Oh ! That’s why no one is giving him work ! He’s a republican !
People keep making this mistake. It’s NOT:
“I haven’t seen the Democrats this mad since we freed the slaves!”
It’s SUPPOSED TO BE:
“I haven’t seen the Democrats this mad since we freed THEIR slaves!”
They were not just “the slaves”; they were the Democrats’ slaves!
WHOA!!
Could have been a bit better:
“I haven’t seen Democrats this mad since REPUBLICANS freed the slaves.”
LOL!
For the history buff:
In 1850, Democratic members of Congress passed what is known as the Compromise of 1850, which was a set of bills that attempted to prevent civil war over slavery. The Compromise essentially outlawed slavery in the Western states; however, it also included a bill called the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which demanded that slaves who ran away to northern states be returned to their “masters” in the South.
After the Compromise of 1850, Democrats gained small increments of popularity, while the Whig Party began to lose its unity. The Whig Party became more and more divided over the issues of slavery and anti-immigration. In 1852, the Whig Party disbanded, leaving weak opposition against the Democrats for that year’s election. Democrat Franklin Pierce was elected, followed by Democrat James Buchanan in 1856.
Under Buchanan, the Dred Scott case was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on US labor law and constitutional law. It held that “a negro, whose ancestors were imported into [the U.S.], and sold as slaves”, whether enslaved or free, could not be an American citizen and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court, and that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in the federal territories acquired after the creation of the United States. Dred Scott, an enslaved man of “the negro African race” who had been taken by his owners to free states and territories, attempted to sue for his freedom.
In a 7–2 decision written by Democrat Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, the court denied Scott’s request. The decision was only the second time that the Supreme Court had ruled an Act of Congress to be unconstitutional. (Taney, a Jacksonian Democrat, was made Chief Justice by President Jackson, considered the founder of the Democratic Party.)
Although Taney hoped that his ruling would finally settle the slavery question, the decision immediately spurred vehement dissent from anti-slavery elements in the North, especially Republicans. Many contemporary lawyers, and most modern legal scholars, consider the ruling regarding slavery in the territories to be dictum, not binding precedent. The decision proved to be an indirect catalyst for the American Civil War. It was functionally superseded by the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gave African Americans full citizenship.
Democrats who opposed slavery eventually left the party and joined those who were left-over from the Whig Party in the North to form the Republican Party in 1854.
By the election of 1860, the anti-slavery Republican Party gained widespread popularity. Throughout the election, the Republican Party focused on the issue of slavery. They felt that the slaveholders and slavery-supporters had taken over the government, and that these pro-slavery Democrats were voting against the progress of liberty. This incredibly powerful message led to the election of Republican Abraham Lincoln in 1860, who was as you may have deduced, the first Republican President.
I haven’t seen the Democrats this mad since we freed THEIR slaves!
“I haven’t seen the Democrats this mad since we freed THEIR slaves!”
Ed
Probably one of the most effective Tweets of all time.
LOL!! Hit the nail right on the head. I always liked him on SNL, and loved his two Deuce Bigalow movies. They’re funnier than $hit.
There’s a meme on facebook that shows Kermit the Frog drinking cool aid with that saying, been around for at least a week already.
We’re all wishing WE’D have thought of that one :)