Posted on 07/05/2006 7:16:09 AM PDT by ZGuy
Sadly, Democrats have managed to trick a lot of black Americans into believing that the GOP is a racist party. But, in truth, the Democratic Party was, is, and will likely continue to be the home of far more racists than the GOP. Let me explain why I say that.
To begin with, the Republican Party was founded by anti-slavery activists, in contrast to the pro-slavery Democratic Party. It was Abe Lincoln, a Republican President, who led the North to victory in the Civil War and freed the slaves while the Democrats did everything in their power to keep black Americans down.
Fast forward to 1898 in Wilmington, N.C., where Democrats murdered black Republicans so they could stage, "the nation's only recorded coup d'etat." Then, in 1922, Democrats in the Senate filibustered a Republican attempt to make lynching a federal crime. A little later on, FDR nominated former Klansman Hugo Black to the Supreme Court. Contrast that to Republican President Dwight Eisenhower, who actually "sent troops" to ensure that schools in Little Rock, Ark., were desegregated and ordered the, "complete desegregation of the Armed Forces." Noticing any trends?
But, that was such a long time ago, right? Things really changed in the '60s, didn't they? Yes, Americans -- particularly black Americans -- really owe Democratic President Lyndon Johnson a debt of gratitude for destroying American families and causing the number of illegitimate births to skyrocket -- by pushing entitlement programs that made it much easier to have children out of wedlock.
Remember George "segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever" Wallace standing in the door of an Alabama schoolhouse to keep black children from being able to go to school with whites? George Wallace was a Democrat. Remember Bull Connor turning water hoses and dogs on civil rights protestors? Bull Connor was a Democrat.
But, what about the revolutionary Civil Rights Act of 1964? That's where the Democrats showed their mettle and Republicans were proven to be racists. Right? Wrong. 82% of Republicans voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 versus only 64% of Democrats. Furthermore, a few years later, it was Republican Richard Nixon who first put teeth behind affirmative action.
But, what about today? You'd think that with Democrats receiving upwards of 90% of the black vote in some cases, that there would be few, if any, prominent black Republicans while black Americans would be amongst the biggest power players in the Democratic Party. However, the opposite has often turned out to be true. Once you look past the gerrymandered districts that have to remain in place because so many liberal whites simply won't vote for black candidates (There are only 5 black Democrats in the House representing majority white districts), you'll see that the Republican Party has surpassed the Democrats in many areas.
Who's the only black American currently on the Supreme Court? Clarence Thomas. The first black Secretary of State? Colin Powell. The first black woman ever to be a Secretary of State? Condi Rice.
Who's one of the fill-ins for the most popular conservative radio host on earth, Rush Limbaugh? Walter Williams. The most desired 2008 nominee as selected by the right side of the blogosphere in 2006? Condi Rice. Who did those same bloggers select as the most desired nominee to replace Sandra Day O'Connor when she retired? Janice Rogers Brown tied for first place.
Meanwhile, what do we see from Democrats? We see Oreo cookies being thrown at Maryland's black U.S. Senate candidate Michael Steele and black Republicans being called "Uncle Toms" and compared to "Aunt Jemima."
Moreover, let's take a look at a couple of studies that actually set out to compare how racist Republicans and Democrats actually are. First off, a professor from Yale looked at voting patterns and she found that:
"...(W)hite Republicans nationally are 25 percentage points more likely on average to vote for the Democratic senatorial candidate when the GOP hopeful is black. ...In House races, white Democrats are 38 percentage points less likely to vote Democratic if their candidate is black."It would have been interesting for them to poll black Republicans and Democrats as well, for comparison's sake, but however you slice it, there are a lot more white Democrats than white Republicans willing to defect to the other side rather than vote for a black candidate.
"But for Democrats, race mattered -- and in a disturbing way. Overall, Democrats were willing to give whites about $1,500 more than they chose to give to a black or other minority...." Republicans are likely to be more stringent, both in terms of money and time, Iyengar said. "However, their position is 'principled' in the sense that it stems from a strong belief in individualism (as opposed to handouts). Thus their responses to the assistance questions are relatively invariant across the different media conditions. Independents and Democrats, on the other hand, are more likely to be affected by racial cues."Here's the reality: there are racists in both parties. But, there are a lot more of them in the Democratic Party and there always have been. But ironically, Democrats have managed to use the GOP's belief in a colorblind America against us. Because so many Democrats have no problem with using racial discrimination for political purposes, they'll support policies like reparations, Affirmative Action, and racial quotas that Republicans simply won't. Then they deftly distort and exploit incidents like the Katrina rescue efforts and Bill Bennett's condemnation of the idea that black babies could be aborted to reduce the crime rate to convince black Americans that the GOP hates black Americans.
This is good stuff.
I'll vote for any conservative running against a lib and I don't care if he's bright green.
"A little later on, FDR nominated former Klansman Hugo Black to the Supreme Court."
Hugo Black was a racial liberal. He was a lawyer in Alabama in the 20s, and he joined every fraternal organization. Regardless of his KKK affiliation, he did as much as any other white american to promote black civil rights.
Besides that, the premise of the article is dead-on. The goal has to be a colorblind society, not just promoting one race over another.
Every single republican politician should repeat this stuff. It's time for the reps to take back the wonderful heritage that my grandpa voted for.
There...that's better.
Another point - Harry Truman ordered the military desegregated first. Eisenhower may have reinforced it.
White Democrats want the Black Democrats to stay on the Plantation....period.
The GOP should be using school vouchers as the defining issue to not only do the right thing, but also attract conservative blacks to the GOP. Nothing would empower blacks more than a good education. Instead, it's the Democrats who have and continue to block every effort to give poor black parents a choice to send their kids to good schools. Having rendered poor blacks educationally uncompetitive, Democrats ride to the rescue by defending reverse discrimination (aka affirmative action) and "creating" lots of government jobs.
You can never say it often enough: That "I have a dream" speech is amazing. Judge people by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
How did Democrats go from the above to quotas and affirmative action?
I wonder what Patrick Moynahan thought about his wonderful idea for 'affirmative action' after he saw its unintended consequences. He certainly wasn't optimistic about it at the end of his life! How many blacks has it and does it continue to destroy?
Or purple with pink polka dots.
It's the "inside color" that counts
Reminds me of the coverage when the hard core communist attempted to stage a coup in Russia, the TV commentators were describing them as "right wing".
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This is great. Is there anyway on God's Green Earth that we can get this information out to the Black American Community?
I grew up in the segregated south which was controlled 80% by the Democrats like George Wallace of AL and Gov. Faubus of Arkansas, with totally Democrat Legislatures who did not believe that black people had a soul and Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, of my home state of Texas, who used the "N" word with great regularity.
It was Republicans like Dwight D. Eisenhower who sent troop into Little Rock and Birmingham to force the Democrats to let black children attend school. The GOP in the late '50s started the quest for Civil Rights in America, not the racist Democrats. And be not mistaken, the Carter family of Plains, GA was just as prejudiced as anybody.
There are so many things that point to racism in the democratic party, but unless we publicize it beyond conservative websites, it will remain an unspoken secret, and people will continue to be exploited (much like the repulsively racist and violent religion that is Islam)!
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