"Of course by Republican, I really mean the Republican Guard of Iran. But for the sake of this email we'll just call them Republicans. I'm sure that everyone will understand what we really mean."
Whatever. You were able to figure out it was the New Black Panthers. With that being the case, it shouldn't have been a problem for anyone else. "You're right, the Republicans were the civil rights party...150 years ago. I guess the Southern Strategy and race baiting was all a little misunderstanding. Jerry, meet Jim Crow. Jim...Jerry." History, meet Judah, Judah ignore history: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 voting record: The original House version:<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964#cite_note-King-9> - Democratic Party: 152-96 (61%-39%) - Republican Party: 138-34 (80%-20%) Cloture in the Senate:<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964#cite_note-10> - Democratic Party: 44-23 (66%-34%) - Republican Party: 27-6 (82%-18%) The Senate version:<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964#cite_note-King-9> - Democratic Party: 46-21 (69%-31%) - Republican Party: 27-6 (82%-18%) The Senate version, voted on by the House:<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964#cite_note-King-9> - Democratic Party: 153-91 (63%-37%) - Republican Party: 136-35 (80%-20%) Then, there are these nice quotes from the LBJ, the Great Society President: These Negroes, theyre getting pretty uppity these days and thats a problem for us since theyve got something now they never had before, the political pull to back up their uppityness. Now weve got to do something about this, weve got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference. - Senator Lyndon B Johnson and "I have voted against the so-called anti-lynching bill." and "This civil rights program about which you have heard so much is a farce and a sham--an effort to set up a police state in the guise of liberty. I am opposed to that program. I fought it in the Congress. It is the province of the state to run its own elections. I am opposed to the anti-lynching bill because the Federal Government has no business enacting a law against one kind of murder than another...(And) if a man can tell you who you must hire, he can tell you who not to employ. I have met this head on." and, in regards to welfare "I'll have those n*gg*rs voting Democrat for the next 200 years" The last quote is hear-say so feel free to disregard, but it certainly looks in character. And of course Eisenhower tried to get two Civil Rights Bills through. LBJ opposed them vigorously. As a side, Kennedy voted against them too. Eventually, it seems that LBJ realized that the Democrats could not oppress the Black vote forever. If the Republicans were successful in passing civil rights and voting rights, the Democrats would never be able to secure the Black vote. The answer: The Great Society. The irony is that the Great Society has been an abject failure. In the words of Frances Rice, who is black: Today, Democrats, in pursuit of their socialist agenda, are fighting to keep blacks poor, angry and voting for Democrats. and Democrats have been running our inner-cities for the past 30 to 40 years, and blacks are still complaining about the same problems. More than $7 trillion dollars have been spent on poverty programs since Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty with little, if any, impact on poverty. Diabolically, every election cycle, Democrats blame Republicans for the deplorable conditions in the inner-cities, then incite blacks to cast a protest vote against Republicans. I don't need to meet Jim Crow, another set of Democrat initiatives. What I find interesting about Jim Crow laws is progressive hero Woodrow Wilson's role in propagating them. He basically removed all Black employees from the US government. If you want some interesting reading, check out the Wilmington Race riots. A coalition Republican/Black (populist party) government ran the Wilmington community. There were many professional Blacks and a growing Black middle class. Ruh-roh. The Democrats could not have that. The came in and started lynching Blacks. "Has anyone asked the NAACP about their opinion on the NBP?" Yes. "I have no idea if they've condemned them or not. " They have not up to this point. "1. What does Obama have to gain from dropping the charges against two of the defendants?" I have no idea. I doubt he would interfere in the case. "2. If Obama wanted to side with the NBP, why would they not drop the charge against the defendant who they got a default judgement against?" I don't know if Obama wanted to side with the NBP. The case or lack of case probably has more to do with the culture of the DOJ than a direct order. That culture is brought up below. I wouldn't call it a judgment. No weapons within a 100 yards of Philadelphia polling places through 2012. I'd call that a joke. "3. Is this racially motivated?" Of course it is. That was the point of Adams complaint, and the testimony of other employees/former employees. They argue that it is reverse discrimination. They were told not pursue cases with black offenders. 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