Ahh, Yes. Landslide Lyndon Johnson. I remember him well.
Here is the man who put him in public office:
George Parr (aka the Duke of Duvall)
http://www.caller.com/opinion/columnists/murphy-givens/george-parr-inherited-his-fathers-political
LBJ and 1964 are burned into my memory.
It was the “death knell” of the America I grew up in.
Here in South Texas the impact was immediate. The next election cycle after that date was historic due to the fact that (due to the civil rights protests) a huge majority of white elected local officials were thrown out of office and anyone with a Spanish surname was voted in.
Most notable in my memory was the Spanish lady who operated the tiny snack bar in the courthouse was elected Justice of the Peace...even though she had absolutely no experience other than cleaning tables and serving food.
And from that (as my tagline states) “the rot begins.”
Yeh...they destroyed my hometown in 1964. People died. The area is to this day is crime ridden and the demographics....nevermind.
Isn’t this the same bill that Democrats filibustered against for 54 days?
I feel sad that it would take a law to make people do the decent thing. And of course it got abused down the line...
Growing up in the West I never really encountered that many blacks, until I moved to Ga in the early 90s. I was simply astounded about the racial hatred here. I vividly remember some of the older guys in the shop talking, bragging, about their days in the Klan in Alabama and Miss...
Now downtown Atl is full of thugs... and gays. And the whole meaning of the CRA is distorted .... sigh.
All you black are now free....to vote for your new masters called the democrats. Here’s some trinkets and a new slave house. Don’t forget to vote for us Democrats or we just might have to punish you.
Happy Birthday PC.
I think I’ll pass on the celebration.
Barry Goldwater voted against it, not out of any racial bias but because he understood that this opened the door to federal prosecution of what amounts to thought crime.
Freedom used to mean that you had the right to voice and hold beliefs that your political betters think is anathema.
Actually freedom still does mean that- you just do it today at your own peril.
Say something that violates Politically Correct guidelines and you are very likely to be fired from your job.
Some of us are old enough to remember an America before sensitivity training, minority set asides, affirmative action and racial quotas. All bequeathed to you by what was started in 1964.
All those rights and few of them ever exercised. sad.
EFF all this crap...it started our slow death
The problem with the Civil Rights movement, is it quickly went from the legitimate cause of ending discrimination based on skin color, to attempting to end discrimination based on culture and behavior.
Not all cultures are equal. You cannot choose your skin color, but you do choose your culture, and your behavior.