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Did you know Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican? Every civil rights law, beginning in the 1860s through the 1950s and 1960s, was fought against by Democrats? Or the KKK had links to the Democratic Party? Not only are these questions addressed by the National Black Republicans Association (NBRA), but also more surprising facts. A few months ago, we had the privilege to meet the chairwoman of NBRA, a brave and gusty woman named Frances Rice. "The double standard looms large when Democrats practice racism," says Rice. "Those who search in the Republican Party haystack for the racist needles,...

With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff For the story behind the story... Sunday, Dec. 22, 2002 10:34 p.m. EST Clinton Was Sued for Intimidating Black Voters in Arkansas In 1989, then-Gov. Bill Clinton was sued as one of three top Arkansas officials responsible for the intimidation of black voters in his state as part of a legal action brought under the 1965 Voting Rights Act, NewsMax.com has learned. And a year earlier the U.S. Supreme court ruled that Clinton had wrongfully tried to overturn the election of a black state representative in favor of a white Democrat. In the 1989...

ICONOCLAST DAILY NOTEBOOK.... The Democrats Play The Reverse Race Card.... December 23 2002: Emboldened by their success in destroying the political legitimacy of former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott by charging him with racism, the denizens of the left are gearing up for more of the same -- cynically seeing this gambit as their last chance before 2004 to deflect the growing swing among the American electorate to the Republican Party. The essence of this race-based libel is the charge that the Republican Party's recent electoral success comes from constantly playing the "race card" while pursuing a "Southern strategy" to...