Pheonixops
Proud Liberal
In response to post #111
Dixiecrats were the only racists and they became Republicans? Really? George Wallace was a Democrat for life. In his immortal words:
"In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."
George Wallace's 1963 Inaugural Address - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
How about the view from another lifelong Democrat Lyndon Johnson:
"I'll have those ******* voting Democratic for the next 200 years. [Touting his underlying intentions for the "Great Society" programs, LBJ confided with two like-minded governors on Air Force One] "
Quote by Lyndon B. Johnson: I'll have those ******* voting Democratic for t...
Sad to say but Democrats are less than commendable in their views on race.
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You do know that Wallace changed his views completely later in life, right?
And you do know that Johnson passed the civil rights act, right?
Now let me see.
Who was that said the Congress needed 100 Jessie Helms? The most racist, son of a bitch, ever to sit in Congress?
Oh yeah..that was Teddy (Rafael, son of Castro Freedom Fighter) Cruz.
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Those old Democratic sentiments are better hidden but that's nothing to be proud of:
I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, thats a storybook, man.
Joe Biden
A Biden Problem: Foot in Mouth - ABC News
a "light-skinned African American with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.
Harry Reid
Reid apologizes for racial remarks about Obama during campaign - CNN.com
Spin it anyway you'd like but Democrats couldn't care less about blacks until it's time to vote. Just how well are blacks doing these days?![]()
Better than under Reagan........................
"Paul also said that the black unemployment rate hasnt budged under Obama, but it has. It reached a high of 16.8 percent in March 2010 and dropped to a low of 12.5 percent in November lower than the 12.7 percent rate when Obama took office. That wasnt the case for two of his recent predecessors, Reagan and Bush.
Under Reagan, the black unemployment rate went up a full percentage point from 14.6 percent in January 1981 to 15.6 percent in November 1985 even as the white unemployment rate fell from 6.7 percent to 5.9 percent.
Under Bush, the rates went up for both blacks and whites. But it went up faster for blacks, from 8.2 percent in January 2001 to 10.6 percent in November 2005 the biggest increase in the black unemployment rate of any of the four presidents at that point in their second terms."