Davies needs to learn some history; he doesn’t seem to know how ardently the Democrat party supported everything from slavery to segregation in the south in the 1960s. LBJ objected to the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (no doubt to to spite Eisenhower), used the n word in that same time frame (I heard the tape & am told it’s on youtube), and when he got his own Civil Rights Act of 1964 thru, said he had sewn up the black vote for years to come.
Have you ever met a liberal white supremacists? Some conservatives say that the Southern Poverty Law Center is the equivalent racists organization. The irony of their statement are lost on them. “The Southern Poverty Law Center monitors hate groups and other extremists throughout the United States and exposes their activities to law enforcement agencies, the media and the public.”
The Republicans freed the slaves. The newly freed slaves were quite grateful for that and remained Republicans up to the point where Martin Luther King’s father was a registered Republican.White southerners were Democrats, KKK members and used Jim Crow laws to keep Blacks from voting Republican. But all that changed about 1960-1965. The Civil Rights laws in the 60s were written and passed by Democrats. When Johnson signed the bill he said " We have lost the South for a generation." He underestimated. The Republican party saw it’s chance and fought Civil Rights at every turn. The “Solid South” which was called that because it could be counted on to vote solidly Democratic, turned Republican in the space of a couple of years.So, the Democratic party was now populated by liberals who supported Civil Rights. Those who were KKK and Jim Crow law supporters defected en mass to the Republicans and remain there today.
Cerabooge almost 9 years ago
The KKK, the CCC; pretty similar.
wabaggett almost 9 years ago
That’s funny the DNC uses the confederate flag to solicit campaign contributions and nothing is said of that.
oneoldhat almost 9 years ago
dear simon greene county mo democrat Jackson day 05/15
SClark55 Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Davies needs to learn some history; he doesn’t seem to know how ardently the Democrat party supported everything from slavery to segregation in the south in the 1960s. LBJ objected to the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (no doubt to to spite Eisenhower), used the n word in that same time frame (I heard the tape & am told it’s on youtube), and when he got his own Civil Rights Act of 1964 thru, said he had sewn up the black vote for years to come.
PainterArt Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Have you ever met a liberal white supremacists? Some conservatives say that the Southern Poverty Law Center is the equivalent racists organization. The irony of their statement are lost on them. “The Southern Poverty Law Center monitors hate groups and other extremists throughout the United States and exposes their activities to law enforcement agencies, the media and the public.”
Diane Lee Premium Member almost 9 years ago
The Republicans freed the slaves. The newly freed slaves were quite grateful for that and remained Republicans up to the point where Martin Luther King’s father was a registered Republican.White southerners were Democrats, KKK members and used Jim Crow laws to keep Blacks from voting Republican. But all that changed about 1960-1965. The Civil Rights laws in the 60s were written and passed by Democrats. When Johnson signed the bill he said " We have lost the South for a generation." He underestimated. The Republican party saw it’s chance and fought Civil Rights at every turn. The “Solid South” which was called that because it could be counted on to vote solidly Democratic, turned Republican in the space of a couple of years.So, the Democratic party was now populated by liberals who supported Civil Rights. Those who were KKK and Jim Crow law supporters defected en mass to the Republicans and remain there today.