--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "boo_lives" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This post which shemp keeps posting every so often is absurd in its > implications. As anyone with a minimum knowledge of politics knows, > the democratic party lost its traditional hold on the South with > passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Act was initially > championed by President Kennedy and ultimately passed under Johnson by > a Congress that was dominated by democrats at that time. The Act was > opposed in the racist south by most all politicians there, zero > southern republicans voted for it and very few southern democrats. > The South felt let down by Johnson and the democratic congress, a > feeling that grew stronger throughout the decade as the democratic > party took on other similar issues like equal employment rights for > women. Nixon won 2 elections based on his famous "southern strategy" > which was to focus on stealing votes from the traditionally democratic > south, which he did, a strategy also used by Reagan and now mastered > by Rove. To imply that Clinton and Gore Jr were racist because they > were "southern democrats"
1. I never implied that; 2. I don't think the author of the piece was implying that either. and southern democrats voted against the Act > of 64 is such nonsense, there is no valid comparison. The South > switched from democratic to republican after the Act of 1964 because > the southern racists all switched to the republican party, which has > consistently fought all subsequent equal rights type legislation since > then. take an intro political science class shemp, then post on politics. My point was, clearly, that Al Gore's father was a segregationist; that fear-mongering is a prerequisite for promoting segregation; and that this is the atmosphere in which Al Gore was brought up. I never said OR implied that he was a racist or segregationist. I do, however, suggest that his current day fear-mongering finds its basis in the training he got in fear-mongering by being brought up by a segregationist father because in the absense of current day segregation, his innate fear-mongering must find an outlet: global- warming. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Blacks "Gored" By a Lie: Al Gore Sr., the GOP and the Civil Rights > > > Act of 1964 > > > > Notice that nothing in this piece of garbage > > actually contradicts anything in the quotes > > I posted. It's all just right-wing rhetoric. > > > > Shemp, needless to say, can't tell the difference. > > > > > > > > > > > > By R.D. Davis > > > > > > A New Visions Commentary paper published May 1999 by The National > > > Center for Public Policy Research. Reprints permitted provided > > source > > > is credited. > > > > > > > > > > > > It is easy to control the minds of a people. All one has to do is > > > change history by lying about the past. This is exactly what has > > > happened with the legacy of former Democratic U.S. Senator Al Gore, > > > Sr. of Tennessee - the father of our current vice president - and > > his > > > mythical "support" of civil rights. > > > > > > In a recent speech to the NAACP, Vice President Gore said his > > father > > > lost his Senate seat because he supported civil rights legislation. > > > Fellow black Americans, let me set history straight. Al Gore, Sr., > > > together with the rest of the southern Democrats, voted against the > > > Civil Rights Act of 1964. > > > > > > Congressional Quarterly reported that, in the House of > > > Representatives, 61% of Democrats (152 for, 96 against) voted for > > the > > > Civil Rights Act as opposed to 80% of Republicans (138 for, 38 > > > against). In the Senate, 69% of Democrats (46 for, 21 against) > > voted > > > for the Act while 82% of Republicans did (27 for, 6 against). All > > > southern Democrats voted against the Act. > > > > > > In his remarks upon signing the Civil Rights Act, President Lyndon > > > Johnson praised Republicans for their "overwhelming majority." He > > did > > > not offer similar praise to his own Democratic Party. Moreover, > > > Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, an Illinois Republican, > > > collaborated with the White House and the Senate leadership of both > > > parties to draft acceptable compromise amendments to end the > > southern > > > Democrats' filibuster of the Act. It was Dirksen who often took to > > > the Senate floor to declare, "This is an idea whose time has come. > > It > > > will not be denied." Dirksen's greatest triumph earned him the > > > Leadership Conference of Civil Rights Award, presented by then- > > NAACP > > > Chairman Roy Wilkins, for his remarkable civil rights leadership. > > > > > > Inform yourself, so you can learn for yourself about this important > > > historical event. All official records about the Civil Rights Act > > can > > > be found in the June 1964 issues of Congressional Quarterly. > > > > > > Al Gore, Sr. did not stop at simply voting against the Civil Rights > > > Act of 1964. In addition, Congressional Quarterly reported that > > Gore > > > attempted to send the Act to the Senate Judiciary Committee with an > > > amendment to say "in defiance of a court desegregation order, > > federal > > > funds could not be held from any school districts." Gore sought to > > > take the teeth out of the Act in the event it passed. > > > > > > Ostensibly, Senator Gore was "elated" at the idea of young Al, Jr. > > > going to school with black children. In reality, however, the > > future > > > vice president attended an elite private school. > > > > > > In the end, the Gore Amendment was defeated by a vote of 74-25. > > > Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, one of President Bill > > > Clinton's political mentors, was among the 23 southern Democratic > > > senators and only one Republican voting with Gore for this racist > > > amendment. > > > > > > Republican Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona voted against the > > Civil > > > Rights Act because he was afraid the nation would be transformed > > into > > > a "police state" as a result of some of its provisions. He did not > > > want to throw out the proverbial "baby with the bath water." > > History, > > > of course, labeled Goldwater a racist even though he voted against > > > the Gore Amendment - an amendment devised to continue school > > > segregation. If anyone in the Senate should be tagged as a racist, > > it > > > should be those voting for the Gore Amendment. Why didn't history > > > record Al Gore, Sr. and the other southern Democrats as racists? > > > > > > At least civil rights activist Andrew Young was forthcoming about > > > this oversight in his book An Easy Burden. Young wrote, "The > > southern > > > segregationists were all Democrats, and it was black Republicans... > > > who could effectively influence the appointment of federal judges > > in > > > the South." Young noted that the best civil rights judges were > > > Republicans appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower. Young > > > admitted, "These judges are among the many unsung heroes of the > > civil > > > rights movement." > > > > > > History tends to unilaterally and falsely depict Republicans as > > > racists when southern Democrats truly deserved this title. We now > > > have southern Democrats as both President and Vice President. That > > > would never be the case without the power of the lie and the > > liberal > > > news media to alter people's impressions. > > > > > > Lies can enslave men, but the truth shall set them free. I > > challenge > > > you, the reader, to take the time to research the facts about our > > > past in publications like Congressional Quarterly and An Easy > > Burden. > > > Once you educate yourself, you can no longer be deceived by the > > > fabulists. No longer will you be "gored" by a lie. > > > > > > > > > > > > ### > > > > > > > > > (R.D. Davis is a member of Project 21 and a writer and radio talk > > > show host in Huntsville, Alabama. He can be reached at > > > rddavis@) > > > > > >
