PURE HOGWASH!! ‘Cause I’m “Living BLUE in a RED state!” And here’s why: redstate/diary/candicelanier/2014/01/16/the-gops-phenomenal-record-on-civil-rights/ Less than a decade later, on January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which followed. • This was entirely a political ploy & carefully timed: it only freed the slaves in the states “in rebellion against the union”; it did not apply in the slave states of KY, MO, MD, DE, NOR TN which had already surrendered - the slaves in these states were not freed until the 13th amendment (effective December 6, 1865); Lincoln’s advisors did not initially support it; the battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg provided the necessary Union victory to issue it; it helped prevent the involvement of France & England on the side of the Confederacy. In 1864, by the Republican National Convention’s call for the abolition of slavery. In 1865, Congressional Republicans passed the 13th Amendment which abolished slavery–unanimously, with only a few Democrat votes • There were only “a few” Democrats in the 39th Congress: about 10 in the Senate (out of 50 total, ~20%) & 40 in the House (out of 191, ~20%) Following the Civil War, much of the work towards civil rights for blacks was initiated by the wing of the Republican party known as the Radical Republicans. They were referred to as “radical” because of their strong stance on these and other issues. The right that provoked the greatest controversy concerned black male suffrage. • The Radical Republicans cared nothing for the rights of blacks, they wished only to punish the South for the Civil War! The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) leashed a reign of terror against black men who tried to vote or who had voted, by burning homes, churches and schools, and in some cases by resorting to murder. • While I in no way support the KKK, it was formed in response to the Radical Republican “Reconstruction” of the South. Indeed, from 1870 to 1930 Democrats used fraud, lynching, whippings, mutilation, murder and intimidation in order to suppress the black population. In addition to that, Black Codes and Jim Crow laws, which legalized racial discrimination and denied blacks equal rights, were enforced. Gun control measures were also taken in order to disarm the black population. • “From 1860 to 1932, the Republican Party was dominant in presidential politics, as the Democrats elected only two presidents to four terms of office in 72 years, Grover Cleveland (in 1884 and 1892), and Woodrow Wilson (in 1912 and 1916); the only other Democratic president to serve during this time was Andrew Johnson, who as Vice President was elevated to the presidency after Abraham Lincolns assassination in 1865, but was never elected as president. Over the same period, the Democrats proved more competitive with the Republicans in Congressional politics, enjoying House majorities, as in the 65th Congress) in 15 of the 36 Congresses elected, although only in five of these did they form the majority in the Senate. The party was split between the Bourbon Democrats, representing Eastern business interests, and the agrarian elements comprising poor farmers in the South and West. The agrarian element, marching behind the slogan of free silver (i.e. inflation), captured the party in 1896, and nominated William Jennings Bryan in 1896, 1900, and 1908; he lost each time. Both Bryan and Wilson were leaders of the Progressive Movement, 1900–1920.” (Wiki, “History of the US Democratic Party”) In the years following the turn of the century, the women’s rights movement began to gain some steam and was solidly Republican. Most suffragists, including Susan B. Anthony, favored the GOP. The 19th Amendment was written by a Republican senator and received greater support from Republicans than from Democrats. It was passed by Congress on June 4, 1919 and ratified on August 18, 1920. In addition to that, the House version of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was supported by only 61% of that Chamber’s Democrats while 80% of Republicans embraced the act. In the final Senate vote on the Act, it received 82% of the Republican vote and was opposed by 69% of Democrats. Similarly, 94% of Senate Republicans voted in favor of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 versus 73% of Democrats. The final vote on the House’s version was even more stark as only one Senate Republican voted against it while seventeen Democrats opposed it. In the House, 82% of Republicans supported the bill versus 78% of Democrats. • All this, every bit of it, was in opposition to the “Solid (Democratic) South”, which did not wholly change until 1964 w/ the passage of the Civil Rights Act, and in support of the Republicans as “the Party of Lincoln” – which it hasn’t been at least since Eisenhower at the latest. However, “Starting with Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932, the party dominated the Fifth Party System, with its liberal New Deal Coalition, losing the White House only to the very popular war hero Dwight D. Eisenhower (in 1952 and 1956). With two brief interruptions, the Democrats controlled the House from 1930 until 1994, and the Senate for most of that period. Important leaders included Presidents Harry Truman (1945–1953), and Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969), as well as the Kennedy brothers—President John F. Kennedy (1961–63), Senator Robert Kennedy, and Senator Teddy Kennedy, who carried the flag for liberalism. Since 1976, Democrats have won five out of ten presidential elections, winning in 1976 (Carter), 1992 and 1996 (Clinton), and 2008 and 2012 (Obama).” ~Wiki, “History of the US Democratic Party” Later on down the line, on May 17, 1954, the legendary Brown v Board of Education ruling struck down racial segregation in public schools. The majority decision was written by Chief Justice Earl Warren who was a former Republican governor of California and also a vice presidential nominee. • Earl Warren may have been a titular Republican, but he was a pure Liberal through-&-through! ~ NPR Special Series “Echoes of 1968”, “Earl Warrens Legacy” by Nina Totenberg, June 30, 2008 4:00 PM ET In the decades following the civil rights era, the GOP continued its pioneering dedication to freedom and liberty for all U.S. citizens. For instance, on September 25, 1981, President Ronald Reagan appointed the first woman, Sandra Day O’Connor, to the Supreme Court. • Which he only did because he made it as a campaign promise to win votes away from Jimmy Carter – while also screwing him & the American public over the hostage release. Republicans sought to create an environment in which anyone who persevered could achieve the American dream. GOP-driven welfare reform, for example, is responsible for helping scores of people move forward towards self-sufficiency. Moreover, charter schools have been significantly effective in rescuing poor urban children from failing public schools and providing them with the tools to succeed in life. • This is a blatant lie! Consistently embracing a law and order platform, the GOP has always fought gun control measures which disarm the law-abiding citizens. In many high crime areas minorities are victimized and often unable to defend themselves because of strict gun laws which have little impact on criminals. The GOP supports measures which reduce the amount of gun violence by empowering the law-abiding citizen. • This is also a blatant lie! The Republican party has historically also fought illegal immigration and one reason for that is because illegal workers steal jobs from black and Hispanic laborers who are in this country legally. • More lying! As we pay tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. on his birthday, we should be mindful also of the Republican party’s persistent dedication to freedom, liberty and justice for all. Let freedom ring. • And MLK was NOT a Republican, he was a Democrat!!
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 01:35:19 +0000
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