[AnAmericanMother]

Did you know Maddox?

Did you know J.B. Stoner?

If you didn't, and/or you can't tell the difference, at least have some respect for a man who's on his deathbed.

[yarddog]

When I was living in Georgia around 7 or 8 years ago I read an article about Maddox in the newspaper. I wish I could remember the name of the author but I bet you will know who he was.

This guy was an old time liberal newspaper man and one of Maddox's strongest opponents at the time he was in the news. I am not certain but I think he was also Jewish. Anyway he wrote a story praising Maddox and admitting he was one of Georgia's best Governors. He described a meeting he had with Maddox about creating a man-made lake (It may have been Lake Hartselle)and how he knew Maddox knew he was an opponent but did what he could to assist him anyway.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

It was Maddox's open defiance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, however, that thrust him into the national spotlight. Not only did Maddox refuse to serve three black students in his restaurant, but he chased them out with a gun while his customers used ax handles. He contended that both his business and property were being threatened. The students sued Maddox, who was ordered to desegregate within twenty days. Rather than own an integrated restaurant, Maddox closed the Pickrick.

[snip]

On August 17, 1968, Maddox announced that he would seek the Democratic nomination for president, but withdrew before any ballots were cast. He resigned rather than compromise on the number of black delegates from Georgia. In 1970, Maddox once again gained national attention. While in Washington testifying against the strengthening of the Voting Rights Bill, Maddox passed out souvenir ax handles in the U.S. House of Representatives restaurant. This led to a confrontation between the governor and a black representative, Charles Diggs, Jr. While the governor made his point, many wondered whether he had simply harmed his own cause.

Ol' Lester reaffirmed his actions in 2000, unlike George Wallace, who was genuinely repentant.

And as for Stoner? He is a Bircher, Klukker, Stormfront freakshow.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

And as far as his deathbed is concerned, I don't really care or have respect for him, even there.

[sinkspur]

Did Maddox ever renounce his racist views, as George Wallace did?

It's hard for these blackguards to admit they were wrong about "negras" and publicly say so.

If Maddox did, I admire him for it.

If he didn't, all the excuses in the world won't work.

I pray he repents to God before he draws his last breath, but he'll go down in history as a racist.