Matt Bors for November 18, 2014

Mikefive: I look at the KKK, and think, wow, these ghosts are really doing poorly in school. But it’s not that much more ridiculous that an Elks hat, or a Shriner’s fez.

Is this something the KKK has had to do in order to comply with law? i.e. cannot have on its charter/manifesto discrimination of members?

Now, about those burning crosses. The EPA says …

^^^^ Where are people currently burning crosses on people’s lawns?There’s way more people in the racist Black Panthers or followers Farrakhan than the handful of idiots in the Klan.

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.

^^^^ You must’ve skipped US History in high school…..

1964 Civil Rights ActTotals are in “Yea–Nay” format:

The original House version: 290–130 (69–31%).Cloture in the Senate: 71–29 (71–29%).The Senate version: 73–27 (73–27%).The Senate version, as voted on by the House: 289–126 (70–30%).By partyThe original House version:20

Democratic Party: 152–96 (61–39%)Republican Party: 138–34 (80–20%)Cloture in the Senate:21

Democratic Party: 44–23 (66–34%)Republican Party: 27–6 (82–18%)The Senate version:20

Democratic Party: 46–21 (69–31%)Republican Party: 27–6 (82–18%)The Senate version, voted on by the House:20

Democratic Party: 153–91 (63–37%)Republican Party: 136–35 (80–20%)

“Where are all the white women at?”- Cleavon Little – Blazing Saddles