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Originally Posted by **********
So, you're ok with the party you love being associated with racists?
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You're an idiot and know shit about it
This was written in 2006, but it's history that the democratic party hates when people find out about it
To begin with, the Republican Party was founded by anti-slavery activists, in contrast to the pro-slavery Democratic Party. It was Abe Lincoln, a Republican President, who led the North to victory in the Civil War and freed the slaves while the Democrats did everything in their power to keep black Americans down.
Fast forward to 1898 in Wilmington, N.C., where Democrats murdered black Republicans so they could stage, ?the nation?s only recorded coup d?etat.? Then, in 1922, Democrats in the Senate filibustered a Republican attempt to make lynching a federal crime. A little later on, FDR nominated former Klansman Hugo Black to the Supreme Court. Contrast that to Republican President Dwight Eisenhower, who actually ?sent troops? to ensure that schools in Little Rock, Ark., were desegregated and ordered the ?complete desegregation of the Armed Forces.? Noticing any trends?
But, that was such a long time ago, right? Things really changed in the ?60s, didn?t they? Yes, Americans ? particularly black Americans ? really owe Democratic President Lyndon Johnson a debt of gratitude for destroying American families and causing the number of illegitimate births to skyrocket ? by pushing entitlement programs that made it much easier to have children out of wedlock.
Remember George ?segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever? Wallace standing in the door of an Alabama schoolhouse to keep black children from being able to go to school with whites? George Wallace was a Democrat. Remember Bull Connor turning water hoses and dogs on civil rights protestors? Bull Connor was a Democrat.
But, what about the revolutionary Civil Rights Act of 1964? That?s where the Democrats showed their mettle and Republicans were proven to be racists. Right? Wrong. 82% of Republicans voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 versus only 64% of Democrats. Furthermore, a few years later, it was Republican Richard Nixon who first put teeth behind affirmative action.
But, what about today? You?d think that with Democrats receiving upwards of 90% of the black vote in some cases, that there would be few, if any, prominent black Republicans while black Americans would be amongst the biggest power players in the Democratic Party. However, the opposite has often turned out to be true. Once you look past the gerrymandered districts that have to remain in place because so many liberal whites simply won?t vote for black candidates (There are only five black Democrats in the House representing majority white districts), you?ll see that the Republican Party has surpassed the Democrats in many areas.
there's more if you want to read it
http://www.humanevents.com/2006/07/0...d-republicans/