Why doesn't she boast of the wonderful Civil Rights Bill voting record of the Democrats in 1964? A greater percentage of Republicans voted for it (82% of Republicans to 69% of Democrats) and Senator Al Gore Senior and Senator Robert KKK Byrd voted against it. And Republicans had to stop the Democrat filibuster.
Brabra has a selective memory.
Rush Limbaugh:
Republicans Passed the Civil Rights ActAugust 17, 2000...
Here's yet another thing that's bugging me about the Democrats' [2000] convention. It's that the Democrats think that they're the only ones that stand for or believe in civil rights.
The claim has always bothered me. In 1957, Dwight Eisenhower, a Republican president, used his federal power to integrate the Little Rock school system. He stood up to a Democratic Governor, Orville Faubus, who, incidentally, Clinton befriended early in his political career.
Democrats claim that The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is their act. It isn't. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed with an overwhelming majority of Republican votes in the Senate. A greater percentage of Republicans than Democrats voted for the bill.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which the Democrats claim as their monopoly, was opposed by southern Democrat senators, several of whom were outspoken segregationists, and one of them was Al Gore's father.
Lyndon Johnson, who was president, had to rely on Everett Dirkson, the great Republican leader from Illinois, to get the Civil Rights Act passed just like Clinton had to rely on Republicans to get NAFTA passed. It was the Democrats back in 1964 who were at war with themselves and conflicted over civil rights.
The idea that the Democrats are responsible for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a myth that has been given life by the Democrats and the media for 36 years now. It's hokum. It's grating on me as much as the idea that the Republicans want dirty water and dirty air.
The liberals are living a lie. They're telling themselves these lies in order to make themselves feel good at their convention, but it isn't flying and the poll numbers show it.
Also see: A Strategy for Racial Reconciliation in 2003 (William J. Bennett)
Yeah, it's amazing when you listen to snooty leftists "conservatives have ALWAYS been on the wrong side of civil liberties" "We believe in equality and fairness, I was raised a Democrat because OUR party supports civil rights for all Americans"
It's like these loonies are living in an alternative reality and have never read a history book. Perhaps they claim explain why the GOP immediately disowns ANY white-supermistist Klansman discovered in the party (see David Duke, who has now left the party in disgust-- good riddence) whereas the 'RAT party not only plays down the hate-crimes of white-supremist Klansman in the party, but EMBRACE them as "party leaders" and proclaim them the conciense of the Seante (see Hugo Black & 'Sheets' Byrd) Maybe they can explain why the 'RAT party has sent decades trying to dillute and splinter the black vote in their primary while Republicans have always encouraged blacks to vote in their primaries. Why Democrats appoint their RICH (I thought they hated "the rich") buddies to top positions and give token black officials third-tier jobs, whereas Republican adminstrations often appoint qualified blacks to the best positions. I could go on and on and on...