[popdonnelly]

It’s about time someone did a study of this. Historically, the Dems were always on the side of the slaveholders and the segregationists.

[Sherman Logan]

Historically, the Dems were always on the side of the slaveholders and the segregationists.

Pre-1960s, absolutely.

IMO the GOP missed a huge opportunity in the 60s by allowing the Democratic Party to switch sides and become the standard-bearer for civil rights.

As their only real accomplishment in the last 50 years, we are still paying the price for this.

[Eye On The Left]

"The ex-Klansman [democrat senator, Robert Byrd] allegedly ended his ties with the group in 1943. He may have stopped paying dues, but he continued to pay homage to the KKK. Republicans in West Virginia discovered a letter Sen. Byrd had written to the Imperial Wizard of the KKK three years after he says he abandoned the group. He wrote: 'The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia' and 'in every state in the Union.'

The ex-Klansman later filibustered the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act -- supported by a majority of those 'mean-spirited' Republicans -- for more than 14 hours. He also opposed the nominations of the Supreme Court's two black justices, liberal Thurgood Marshall and conservative Clarence Thomas. In fact, the ex-Klansman had the gall to accuse Justice Thomas of 'injecting racism' into the Senate hearings. Meanwhile, author Graham Smith recently discovered another letter Sen. Byrd wrote after he quit the KKK, this time attacking desegregation of the armed forces."--Michelle Malkin

http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=383