"[N]o Republican here should kid themselves about it: the greatest leaders in fighting for an integrated America in the 20th century were in the Democratic Party. The fact is, it was the liberal wing of the Democratic Party that ended segregation. The fact is that it was Franklin Delano Roosevelt who gave hope to a nation that was in despair and could have slid into dictatorship. And the fact is, every Republican has much to learn from studying what the Democrats did right." - Former history professor and GOP Leader, Newt Gingrich [h=3]THE 104TH CONGRESS - THE REPUBLICAN LEADER -[/h][h=1]Excerpts From Gingrich's Speech on Party's Agenda for the 104th Congress[/h][h=3][/h]
Bush: I know many blacks don't trust Republican Party "I understand that racism still lingers in America. It's a lot easier to change a law than to change a human heart. And I understand that many African-Americans distrust my political party. I consider it a tragedy that the party of Abraham Lincoln let go of its historical ties with the African-American community," Bush said. "For too long, my party wrote off the African-American vote, and many African-Americans wrote off the Republican Party." Black support for Republicans in elections has hovered around 10 percent for more than a decade. In 2004, Bush drew 11 percent of the black vote against Democrat John Kerry." In addition to Bush, two RNC leaders apologized for the Southern Strategy. Want to explain that?
The right hasn't figured out that immigrant means immigrant.. even when they are white. That entire thing about stop immigration,... being blasted from a nutjob whose own mother is an immigrant, as well as his wife. They should build a wall around Trump, to keep that contained. No link? Guess you made it up.
No, it's not something they note. It's something these leftists manufactured and sold to you as a delusion masquerading as truth. Dem overlords know all they need to do is start crying racist anytime somebody talk about illegal immigration and their underlings will trigger into a state of mouth foaming outrage while completely ignoring the facts. It's how they get you guys to give a hard pass to all the people killed, and children raped by you're precious perfect illegal invading criminal filth pets. Think about it ...you ...through your support of the Democrat party ...are ...in a small way ...enabling child rape. Now I know you're going to brush that off for lack of accountability (another Dem trait) but it's a fact none the less.
And at the same time what were the Democrats saying about him? Bill "First Negro President" Clinton said Obama would have been a "house bwoi" who fetched his coffee. And Hillary "i's aints feeeeeerrrllls no tirrrrred not sauce" Clinton stood up before a crowd of Blacks and basically told them that none of the Bkack civil rights leaders got anything done and it was only when an OLD WHITE DEMOCRAT MAN got on the job was anything real accomplished. I mean, damn, those two comments perfectly sum up the Democrat opinion of Blacks. Keep them as slaves, program them to worship the White Democrat master. In other words: THE PERMANENT UNDER CLASS
When? "Majority" is not below 50%, and he didn't even get that till June 2016. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html
I challenge you to find one quote from Donald Trump where he said something against Mexican Immigrants (those that came to this country legally) as opposed to illegal Immigrants (those that come to this country illegally. I'll be waiting.
Wrong, they were Populist. Pro-Union, Pro big government programs and spending, anti-Israel, anti-big corporations for the "little guy", high taxes on the wealthy and corporations and on and on. The definitive book on George Wallace
Cool History Lesson. Now, a question - if the Party you are a member of (the general "you", not a specific "you") today, went back to the policies of that time period, would you still be a member? Or would you be a member of the other party?
Ahh "He received a B.A. from Emory University in 1965; he earned a M.A. in 1967 and a Ph.D. in 1971 from Tulane University, with a doctoral focus on modern European history." The only leadership by the Democrats came long after the fact Republicans fought for 100 years for civil rights and voting rights and the Democrats finally saw their support for segregation and discrimination from which they had won elections was about to disappear as the country and especially the South had turned on such issues and they would lose their political base if they continued to support such issues. It was all political expediancy not some altruistic epiphany.
I grew up in a blue south. We were FDR democrats. To look at the color coded political map now, one wonders how the south turned from blue to red. Well, I was alive when it happened, and know why it happened, from just personal experience of living in the south, for most of my life. Civil Rights. The end of segregation. LBJ did say that the dems had just lost the south, for a generation, but it has been more than a generation. The southerners, who believed in segregation, and the (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)s not being given full rights, for they were basically not human, but closer to monkeys, left the democratic party in droves to join the GOP, who at least in their perception, were closer to them than the democraps. And the rest is history. This actually happened folks. So do not delude yourself. But that isn't the whole story. There is a rest of the story here. Today, many decades after that change in party affiliation, the GOP in the south are not racists. In fact the generation that changed teams are mostly all dead, and their kids, grandkids, great grandkids were not raised up in a southern culture that was racist. Today, republicans in the south are no more racist than a democrat from a northern state. So do not delude yourself, although I know how the modern left loves delusion. Southern people tend to be old timey in their social issue beliefs. Because we are still the bible belt. In my local town, we got almost as many churches as homes. But this does not include racism, for the modern southern Christian is not racist, where many of the old ones were. And even justified it with their holy book, by a weird interpretation of it. Whether one party or the other was more racist in the past, has nothing to do with today. So why do people want to bring it up? Just some kind of ploy, to meet some ends they have rolling around in their half empty heads, is all. It is totally moot today, the history of these parties. Neither one of them look like what they came from. Neither one of them has any intention of representing the best interests of anyone but elites.
Wallace's speeches read like Tea Party speeches. Almost literally no difference. George Wallace. famous Conservative democrat racist, beloved by the Southerners -- Need just a tidbit of his words screaming what would be a Tea Party speeches today? "With this assassin's knife and a blackjack in the hand of the Federal force-cult, the left-wing liberals will try to force us back into bondage . . . more brutal than that imposed by the British monarchy which claimed power to rule over the lives of our forefathers under sanction of the Divine Right of kings." ...It was left-wing radicals who led the fight in the Senate for the so-called civil rights bill now about to enslave our nation. ... I am having nothing to do with this so-called civil rights bill. The liberal left-wingers have passed it. Now let them employ some pinknik social engineers in Washington, D.C., To figure out what to do with it However, we will not be intimidated by the vultures of the liberal left-wing press. We will not be deceived by their lies and distortions of truth. We will not be swayed by their brutal attacks upon the character and reputation of any honest citizen who dares stand up and fight for liberty. Conservatives of this nation constitute the balance of power in presidential elections. I am a conservative. " Plenty more if you care. How about Jonah Goldberg.... ? You know, conservatives were largely on the wrong side of the civil rights movement and we should fess up to that." Maybe Ole Newtie? "[N]o Republican here should kid themselves about it: the greatest leaders in fighting for an integrated America in the 20th century were in the Democratic Party. The fact is, it was the liberal wing of the Democratic Party that ended segregation. - Newt Gingrich And in 2016 -- why is it the Republican party has only elected eight black representatives to federal office in 115 years, compared to well over a 100 Democrats that elected them during that same 115 years? Things that make you go hmmmm... - - - Updated - - - You want to tell us about William F. Freakin' Buckley -- the Father of modern Conservatism - had to say in the major Conservative publication, the National Review in the 1950's, and his vision of White Supremacy? Or do you not know? - - - Updated - - - The largest White Supremacy group in the United States is The Council of Conservative Citizens.
You know guys - This ain't rocket science, and I did it back in 1984 - you simply register as an Independent and you don't have to be a loser member of either party.
` Yes. Lyndon Baines Johnson's "Great Society" legislation drove the "Solid South" to the Republicans.
There was no huge shift of the segregationist from Democrat to Republican, the Republicans had finally defeated them and there was no shift to Republicans supporting the segregation the Democrats had supported. The Republicans were never the racist before during or after the Civil Rights battles they fought for 100 years to win eventually getting the Democrats to give up and shift their position. The Democrats continued to win the state and local elections for two decades and LONG after the civil rights issues were settle and for far different reasons finally won the South as their voting block. No it didn't and don't delude yourself into thinking so.
