--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- 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.
...and I suppose while those Tennessee hospitals were "slowly" desegregating, Al Senior would still readily partake of those hospitals' services just so he could show Al Junior the evils of segregation, right? > > 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/
