Lester Maddox=358 Hits; Lester Maddox + Democrat= Just 63 Hits (RACIST DEMOCRAT ALERT)

[Doctor Raoul]

Click here to see Google NEWS Search for "Lester Maddox" as a phrase and the word "democrat"

Note that while 63 hits are reported, when similarities are removed (eg., multiple hits because an Associated Press article appears in amny papers), it just two different articles.

Go to the search box on that page and remove "+democrat" and the number jumps to 358 and there is not a lot of similarities, they're different article. Look at the bottomm and you'll see it says there is nine pages of hits.

THE LIBERAL MEDIA DOESN'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THE AX HAND SWINGING RACIST WHO USED VIOLENCE TO KEEP BLACL PEOPLE OUT OF IS RESTAURANT IS A DEMOCRAT!!!!

[staytrue]

I like your sound and reasoned arguments. But the democrats unfairly label republicans racist at every turn. Normally I would agree with everything you said, but I think giving the dems a dose of their own medicine would not be a bad thing here and that includes (possibly unfairly) labeling them racist.

[Amelia]

Sweetie cups, keep up or take notes. Dave S took the conversation down that path and I answered him.

Keep up yourself. I was asking YOU what the question YOU asked ME had to do with Lester Maddox.

it was Dave s defending racists because they were HIS racists.

No, darlin', it was Dave S trying to get some things about the South through your thick little skull. You could google up 'Southern Republicans' or Strom Thurmond, or Nixon's Southern Strategy and find out the same thing, but the basic fact is that most Southern Republicans who were politically active 40 years ago were Democrats then.

You obviously don't understand the least little thing about the South or Southern politics, and it's fairly obvious from some of your comments that you think most of us are still backwards, ignorant, and racist.

Suffice it to say, you're wrong about Lester Maddox, and using the events of 40 years ago against the Democrats could have a boomerang effect.

[AnAmericanMother]

While I think your premise is somewhat accurate and your argument effective on the libs, please leave Gov. Maddox out of this one. He wasn't at all the sort of man you think he was. All you know is what the media told you, and Maddox had a long-running feud with the Atlanta media. They set out to create a caricature, and they succeeded.

The real Maddox was miles and oceans apart from the stereotype created by the media. Even the famous "Pickrick incident" was slanted against him. What actually happened was that a noisy carload of folks egged on by local activists pulled up to the restaurant and announced they were "looking for Lester" and that he and his wife "couldn't hide - they better look out". Maddox's employees told him about this later, and when the carload of folks returned Maddox told them to get off his property. When a large man got out of the car and approached Maddox, he displayed a pistol and told him to leave. Some of his employees and customers grabbed some pick handles out of a fireside display to back him up, and the car left without any further incident. A far cry from "running three black students out of his restaurant with an ax handle".

To the extent that Maddox cheerfully mocked the stereotype by selling autographed pick handles, he confused the issue for non-Georgians such as yourself. But I think you should take the word of people who knew him that Maddox didn't have a racist bone in his body.

[Xthe17th]

Good dig Doc. (PS: Missed seeing you last night at the Costco Hildabeast FReep - you broke your streak. Oh well)

FYI, GOP: Perhaps you can add this as an adendum in a future revision of your book. Hope to see you in WV in October.

[Grand Old Partisan]

Thanks! On page 197 of Back to Basics for the Republican Party it reads "In 1966, another Democrat, Lester Maddox,...."

BTW, last Thursday at Rep. Chris Cox's invitation, I spoke about my book to the House Republican Policy Committee, which purchased 36 copies for distribution.

[justshutupandtakeit]

All that is fine but seems to ignore the fact that the RAT party has been the Party of the Wrong Idea from its inception in 1792.

Racist democrats until the 70s had NO simularities to the GOP other than being anti-commie. NONE of the RAT ideals are the ideals of America and when they appeared to be it was just demagogic appeals to the masses.

The Republican Party has been the party of Freedom, Liberty and Capitalism from its inception and has always been opposed by the RATs for those reasons. It was the Party of Slavery, Liberty for Slavers and the spiritual heirs of Slavers and Class Warfare.

[Grand Old Partisan]

Yes, exactly! This notion that somehow the Republican and Democratic parties have somehow "switched" policies is a myth created by Democrat history professors and their neo-Confederate stooges. We Republicans MUST learn to appreciate the true heritage of our Grand Old Party -- that's the theme of my book and speeches.

[Amelia]

While he was a segregationist (not an uncommon view for a man born in 1915) he was never a racist.

I don't think everyone knows the difference between the 2 terms.

He treated black people -- actually, ALL people -- honestly and fairly all his life.

Exactly.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Freedom of association doesn't come into consideration once a business receives a license from the PUBLIC authorities. Such a license places certain requirements upon the holder which trump "freedom of association."

At least this ridiculous little man had the intelligence to sell his rest. since he could no longer discriminate and practice his racism. This sort of idiocy even went so far in my old hometown as to require Blacks and Whites go to different pick up windows outside drive-ins. In other words, Mammy could cook your meals but couldn't pick up her burger at the same window as you.

Can anything be MORE ridiculous?

[Grand Old Partisan]

In 1901, Republican President Theodore Roosevelt invited a black man, Booker Washington, to dine with him at the White House. Democrats across the South protested vociferously, some demanding that the President throw away the silverware and dishes Washington had used. In 1931, Democrats in the South protested just as much when the wife of Republican President Herbert Hoover included in a luncheon for the wives of Republican congressmen a black woman who was married to a black Republican congresman.

[billbears]

I know it's probably beyond you two but a Southern gentleman died this week and some here are saddened by his passing. Leave him be

[Grand Old Partisan]

I haven't said anything about Lester Maddox other than to point out that he was a Democrat, which yes you're right, is an insult.

[Amelia]

I haven't said anything about Lester Maddox other than to point out that he was a Democrat, which yes you're right, is an insult.

The thread is about Lester Maddox, so maybe you're in the wrong place.

If you're working on the history of the Republican party, you'll know that many Southern Democrats switched to the Republican party during the 1960s, because of the Democrat's support of Civil Rights. (See Nixon's "Southern Strategy".)

[Grand Old Partisan]

I've already written the book, which is in a third edition, selling mostly at my speeches around the country to GOP groups. As for your point about the 1960s, it's discussed in the book.

[Matchett-PI]

Per the Media Research Center today:

Lester Maddox (?-GA Gov.). The media had no reticence last year about making sure readers and viewers understood that the Trent Lott who belonged to a whites-only fraternity was part of the Southern rise of the GOP, but in announcing the death Wednesday of former Georgia Governor Lester Maddox, a segregationist, the networks refused to inform their viewers that he was a Democrat.

ABC and CNBC ran full stories, yet neither ABC's Peter Jennings or CNBC's Don Teague found Maddox's party affiliation worth noting even though both reported how in 1966, as Jennings recalled, "no candidate had a majority, and the state legislature chose Maddox."

In fact, the Republican candidate got more votes, but the
Democratic-controlled legislature made Maddox the Governor.

The media had no reticence last year about making sure their readers and viewers understood that the Trent Lott who belonged to a racially-discriminatory fraternity was part of the Southern rise of the Republican Party, but in announcing the Wednesday passing away of former Georgia
Governor Lester Maddox, the racist, segregationist who led the state in the late 1960s, the networks refused to inform their viewers that he was a Democrat.

The morning AP dispatch didn't get to his party affiliation until the 19th paragraph, but ABC, CBS and NBC picked up on AP reporter Dick Pettys' characterization of Maddox's "relative moderation on race" in office: "Fears of racial strife during his 1967-71 governorship proved unfounded when Maddox pursued a policy of relative moderation on race."

ABC and CNBC even ran full stories which consumed more than two minutes each, yet neither ABC's Peter Jennings or CNBC's Don Teague found Maddox's party affiliation worth mentioning even though both noted how in 1966, as Jennings recalled, "no candidate had a majority, and the state legislature chose Maddox." In fact, the Republican candidate got more votes, but the Democratic-controlled legislature made Maddox the Governor.

As the AP's Pettys reported: "He won the Democratic nomination for Governor in 1966 but trailed Republican Howard H. 'Bo' Callaway in the general election. Write-in votes for other candidates prevented Callaway from receiving a majority, and the question was thrown to the Democrat-dominated Legislature, which picked Maddox." For the AP story:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030625/ap_on_re_us/obit_maddox_10

The Washington Post's Adam Bernstein outlined in a Wednesday posting, also published in Thursday's paper, Maddox's defiance: "Gov. Maddox catapulted to infamy in 1964 while operating a chicken and burger restaurant in Atlanta at which he refused to serve blacks. He also drove them from his restaurant with a pistol and pickax in hand. He closed his business after a federal court forced him to integrate the facility." For the Post's article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29311-2003Jun25.html?nav=hptop_ts

Below, a rundown of the Wednesday non-identifying of Maddox's party, starting with ABC, CNN, FNC and NBC in the morning (CBS's Early Show didn't mention it, the MRC's Brian Boyd informed me), and then the evening reports on ABC, CBS, CNN, CNBC and NBC.

-- ABC's Good Morning America, June 25, as taken down by MRC analyst Jessica Anderson. Robin Roberts at 8am: "A symbol of segregationist defiance, former Georgia Governor Lester Maddox died this morning at the age of 87. Maddox gained national notoriety in 1964 when he closed and sold his Atlanta restaurant rather than be forced to serve blacks. He became Governor in 1967 and was a moderate on race during his term."

-- CNN's American Morning. Daryn Kagan announced, as
transcribed by the MRC's Ken Shepherd: "And former Georgia
Governor Lester Maddox died this morning at an Atlanta hospice where he was recovering from a fall. Maddox had become known as a segregationist in the 1960s when he refused to let blacks eat at his restaurant. He was elected Governor in 1966, many feared the state would become even more racially polarized. Instead, Maddox pursued a moderate policy on race. Lester Maddox was 87 years old. A piece of Georgia and Southern U.S. history."

Bill Hemmer: "That he was."

-- FNC's Lauren Green at 9:30am EDT: "Former Georgia
segregationist Governor Lester Maddox has died. He was 87. Maddox gained notoriety in 1964 by defying the civil rights act and later closed his Atlanta restaurant rather than serve blacks. He was chosen Governor by the legislature when no candidate got a majority of votes cast in the 1966 election."

-- NBC's Today. News reader Natalie Morales at 7am, as caught by the MRC's Geoffrey Dickens: "And former Georgia Governor Lester Maddox died this morning at the age of 87. He became a symbol of segregation during the 1960s."

And in the afternoon/evening:

-- CNN at 4pm EDT, Judy Woodruff just before Inside Politics:

"Former Georgia Governor Lester Maddox has died of pneumonia. Maddox was elected in 1966, one of the last segregationist Governors in the South. He rose to prominence while battling to keep African-Americans out of his Atlanta restaurant and he later closed the business rather than serve black customers. Lester Maddox dead at the age of 87."

-- CBS Evening News. Dan Rather intoned: "Former Georgia
Governor Lester Maddox died today at the age of 87. Maddox first made national headlines in 1964 as a hardline segregationist. He closed and sold his restaurant rather than obey federal civil rights laws and serve black customers. After becoming Governor in 1976, Maddox named some African-Americans to some state jobs."

-- CNBC's The News with Brian Williams, anchored by John
Seigenthaler, devoted 2:30 to Maddox yet never managed to identify his party. Don Teague didn't do so despite its relevance to this sequence which Teague summarized: "Maddox ran for Governor of Georgia and won in a fluke election, appointed by the general assembly when no candidate received a majority of the popular vote."

-- NBC Nightly News. Anchor Brian Williams asserted:

"Former Georgia Governor Lester Maddox died today. He was a defiant segregationist. His refusal to allow blacks into his Atlanta chicken restaurant in the wake of the civil rights act of 1964 propelled him into the Governorship in 1966. While in office Maddox pursued a policy of relative moderation on race, but he did refuse to close the Capitol for the funeral of the Reverend Martin Luther King Junior, which drew thousands of mourners to Atlanta's streets. Lester Maddox was 87 years old."

-- ABC's World News Tonight ended with a full story narrated by Peter Jennings, complete with vintage black and white video of Jennings reporting on Maddox, but Jennings refused to mention Maddox's affiliation with the political party which imposed and enforced segregation for a century. Jennings began, as taken down by MRC analyst Brad Wilmouth:

"Finally this evening, Lester Maddox has died. His name will not mean a thing to millions of younger Americans. But 40 years ago, for those in the civil rights battle that was raging across the South, he was a champion of segregation, and he was in the federal government's way.
"Lester Maddox was a high school dropout who went into the restaurant business and became a lightning rod for the civil rights movement."
Lester Maddox in 1960s: "No, sir, I will not integrate. This is my piece of property."
Jennings, over old video: "The sign on his door said, 'The Lester Maddox Cafeteria does not accept integrationists as customers -- either red, yellow, black or white.'"
Jennings, in a black and white 1965 ABC News story: "About 1:15 this afternoon, a lone Negro came down and tried to enter the Lester Maddox Cafeteria. He entered. He came out about 30 seconds later. Lester Maddox was right behind him."
Jennings: "The federal government was forcing Maddox to serve blacks. He got around it the only way he could."
Jennings, again in old ABC News footage: "Mr. Maddox then posted a sign on his door which said, 'This restaurant is closed. Out of business forever.'"
Jennings: "That was February 1965. By October he was running for Governor of Georgia."
Unidentified reporter in 1965: "Mr. Maddox, would you think it fair if I described you as one of the leading segregationists in the state of Georgia."
Maddox: "Oh, not too much so. I think we have about three million people who feel like I do."
Jennings: "No candidate had a majority, and the state
legislature chose Maddox. Martin Luther King said it made him ashamed to be a Georgian. When Dr. King was assassinated in 1968, Maddox refused to close the state capitol for the funeral. Maddox, the arch-segregationist, will also be remembered for appointing many blacks to state government, but he always believed in segregation. He also disliked drinking, smoking, liberals, and the press. At the restaurant he sold axe handles as a symbol of defiance. They were unhappy days in Georgia. Mr. Maddox was 87."

He's the last Democrat until Al Gore to hate the news media.

Source:
http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030626.asp

[justshutupandtakeit]

I have no animus against Maddox but do not consider his passing any more worthy of grief than thousands of others. It is only in the media because he was a sort of freak show.

I hope his heart was purged of the evil he totally supported for decades when he passed. Otherwise, I fear his eternal life will not be pleasant. His life was certainly not that of a southern "gentleman" by any definition I know of. A "southern gentleman" I was always told was one who was gentle and kind to all classes of people, polite and refined, not one who chases law-abiding citizens around with guns. Robert E. Lee was the exemplar of that type. You can bet HE would have never chased a private citizen around with a gun. (Now chasing 100s of thousands of them armed with their own guns around Virginia is a different matter.)

Some of his contemporaries and brothers in the struggle against allowing blacks their constitutional rights did repent and redeem their souls. George Wallace is a good example of that.

[foreverfree]

bump

[justshutupandtakeit]

What is so ridiculous is that those wanting to get rid of the dishes were fed by the food prepared by black hands, ate from dishes washed by black hands, dressed in clothes cleaned and ironed by black hands, were suckled as infants at black breasts, etc. Can anything be more ridiculous than a RAT?

[justshutupandtakeit]

That is one of the more infuriating lies told against the GOP.

[tallhappy]

Interesting comments.

It is wonderful how you believe the media is allowed to and should control history, what words are used and how one must interpret them and in such a case it is appropriate to withhold information or obfuscate.

Your posts was a pefect example of media bias and it isn't necessarily liberal it is arrogance together with a sub-par intelligence and education. Always a bad combination.