratic Party had it's years of being the racist party. That is now fully flipped on it's head. Much like the Republican party is also somewhat upside down from it's past as well.

No. They have just learned how to speak in code, and exploit those that they don't like, all the while keeping them in poverty. The Leftist thought in this country is entrenched. Media, "education", public services, and now many corporations also. Wilson, FDR, Johnson, Carter, and ehh may Clinton too. All these guys have a lot in common. They are held in such high regard in the nation and yet they are Lefties who exploited blacks. "Trust me, i'm for the little guy, that other guy over there is rich and greedy and he wants to keep you down." All the while they are the actual boogie men.

 

[Saucey]

Two Papers in One is a regular feature of the Best of the Web feature at the Wall Street Journal.

My comment: It should not be forgotten that Wilson's racism was part and parcel of his progressive politics.

Dreams From My Uncle - WSJ

Hey gimmie your login to WSJ so I can read it all. lol

 

[Saucey]

Two Papers in One is a regular feature of the Best of the Web feature at the Wall Street Journal.

My comment: It should not be forgotten that Wilson's racism was part and parcel of his progressive politics.

Dreams From My Uncle - WSJ

Hey gimmie your login to WSJ so I can read it all. lol

 

[Saucey]

Leftist, progressives, community organizers, whatever you want to call them, they're patient. They know they cannot win one big sweep. They have take years and made inroads little by little and entrenched themselves into public and private life. They are very good at what they do. The Wilson types were their pioneers. Hillary knows this, hell she literally majored in it for college. All these white baby boomer leftists are the reason this country is going down the tube, without their inroads over the last 40 years, Obama would not be where he is now.

 

[Chomsky]

Two Papers in One is a regular feature of the Best of the Web feature at the Wall Street Journal.

My comment: It should not be forgotten that Wilson's racism was part and parcel of his progressive politics.

Dreams From My Uncle - WSJ

Can't be read w/o a subscription ...

 

[celticwar17]

Progressives are Statists.... racism and slavery was enforced by the state, taught in state schools, segregation was forced on restaurants and buses, the recapturing of runaway slaves was FORCED by the state. The racists figured out really quickly that government power isn't so nice when it's not on your side anymore. No one is going to like the government when it is not on their side anymore.

The state is a means to have power and control over the population... it's something the democrat party has ALWAYS been all about.

of course, not like the republicans have done much different.... they sometimes get it right now and then, a few times, right? :doh lol

 

[LowDown]

It has to do with the fact that things do not, have not stayed the same since the time of Wilson. Progressivism isn't the same as it was, neither is conservatism. I used to be a conservative, and actually still consider myself mostly conservative, however the conservatives have become all religious nutters these days trying to tell everyone else what they can and can't do, that used to be the progressives.

Nah. They're the same as ever, those progressives. Instead of lynching people and oppressing them with violence they buy them off with taxpayer's money. They are no less a bunch of totalitarians than they ever were, still wedded to the idea that if they controlled everything it would be a utopia.