--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > <snip> > > > > This is WILDLY inaccurate. Go back and review > > > > the discussion, where I thoroughly debunked this > > > > right-wing slander. > > > > > > > > Here's a link to my first post on the topic; click > > > > "Show Options" and then "View Thread" to see the > > > > rest of the exchange: > > > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/ath28 > > > > > > > > Just one excerpt, a quote from conservative > > > > reporter Bob Zelnick's book on Al Gore, Jr., > > > > published by the right-wing Regnery Press > > > > (Zelnick was fired from ABC because of the > > > > book, which was quite critical of Al Gore, > > > > Jr.). Here's Zelnick, referring to Gore Sr.: > > > > > > > > "The actions of Gore, [Sen. Estes] Kefauver, and, at the > > > > state level, [Gov. Frank] Clement, and their courage and > > > > decency on the civil rights issue, would be more a source > > > > of political trouble than benefit in Tennessee, though > > > > none of the three ever lost an election because of his > > > > position, at least until Gore's defeat in his 1970 > > > > campaign. Each reelection would be challenged and each man > > > > would be accused of being "out of touch" with sentiment > > > > in the state, or worse yet, a traitor to his region, > > > > his heritage, and his people. None of the three ever > > > > backed down. None ever engaged in racial demagoguery. None > > > > would ever require sympathetic chroniclers to explain that > > > > his conduct had to be judged in the context of his time > > > > and its political exigencies. Their courage would inspire > > > > later generations of southerners who sought to purge the > > > > region of its terrible racial heritage." > > > > > > Al Gore Sr. was a racist and a segregationist. Fact. > > > > Not a fact but a deliberate falsehood, a slander, > > as the above quote from a *conservative* journalist, > > in a book *critical* of Al Gore, Jr., published by > > a *right-wing* house, makes quite clear. > > > > You really should take a stab at reading what > > it says. > > > > > Spin it and parse it as you like, Judy. > > > > No spinning or parsing necessary, Shemp. The > > facts are on the record. > > ...but Al Gore's vote against the Civil Rights Act isn't?
> Let's suppose for a minute that Gore, like you say, was the most > wonderful egalitarian of all time I never said that. > and always supported "the > colored's" as he (and, presumably, you) would call African- > Americans Shemp, you're just making yourself ridiculous with this kind of garbage. , yet had only that one slip and voted against civil rights > just that once. > > Wouldn't that one slip be enough to brand him a racist > segregationist? Nope. Because (as you know; we discussed this in some detail) he wasn't voting against civil rights, he was voting against the Civil Rights Act. He was afraid that under its provisions, public institutions such as hospitals and schools would not be able to desegregate fast enough and would lose federal funding. He was strongly in favor of desgregation but thought the timetable specified in the act did not provide enough time for the switch to take place. It's quite common, as you know--or should know-- for legislators to vote against a particular piece of legislation not because they oppose it in principle, but because they oppose one or more of its provisions. Unfortunately, dishonest politicians and their supporters will sometimes use such a vote against the legislator, claiming he or she opposed the law in principle. That's what the right wing has done with Al Gore, Sr., and you're perpetuating the slander. > > You also misrepresented our previous discussion; > > that's on the record too. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
