[Sonny M]

It wasn't until the 1964 election and Barry Goldwater's blatant appeal to racist voters that the divorce of the GOP and black America was finalized.

This I disagree with, I don't see how supporting the constitution with the way it was written, can be construed as racism. This country would have been far better off today if Goldwater had won.

[Jhoffa_]

This I disagree with, I don't see how supporting the constitution with the way it was written, can be construed as racism.

What was the constitutional rub here exactly?

(The Goldwater years were long before me.. )