Considered to be an early muscle car, it came out while his father George Romney ran the show at AMC. Perhaps Mitt should shamelessly capitulate and issue some mea culpas on behalf of his Dad.
Posted on 11/22/2017 12:14:29 PM PST by Impala64ssa
The Democratic nominee in the heated Alabama Senate race once defended a man in court who has ties to the Ku Klux Klan and Holocaust deniers, complicating his record on the campaign trail as a civil rights champion.< snip > Amid the turmoil in the Moore campaign over sexual abuse allegations, Jones has a shot to become the first non-Republican U.S. senator from the state in more than two decades. Moore is facing claims, which he denies, that he sexually assaulted one teenager and had a separate sexual encounter with a 14-year-old while he was in his 30s. As top Republicans call on Moore to step aside, President Trump on Tuesday stressed that the GOP nominee denies these claims and blasted Jones as a "liberal." But the 63-year-old Democrat has built his campaign largely on his personal history and legal record during his stint as a U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, where he successfully prosecuted two KKK members linked to the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in 1963 that left four African-American children dead. Jones' strategy appears to be working: Not only have his chances of winning the Senate seat increased, but the media have showered Jones with positive coverage. “Man Who Put KKK Behind Bars Will Now Try To Stop Roy Moore From Reaching Senate,” wrote liberal HuffPost. Mother Jones magazine, meanwhile, asked their readers: “He Beat the KKK. Can He Convince Alabama to Reject Bigotry Again?”
But while Jones and the media tout his prosecution of the KKK members, his lesser-known record as a private defense attorney in the 1980s is often overlooked. In one case, he defended Tom Posey, the infamous figure during the Iran-Contra scandal, who had ties with the KKK and Holocaust deniers.
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Thanks Fox News!
Give Shep Smith a big wet kiss for me....
Mika. Pick up the white courtesy phone.
I’ve been waiting for the push back on Jones; it certainly won’t come from the national Republicans.
Does Mitt Romney or John McCain have a comment to make regarding Jones fitness for the august senatorial body? Didn’t think so.
Curious..... Do you still have your 64 Impala and did you buy it new?
Why is this a surprise since the rat party owns the KKK?
Still have the 64, I’m the 5th owner, bought it 25 yrs ago in NY, the Friday after Thanksgiving I would be in the garage prepping it for the winter “hibernation”, removing the battery, putting it up on jackstands and removing the tires where it would sit until around St Pat’s Day when the weather starts getting nicer. Been in FL for a few years now and it still feels a little strange cruising with the top down during the winter months :)
That’s no surprise
There are white supremacists in Alabama?
Who knew? and when did all this happen?
Is Doug Jones, in fact, a secret KKK sympathizer, who only puts on a show trial for public consumption, while maintaining undercover contact with high and influential members of the KKK? And that this was only a legalistic way to get rid of some non-conforming KKK dissidents and trouble makers within the ranks?
Not unheard of. Democrats do this to their own, as regards Senator Robert Torricelli or or Representative James A. Traficant, Jr. Both were shunned and eventually either forced off the ballot or driven out of their respective chambers. Not necessarily because they were criminal, but because they were not criminal in the way the Democrats have come to expect of their members.
Personally, I don’t really have a problem with who he defended. Everyone, even the most vile, have the right to legal counsel. However, if it will discourage his supporters who don’t bother to think the issue though, then it should be given the widest circulation possible.
I had a 1966 Chevelle SS396 but like a dummy
I sold it. I wish I had kept it but I didn’t.
My Dad had a 59 Impala convertible with a 348. Nothing short of a Corvette or Chrysler 300 could beat it. I saw one similar to his on Barret Jackson a few months ago. 3 minutes into the bidding it sold for 105k. Dad paid about $3100 for his new, he would joke that in those days anyone who spent more than 3 grand on a Chevy could be declared legally insane :)
Lawyers represent clients. It's what we do. The Constitution guarantees every criminal defendant a lawyer. My own personal views rarely coincide with those of my clients.
I’m sure the GOP will remain quiet. This race WAS missing some good old fashioned smearing.
True, but with the politics of personal destruction that’s legendary with the Dems, there are times that when in Rome....
I’m glad somebody posted that.
The gentleman wasn’t on trial for his racist views or ties to the KIK. Jones represented Posey in 1987 amid allegations of illegal arms shipping to the Nicaraguan rebels fighting the socialist government at a time when such activity was prohibited as the U.S. was not officially at war with Nicaragua.
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