Posted on 12/17/2002 12:17:43 PM PST by ewing
No text yet, just a radio report at the end of Rush's show.
Must be worried about the Russert report this morning that he is 'Far' from the 26 votes needed for a Senate Caucus victory.
btw - great post.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were signed into law under a Democratic President. However, it was the Republicans in Congress who made possible the passage of these Acts, for even though the Democrats controlled both Houses by wide margins, they still could not garner enough of their own votes to pass the bills. In fact, in the House, only 61% of the Democrats voted for the Civil Rights Act (152 for, 96 against) while 80% of Republicans voted for it (138 for, 38 against). In the Senate, only 69% of Democrats voted for the Act (46 for, 21 against) while 82% of Republicans did (27 for, 6 against). The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 would not have been possible without the strong, cohesive support of the Republicans. In fact, all Southern Democrats voted against the Civil Rights Act, including Sen. Al Gore, Sr., who voted with the Southern Democrats against civil rights whenever the occasion arose. Around 1890, Democrats instituted what became known as "white primaries" to keep blacks from being placed on the ballot. Democrats also developed poll taxes to keep blacks from voting. It was not until 1966 that the poll tax was ended, and it had only been in 1944 that the "white primaries" had finally ceased. Significantly, it was not Democrats, but the Republicans, who had long championed the repeal of the poll tax. The Republican platform declared: "We demand that every citizen of the United States shall be allowed to cast one free and unrestricted ballot, and that such ballot shall be counted and returned as cast." Three African-Americans have presided over Republican National Conventions, while only one, Yvonne Brathwaite Burke in 1972, has made it as high as Vice-Chair - not even Co-Chair - of a Democratic National Convention. In 1966, Republican Edward William Brooke III of Massachusetts became the first black to be elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote. Today, in 2001, there are 39 black Members of Congress: one Republican and thirty-eight Democrats. The black Republican (one of 271 combined Republicans in the House and the Senate) was elected by his Republican peers to a position of Republican leadership in this Congress; but of the thirty-eight black Democrats (from among the 262 combined Democrats in the House and the Senate), none was elected by his Democratic peers to any leadership position. Black media personality R.D. Davis of Alabama correctly observes, "History tends to unilaterally and falsely depict Republicans as racists when Democrats truly deserved this title."
Something tell me .. he plays a bad game of bluff
Amen, brother!!!
I think it was LizzyW.......hey lizzy post the Sharpton getting the works.
Good for you! Wish I could do the same. I don't have a Republican Senator. Sigh.
Geez, this was so predictable. Of course when the GOP appears to be leaning towards dumping Lott, of course the Rats were going to do a 180, and start defending him. God, the Rats are so predictable.
I always activate the closed caption feature on my tv when Jackson is talking........absolutely hysterical to see the gibberish that the poor soul that's responsible for typing the text of Jackson's spewage eventually puts up on the screen.
You got that right. And I intend to tell the GOP exactly that. THey can start by educating the public to the points in my post to Howlin, think it's #82, re the Civil Rights Act and who voted how.
LOL. Exactly.
President Bush needs to get out there and explain the truth about the Republican party and civil rights. How the democrats were able to turn this issue for them and against the Republicans has been extraordinary.
Yet another bad sign. When Jesse Jackson is on your side, watch your back and make sure you still have your wallet.
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