So far we on the left don't have the fire the right has to fight for what it believes in

[JonKoch]

That's because the left only cares about black people, illegal immigrants, and gay people.

And the right are a bunch of ignorant know nothings

Uhm......When the Voting Rights Act hit the floor in 1965, the vote results mirrored those of the Civil Rights Act. ... In the Senate, the measure passed by a 77-19 vote, with 73 percent of Democrats and 94 percent of Republicans supporting the bill. So it's clear that Republican support for both bills was deep.

WEIRD, HOW ABOUT SHOWING IT BY THE REGION, YOU KNOW THE SOUTHERN CSA????


Or you want to "believe" today's GOP is as liberal as the ROCKEFELLER NORTHERN GOP WHO HELPED THE DEMS?


By party and region


Note: "Southern", as used in this section, refers to members of Congress from the eleven states that made up the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. "Northern" refers to members from the other 39 states, regardless of the geographic location of those states

The original House version:

• Southern Democrats: 8–87 (7–93%)
• Southern Republicans: 0–10 (0–100%)
• Northern Democrats: 145–9 (94–6%)
• Northern Republicans: 138–24 (85–15%)

The Senate version:

• Southern Democrats: 1–20 (5–95%) (only Ralph Yarborough of Texas voted in favor)
• Southern Republicans: 0–1 (0–100%) (John Tower of Texas)
• Northern Democrats: 45–1 (98–2%) (only Robert Byrd of West Virginia voted against)
• Northern Republicans: 27–5 (84–16%

YOU WERE SAYING CUPCAKE?


Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Wikipedia

I love listening to the left bitch about the south, when in reality you'll find more segregation in places like Boston.

Yet the posit was about the CRA and Voting Rights. Go figure Cupcake

 

[JonKoch]

That's because the left only cares about black people, illegal immigrants, and gay people.

And the right are a bunch of ignorant know nothings

Uhm......When the Voting Rights Act hit the floor in 1965, the vote results mirrored those of the Civil Rights Act. ... In the Senate, the measure passed by a 77-19 vote, with 73 percent of Democrats and 94 percent of Republicans supporting the bill. So it's clear that Republican support for both bills was deep.

WEIRD, HOW ABOUT SHOWING IT BY THE REGION, YOU KNOW THE SOUTHERN CSA????


Or you want to "believe" today's GOP is as liberal as the ROCKEFELLER NORTHERN GOP WHO HELPED THE DEMS?


By party and region


Note: "Southern", as used in this section, refers to members of Congress from the eleven states that made up the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. "Northern" refers to members from the other 39 states, regardless of the geographic location of those states

The original House version:

• Southern Democrats: 8–87 (7–93%)
• Southern Republicans: 0–10 (0–100%)
• Northern Democrats: 145–9 (94–6%)
• Northern Republicans: 138–24 (85–15%)

The Senate version:

• Southern Democrats: 1–20 (5–95%) (only Ralph Yarborough of Texas voted in favor)
• Southern Republicans: 0–1 (0–100%) (John Tower of Texas)
• Northern Democrats: 45–1 (98–2%) (only Robert Byrd of West Virginia voted against)
• Northern Republicans: 27–5 (84–16%

YOU WERE SAYING CUPCAKE?


Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Wikipedia

I love listening to the left bitch about the south, when in reality you'll find more segregation in places like Boston.

Yeah and the Confederates were.....guess?

CONservatives from the CONfederate States Of AmeriKKKa Cupcake? You know the guys who currently are upset that their monuments to traitors were taken down along with the rebel flag?



Unless you somehow want to explain liberals had a stronghold in the South EVER Cupcake???

 

[BluesLegend]

We on the right believe the left must be destroyed once and for all, purged from ever holding power again. Its hard to top that motivation.

True Cupcake, I believe the same about you rightards who NEVER learn from history

As you can see the left hates me ^^^ so I hate them back 10x. I find comfort knowing they will die out in time, part of nature weeding out the weak.

Don't know about the "left" Cupcake, but I despise you ignorant tools

Ahahaha we are busy taking the House, the Senate, the White House, and nominating conservative SCOTUS justices while you are busy despising us. I'm sorry, who's ignorant? Go win an election if you can, I doubt its possible unless the left lies and pretends to be conservative like they did in 2008.

 

[OKTexas]

Liberals we have got to start controlling the message and correcting the lies that come out of the mouths of the conservatives.

They have nothing besides lies and crap.

Yeah, having 9 out of 10 media outlets doing your bidding just ain't enough, RIGHT?

.

CORP MEDIA LIBERAL HUH CUPCAKE?

Poor, poor little snowflake. So easily confused. Can you explain how you got corporate media out of media outlets? I guess the internet media outlets have escaped your intellectual grasp. BTW the chart pretty much confirms what I said about the MSM, as all pump out regressive BS all the way through their supposed entertainment programing.

.

.

Sorry Cupcake were you attempting to show the MSM was liberal somehow when 90% of it is owned by 6 LARGE CORP INTERESTS?

Even that "liberal" MSNBC fired the top rated host (Phil Donahue) when he spoke out against Dubya's war of choice Buttercup

Run along child, you can't debate someone who ignores reality. The MSM pushes every pet grievance of regressives, gun control, normalizing fag relationships, class warfare, the whole ball of wax.


.

 

[Pop23]

So far we on the left don't have the fire the right has to fight for what it believes in ...Honestly,when we get real passion and start pushing liberalism and stand up to counter the conservative points= get thought of as bad and people don't want to hear it. We're snowflakes for fighting for fair treatment of the LGBT community, we're snowflakes for wanting to help people and we're snowflakes for asking for a little common decency...The right can scream and whine all day long about how they want to take this away from the poor, cut science and be outright assholes to most of the population and you know what..They win.

Most of their policies don't even make a ounce of sense (at least to me)but they keep saying it until people believe it. What is most ironic is Trump on the campaign trial was talking about a snake and how you shouldn't trust that snake....Well, looking at his history and how he treats people, I think he just played the biggest con ever on the American people. Why? He outsources, he brings in cheap labor and hell he even doesn't pay his workers.A life time of fucking people over and stealing from people.

Why on earth should I or anyone stop fighting for better infrastructure, funded science and a basic safetynet for our poor and old. I won't stop! Stopping is losing. People of course will get tired of it but won't get tired of hearing the cruel senseless crap coming out of the mouths of the conservatives that support the very people that have fucked the very people that are tired of my message over the past 50 fucking years. Even Trump the big liar of our time ran on this message so conservatives and tired so called liberals, well, look at the reality and the evidence for once.

It is time for people on the left to get as angry as the people that want to fuck us over currently are. Time to sharpen the horns.

1. True, you don't. Most importantly though, you won't. One on One, you lose every time. You need mobs, we don't. Think about that.

2. What you folks believe in is a basket of idiotic ideas. Tough to get fired up when your base is a bunch of nuts.

Clear nuff?

"2. What you folks believe in is a basket of idiotic ideas. Tough to get fired up when your base is a bunch of nuts. "




LIKE THOSE "JOB CREATORS" ARE OVERTAXED CUPCAKE?

Yes buttercup. Everyone is overtaxed that pays taxes. The collection of taxes does not improve anything when those taxes are placed in the hands of progressives.

Got it buttercup?

If not, time to suck it up.

 

[JonKoch]

We on the right believe the left must be destroyed once and for all, purged from ever holding power again. Its hard to top that motivation.

True Cupcake, I believe the same about you rightards who NEVER learn from history

As you can see the left hates me ^^^ so I hate them back 10x. I find comfort knowing they will die out in time, part of nature weeding out the weak.

Don't know about the "left" Cupcake, but I despise you ignorant tools

Ahahaha we are busy taking the House, the Senate, the White House, and nominating conservative SCOTUS justices while you are busy despising us. I'm sorry, who's ignorant? Go win an election if you can, I doubt its possible unless the left lies and pretends to be conservative like they did in 2008.

Republicans Make Big Advances Thanks to Citizens United

The increase in corporate money in elections has favored one party over the other.

Republicans Make Big Advances Thanks to Citizens United


The researchers found the ruling, in Citizens United v. FEC, was associated with a six percentage-point increase in the likelihood that a Republican candidate would win a state legislative race.


And in six of the most affected states — Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio and Tennessee — the probability that a Republican would be elected to a state legislative seat increased by 10 percentage points or more.



In five other states — Colorado, Iowa, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming — Republican candidates were seven percentage points more likely to win.

WAPO


Study: Citizens United elected more Republicans


GOP Memo: Gerrymandering Won Us The House Majority


“The rationale was straightforward,” reads the memo. “Controlling the redistricting process in these states would have the greatest impact on determining how both state legislative and congressional district boundaries would be drawn. Drawing new district lines in states with the most redistricting activity presented the opportunity to solidify conservative policymaking at the state level and maintain a Republican stronghold in the U.S. House of Representatives for the next decade.”


GOP Memo: Gerrymandering Won Us The House Majority



Democrats won popular vote in the Senate, too



Senate Democrats won over 23 million more votes than Republicans

We're the popular party: Senate Democrats won over 23 million more votes than Republicans


It's official: Clinton swamps Trump in popular vote

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/21/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-popular-vote-final-count/

 

[JonKoch]

Liberals we have got to start controlling the message and correcting the lies that come out of the mouths of the conservatives.

They have nothing besides lies and crap.

Yeah, having 9 out of 10 media outlets doing your bidding just ain't enough, RIGHT?

.

CORP MEDIA LIBERAL HUH CUPCAKE?

Poor, poor little snowflake. So easily confused. Can you explain how you got corporate media out of media outlets? I guess the internet media outlets have escaped your intellectual grasp. BTW the chart pretty much confirms what I said about the MSM, as all pump out regressive BS all the way through their supposed entertainment programing.

.

.

Sorry Cupcake were you attempting to show the MSM was liberal somehow when 90% of it is owned by 6 LARGE CORP INTERESTS?

Even that "liberal" MSNBC fired the top rated host (Phil Donahue) when he spoke out against Dubya's war of choice Buttercup

Run along child, you can't debate someone who ignores reality. The MSM pushes every pet grievance of regressives, gun control, normalizing fag relationships, class warfare, the whole ball of wax.


.

Got it Cupcake, you have nothing, as usual

 

[Pop23]

We on the right believe the left must be destroyed once and for all, purged from ever holding power again. Its hard to top that motivation.

True Cupcake, I believe the same about you rightards who NEVER learn from history

As you can see the left hates me ^^^ so I hate them back 10x. I find comfort knowing they will die out in time, part of nature weeding out the weak.

Don't know about the "left" Cupcake, but I despise you ignorant tools

Ahahaha we are busy taking the House, the Senate, the White House, and nominating conservative SCOTUS justices while you are busy despising us. I'm sorry, who's ignorant? Go win an election if you can, I doubt its possible unless the left lies and pretends to be conservative like they did in 2008.

Republicans Make Big Advances Thanks to Citizens United





The increase in corporate money in elections has favored one party over the other.



Republicans Make Big Advances Thanks to Citizens United





The researchers found the ruling, in Citizens United v. FEC, was associated with a six percentage-point increase in the likelihood that a Republican candidate would win a state legislative race.



And in six of the most affected states — Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio and Tennessee — the probability that a Republican would be elected to a state legislative seat increased by 10 percentage points or more.



In five other states — Colorado, Iowa, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming — Republican candidates were seven percentage points more likely to win.

WAPO


Study: Citizens United elected more Republicans





GOP Memo: Gerrymandering Won Us The House Majority


“The rationale was straightforward,” reads the memo. “Controlling the redistricting process in these states would have the greatest impact on determining how both state legislative and congressional district boundaries would be drawn. Drawing new district lines in states with the most redistricting activity presented the opportunity to solidify conservative policymaking at the state level and maintain a Republican stronghold in the U.S. House of Representatives for the next decade.”


GOP Memo: Gerrymandering Won Us The House Majority





Democrats won popular vote in the Senate, too



Senate Democrats won over 23 million more votes than Republicans

We're the popular party: Senate Democrats won over 23 million more votes than Republicans





It's official: Clinton swamps Trump in popular vote

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/21/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-popular-vote-final-count/

Good for her. Except there is no such thing as a national popular vote.

Winning it, and a quarter won't even buy you a candy bar.

 

[JonKoch]

So far we on the left don't have the fire the right has to fight for what it believes in ...Honestly,when we get real passion and start pushing liberalism and stand up to counter the conservative points= get thought of as bad and people don't want to hear it. We're snowflakes for fighting for fair treatment of the LGBT community, we're snowflakes for wanting to help people and we're snowflakes for asking for a little common decency...The right can scream and whine all day long about how they want to take this away from the poor, cut science and be outright assholes to most of the population and you know what..They win.

Most of their policies don't even make a ounce of sense (at least to me)but they keep saying it until people believe it. What is most ironic is Trump on the campaign trial was talking about a snake and how you shouldn't trust that snake....Well, looking at his history and how he treats people, I think he just played the biggest con ever on the American people. Why? He outsources, he brings in cheap labor and hell he even doesn't pay his workers.A life time of fucking people over and stealing from people.

Why on earth should I or anyone stop fighting for better infrastructure, funded science and a basic safetynet for our poor and old. I won't stop! Stopping is losing. People of course will get tired of it but won't get tired of hearing the cruel senseless crap coming out of the mouths of the conservatives that support the very people that have fucked the very people that are tired of my message over the past 50 fucking years. Even Trump the big liar of our time ran on this message so conservatives and tired so called liberals, well, look at the reality and the evidence for once.

It is time for people on the left to get as angry as the people that want to fuck us over currently are. Time to sharpen the horns.

1. True, you don't. Most importantly though, you won't. One on One, you lose every time. You need mobs, we don't. Think about that.

2. What you folks believe in is a basket of idiotic ideas. Tough to get fired up when your base is a bunch of nuts.

Clear nuff?

"2. What you folks believe in is a basket of idiotic ideas. Tough to get fired up when your base is a bunch of nuts. "




LIKE THOSE "JOB CREATORS" ARE OVERTAXED CUPCAKE?

Yes buttercup. Everyone is overtaxed that pays taxes. The collection of taxes does not improve anything when those taxes are placed in the hands of progressives.

Got it buttercup?

If not, time to suck it up.

Weird how we can trace back US debt to exploding when Ronnie (the HUGE traitorous bastard with Iran) Reagan gutted taxes for the rich AS he blew up spending?

Then after fiscal discipline BJ Bill gave US (4 surpluses, 3 after vetoing the GOP's $792+ billion tax cut) , we had 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies

Dubya took US from 20% of GDP in revenues to 14.6% WHILE blowing up spending to nearly 24%. So the GOPers gutted revenues 25%+, while blowing up spending 20% , but it's the "progressives" who are the problem???

 

[JonKoch]

True Cupcake, I believe the same about you rightards who NEVER learn from history

As you can see the left hates me ^^^ so I hate them back 10x. I find comfort knowing they will die out in time, part of nature weeding out the weak.

Don't know about the "left" Cupcake, but I despise you ignorant tools

Ahahaha we are busy taking the House, the Senate, the White House, and nominating conservative SCOTUS justices while you are busy despising us. I'm sorry, who's ignorant? Go win an election if you can, I doubt its possible unless the left lies and pretends to be conservative like they did in 2008.

Republicans Make Big Advances Thanks to Citizens United





The increase in corporate money in elections has favored one party over the other.



Republicans Make Big Advances Thanks to Citizens United





The researchers found the ruling, in Citizens United v. FEC, was associated with a six percentage-point increase in the likelihood that a Republican candidate would win a state legislative race.



And in six of the most affected states — Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio and Tennessee — the probability that a Republican would be elected to a state legislative seat increased by 10 percentage points or more.



In five other states — Colorado, Iowa, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming — Republican candidates were seven percentage points more likely to win.

WAPO


Study: Citizens United elected more Republicans





GOP Memo: Gerrymandering Won Us The House Majority


“The rationale was straightforward,” reads the memo. “Controlling the redistricting process in these states would have the greatest impact on determining how both state legislative and congressional district boundaries would be drawn. Drawing new district lines in states with the most redistricting activity presented the opportunity to solidify conservative policymaking at the state level and maintain a Republican stronghold in the U.S. House of Representatives for the next decade.”


GOP Memo: Gerrymandering Won Us The House Majority





Democrats won popular vote in the Senate, too



Senate Democrats won over 23 million more votes than Republicans

We're the popular party: Senate Democrats won over 23 million more votes than Republicans





It's official: Clinton swamps Trump in popular vote

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/21/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-popular-vote-final-count/

Good for her. Except there is no such thing as a national popular vote.

Winning it, and a quarter won't even buy you a candy bar.

Good lil Cupcake leave out EVERYTHING else posited AND Russia interfering with the US election to help The Cheeeto

 

[OKTexas]

You completely ignored Al Gore Sr. Participating in the Filibuster against Civil rights. I guess he was a closeted conservative too.

And LBJ.


.

LBJ? They guy who pushed it through Cupcake?

Lyndon Johnson opposed every civil rights proposal considered in his first 20 years as lawmaker

Our ruling

Obama said that during Johnson’s "first 20 years in Congress, he opposed every civil rights measure that came up for a vote."

That was the case for Johnson, who broke this pattern by steering passage of civil rights acts starting in 1957. We rate this statement as True.

TRUE – The statement is accurate and there’s nothing significant missing.

Lyndon Johnson opposed every civil rights proposal considered in his first 20 years as lawmaker

 

[Nosmo King]

When did we devolve into this sorry state? When did our society become one for n which if you disagree, you're not merely wrong but evil. Not merely distracted by narrow priorities but vile and murderous?

What factor changed our nation from one where there was a glimmer of civility to one that is dominated by crass, boorish, myopic, impulsive, immaturity?

Does anyone know a dominating personality that would emulsify into our discourse? Anyone?

 

[tycho1572]

It's time for you weirdos to start thinking about acting normal, Matthew.
Society has had enough of your stupid shit.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Liberals we have got to start controlling the message and correcting the lies that come out of the mouths of the conservatives.

They have nothing besides lies and crap.

If only the LMSM would start pushing the Progressive agenda

If only...

 

[JonKoch]

You completely ignored Al Gore Sr. Participating in the Filibuster against Civil rights. I guess he was a closeted conservative too.

And LBJ.


.

LBJ? They guy who pushed it through Cupcake?

Lyndon Johnson opposed every civil rights proposal considered in his first 20 years as lawmaker

Our ruling

Obama said that during Johnson’s "first 20 years in Congress, he opposed every civil rights measure that came up for a vote."

That was the case for Johnson, who broke this pattern by steering passage of civil rights acts starting in 1957. We rate this statement as True.

TRUE – The statement is accurate and there’s nothing significant missing.

Lyndon Johnson opposed every civil rights proposal considered in his first 20 years as lawmaker

True Cupcake, THEN what happened?


On one level, it’s not surprising that anyone elected in Johnson’s era from a former member-state of the Confederate States of America resisted civil-rights proposals into and past the 1950s. But given Johnson’s later roles spearheading civil-rights measures into law including acts approved in 1957, 1960 and 1964, we wondered whether Johnson’s change of course was so long in coming.




The reason it’s questioned is that for no less than 20 years in Congress, from 1937 to 1957, Johnson’s record was on the side of the South. He not only voted with the South on civil rights, but he was a southern strategist, but in 1957, he changes and pushes through the first civil rights bill since Reconstruction. He always had this true, deep compassion to help poor people and particularly poor people of color, but even stronger than the compassion was his ambition. But when the two aligned, when compassion and ambition finally are pointing in the same direction, then Lyndon Johnson becomes a force for racial justice, unequalled certainly since Lincoln.

Lyndon Johnson opposed every civil rights proposal considered in his first 20 years as lawmaker


UNLIKE THE VAST MAJORITY OF SOUTHERNERS, HE STEPPED UP FINALLY!

 

[imawhosure]

You completely ignored Al Gore Sr. Participating in the Filibuster against Civil rights. I guess he was a closeted conservative too.

And LBJ.


.

LBJ? They guy who pushed it through Cupcake?

Lyndon Johnson opposed every civil rights proposal considered in his first 20 years as lawmaker

Our ruling

Obama said that during Johnson’s "first 20 years in Congress, he opposed every civil rights measure that came up for a vote."

That was the case for Johnson, who broke this pattern by steering passage of civil rights acts starting in 1957. We rate this statement as True.

TRUE – The statement is accurate and there’s nothing significant missing.

Lyndon Johnson opposed every civil rights proposal considered in his first 20 years as lawmaker

True Cupcake, THEN what happened?


On one level, it’s not surprising that anyone elected in Johnson’s era from a former member-state of the Confederate States of America resisted civil-rights proposals into and past the 1950s. But given Johnson’s later roles spearheading civil-rights measures into law including acts approved in 1957, 1960 and 1964, we wondered whether Johnson’s change of course was so long in coming.




The reason it’s questioned is that for no less than 20 years in Congress, from 1937 to 1957, Johnson’s record was on the side of the South. He not only voted with the South on civil rights, but he was a southern strategist, but in 1957, he changes and pushes through the first civil rights bill since Reconstruction. He always had this true, deep compassion to help poor people and particularly poor people of color, but even stronger than the compassion was his ambition. But when the two aligned, when compassion and ambition finally are pointing in the same direction, then Lyndon Johnson becomes a force for racial justice, unequalled certainly since Lincoln.

Lyndon Johnson opposed every civil rights proposal considered in his first 20 years as lawmaker


UNLIKE THE VAST MAJORITY OF SOUTHERNERS, HE STEPPED UP FINALLY!

Just to change the subject for a second----------->which leftist has opened an alternate account, lol. You can tell by the posting WHO IT IS, but shhhhhhh.......we won't say anything, hehehehehehe. PHONY BALONEY.........but since you call everyone a cupcake, maybe you are BILLY BALONEY-)

 

[JonKoch]

When did we devolve into this sorry state? When did our society become one for n which if you disagree, you're not merely wrong but evil. Not merely distracted by narrow priorities but vile and murderous?

What factor changed our nation from one where there was a glimmer of civility to one that is dominated by crass, boorish, myopic, impulsive, immaturity?

Does anyone know a dominating personality that would emulsify into our discourse? Anyone?

Started with Lewis Powell's 1973 memo to the Chamber of Commerce who said they needed to go to war on the forces against "capitalism" . They needed to get people within Gov't, universities, Media, etc and start right wing "think tanks", which later were Heritage Foundation, CATO, AEI, ALEC, PRI, etc to spread their distortions, misinformation and lies.

With this in the past 20+ years after Ronald Reagan was treated with kid gloves for his lies after the assassination attempt, the right wing has grown it into the mode of right wing infotainment complex we see today.

It's been helped by the internet and pushed by the Birch Society types (co-founded by the Koch Bro's dad)who the right used to put in the closet where they belonged!

 

[JonKoch]

It's time for you weirdos to start thinking about acting normal, Matthew.
Society has had enough of your stupid shit.

"Normal" ??


How "Presidential": Trump Told 51 Lies in 61 Minutes




In 119 days, President Trump has made 586 false and misleading claims

The Fact Checker’s ongoing database of the false and misleading claims made by President Trump during his first 365 days in office.


365 days of Trump’s claims

 

[imawhosure]

It's time for you weirdos to start thinking about acting normal, Matthew.
Society has had enough of your stupid shit.

"Normal" ??


How "Presidential": Trump Told 51 Lies in 61 Minutes




In 119 days, President Trump has made 586 false and misleading claims

The Fact Checker’s ongoing database of the false and misleading claims made by President Trump during his first 365 days in office.


365 days of Trump’s claims

So if what you say is true, he is behind Obama by a factor of 3! Ok, I can agree to that-)

 

[JonKoch]

You completely ignored Al Gore Sr. Participating in the Filibuster against Civil rights. I guess he was a closeted conservative too.

And LBJ.


.

LBJ? They guy who pushed it through Cupcake?

Lyndon Johnson opposed every civil rights proposal considered in his first 20 years as lawmaker

Our ruling

Obama said that during Johnson’s "first 20 years in Congress, he opposed every civil rights measure that came up for a vote."

That was the case for Johnson, who broke this pattern by steering passage of civil rights acts starting in 1957. We rate this statement as True.

TRUE – The statement is accurate and there’s nothing significant missing.

Lyndon Johnson opposed every civil rights proposal considered in his first 20 years as lawmaker

True Cupcake, THEN what happened?


On one level, it’s not surprising that anyone elected in Johnson’s era from a former member-state of the Confederate States of America resisted civil-rights proposals into and past the 1950s. But given Johnson’s later roles spearheading civil-rights measures into law including acts approved in 1957, 1960 and 1964, we wondered whether Johnson’s change of course was so long in coming.




The reason it’s questioned is that for no less than 20 years in Congress, from 1937 to 1957, Johnson’s record was on the side of the South. He not only voted with the South on civil rights, but he was a southern strategist, but in 1957, he changes and pushes through the first civil rights bill since Reconstruction. He always had this true, deep compassion to help poor people and particularly poor people of color, but even stronger than the compassion was his ambition. But when the two aligned, when compassion and ambition finally are pointing in the same direction, then Lyndon Johnson becomes a force for racial justice, unequalled certainly since Lincoln.

Lyndon Johnson opposed every civil rights proposal considered in his first 20 years as lawmaker


UNLIKE THE VAST MAJORITY OF SOUTHERNERS, HE STEPPED UP FINALLY!

Just to change the subject for a second----------->which leftist has opened an alternate account, lol. You can tell by the posting WHO IT IS, but shhhhhhh.......we won't say anything, hehehehehehe. PHONY BALONEY.........but since you call everyone a cupcake, maybe you are BILLY BALONEY-)

Sorry Cupcake, I'm dad2three, locked out of old Email account

Here was one of my topics Buttercup

Anything else Buttercup?



FACTS on Dubya's great recession