Hey Studio!! Well, first, if we were going to get into political parties and, "racism", you clearly identified the wrong party. I am unaware of any policy or any plank of the Republican National Comittee that could even remotely be construed as "racist"; albeit I know that a lot of "clueless" individuals would somehow attempt to frame or promote such platforms as racist.
If you wish to give an example of Republicans being racist, I would love to see one. Contrary to yours, Sugarshack's and other far left extremist's "spin", Senator Robert Byrd, a Democrat, filibustered for over 14 hours against the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and consistently advocated, condoned or advanced legislation that killed civil rights legislation throughout the 1960's,and 1970's. Senator Byrd's 14 hour filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act is only beaten out by Senator Strom Thurmond's, (Democrat, South Carolina) filibuster, who was joined by Senator John F. Kennedy, (Democrat Massachusetts) against the 1957 Civil Rights Legislation Act. http://www.transterrestrial.com/archives/005265.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd#Filibuster_of_the_Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 http://reformed-theology.org/jbs/html/bipartisan_bigotry.htm It was in fact, the Democrats who organized the record Senate filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Included among the organizers were several prominent and well known liberal Democrat standard bearers including: Robert Byrd (D. W.Va.) J. William Fulbright (D. Ark.) Albert Gore Sr. (D. Tenn) Sam Ervin, (D. N.C.) Richard Russell (D. Ga,) Hill (D. Ala.) Sparkman, (D. Ala) McClellan (D. Ark) Holland (D. Fla) Smathers (D. Fla) Talmadge (D. Ga.) Ellender (D. La) Long (D. La) Eastland (D. Miss) Stennis (D. Miss) Jordan (D. Va) Robertson (D. Va.) Forty percent of the House of Representative Democrats voted AGAINST the Civil Rights Act, while 80% of Republicans SUPPORTED it. Republican support in the Senate was even higher. Similar trends occurred with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was supported by 82% of House Republicans and 94% of Senate Republicans. The same Democrat standard bearers took their normal racists stances, this time with Senator Fulbright leading the opposition effort. It took the hard work of Republican Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen and Republican Whip Thomas Kuchel to pass the Civil Rights Act. Sadly, Democrats and revisionist historians have all but forgotten that it was Republican Dirksen, not the Democrats, who made the Civil Rights Act a reality. Dirksen also broke the Democrat filibuster of the 1957 Civil Rights Act that was signed by Republican President Eisenhower. The three most notorious opponents of school integration were all Democrats: - Orval Faubus, Democrat Governor of Arkansas and one of Bill Clinton's political heroes - George Wallace, Democrat Governor of Alabama - Lester Maddox, Democrat Governor of Georgia http://newyorkbeacon.com/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=87524&sID=16 You may also recall that Senator Byrd of West Virginia is considered by many who support big government and racism, as a, "National Treasure". The "National Treasure", Senator Robert Byrd wrote in his 2005 book, "Child of the Appalachian Coalfields" that he purportedly resigned as a "Kleagle" of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1943. (A "Kleagle" is a recruiter for the KKK) Three years after Senator Byrd allegedly quit the KKK, Senator Byrd, in a letter to KKK Imperial Wizard Samuel Green in Atlanta Georgia, dated April 8, 1946, wrote: "I am a former kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan in Raleigh County.... The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia .... It is necessary that the order be promoted immediately and in every state of the Union. Will you please inform me as to the possibilities of rebuilding the Klan in the Realm of W. Va .... I hope that you will find it convenient to answer my letter in regards to future possibilities." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/18/AR2005061801105_pf.html http://www.impiousdigest.com/index00a.htm http://www.kkklan.com/wall.htm In another letter written long after Senator Byrd's association (or better said, purported disenfranchisement) with the KKK, Senator Byrd wrote: "I would never serve in the military with a Negro by my side. Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds." http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002825 Senator Byrd as well as most Democrats voted against both Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and Justice Clarence Thomas, the only two black Supreme Court Justices in our Nation's History. http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/w/williams-marshall.html?_r=1&oref=login http://www.thurgoodmarshall.com/home.htm It is predominately Democrates who are notorious for their legendary pork barrel spending and earmarks. In fact, our "National Treasure" Senator Byrd has received over 3 BILLION dollars in earmarks for the State of West Virginia, for such coveted projects as, The "Robert C. Byrd Expressway" ; the "Robert C. Byrd Freeway"; the "Robert C. Byrd Institute" to the "Robert C. Byrd Federal Building"; and the "Robert C. Byrd Bathrooms" (In the U.S. Capitol! Robert C. Byrd rooms in the U.S. Capitol.) Yes, our "National Treasure" has truly left, and continues to leave an indelible mark on West Virginia as well as Washington, and the Federal Budget! http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/04/eveningnews/main3676573.shtml http://porkbusters.org/hall_of_shame.php http://www.akdart.com/pork.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Appropriations In 1977, 1979, 1980, and 1987, Senator Robert Byrd led a Democratic Senate Majority in setting precedents to restrict the minority Prights: http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst?docId=5008754320 http://freedomsnewbirth.blogspot.com/ What was it you were saying about Republicans being, "racist"? Do you care to revise this position Studio?? On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 2:08 PM, studio <[email protected]> wrote: > > On May 2, 11:37 am, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > > Geez, Studio, you and Sugarshack are a pair!! Clueless, but good for a > > laugh!! > > What's so clueless about it? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
