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“Republicans have been at the heart of every major movement in civil rights in this country, whether it’s in first Reconstruction after the Civil War or what I call the second Reconstruction after Jim Crow,”
After Jim Crow, the Republican party was swallowed whole by the Dixiecrats and the religious right. Republicans fought the Civil Rights Act and have not introduced or passed any legislation targeting help exclusively for the working or middle class since the CRA passed.
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This guy had few (if any) policy differences with the Tea Party, so why did they vote for him?
Repay their favor? Video of him calling them “Uppity” in 3.2.1…
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I think the divide on the Civil Rights Act was more by region than by political party. The opposition to it came primary from Southerns, Democrat and Republican. Actually more Democrat than Republican since the Democratic Party dominated in the South at that time. Of course, when the Democratic Party became more liberal the South became Republican.
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Because the other guy was worse and was blatantly playing to racists.
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Because the incumbent has seniority in the Senate.
Because MS receives $2.47 in Fed tax dollars for every $1.00 MS contributes to Federal coffers.
That’s why.
jw1
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Cochran is too old to change. After the McDaniel finesse he must suckface the nasty MS base to win the general. Once he is safely back in the Senate MS Black voters will only have his promises to rely on, which will be firmly opposed by the rest of the R Senate. If MS voters want their voting rights to be protected, they had best vote for a candidate who believes in democracy.
I know we just saw a MS R appeal to Democratic voters. But it was only done to win a primary, and given the levels of political purity teabaggers demand, the Senator Cochran will crawfish ASAP. Too bad. Oppornockity only tunes once.
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Yes, squid pro row…
Thank you for sparing me the time to say the exact same thing. That paragraph jumped out at me like a frightened snake. And Johnson is head of the Alabama NAACP? WTF???
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From wikipedia on Civil Rights Act of 1964
The original House version:
Southern Democrats: 7–87 (7–93%)
Southern Republicans: 0–10 (0–100%)
Northern Democrats: 145–9 (94–6%)
Northern Republicans: 138–24 (85–15%)
The Senate version:
Southern Democrats: 1–20 (5–95%) (only Ralph Yarborough of Texas voted in favor)
Southern Republicans: 0–1 (0–100%) (John Tower of Texas)
Northern Democrats: 45–1 (98–2%) (only Robert Byrd of West Virginia voted against)
Northern Republicans: 27–5 (84–16%)
The GOP in the sixties were much less insane than the current version
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Well, he doesn’t fly a Confederate Flag for one. He also doesn’t campaign on cutting ALL spending , including Mississippi. Why would you think people would vote against their own interests as they would with McDaniel?
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They had best vote? You telling them black voters whats best for them again? They better be listening to you, yeah? Yes’m voting for the slavery candidate, McDaniel who believes in democracy like he believes in gov’t shutdowns.
they had best vote for a candidate who believes in democracy
Actually, that’s what they DID do, they got a neoConfederate out of the race and now they will vote for the Democrat. Why don’t YOU vote for who’s best for you, boy? Better to be in the majority of the Senate than waste a Senate seat on another Ted Cruz type.
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Cochran’s response to them: “sorry, do I know you people?”
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He won’t call them at all. He got his victory, he won’t be tacking to the left for the general, certainly not over fixing the VRA.
Damn straight. If I were Travis Childers, I’d be working the phones right now.
Because thanks to the influence of the Tea Party, you’ll go thirsty before you can ask for a drink of water from a moderate Republican.
Oh, and because one Carnival Cruz docked in the Senate is more than enough!
I love outraged liberals. They remind me why I’m a registered independent.
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In other words, he needs to master the Etch-a-Sketch campaign style of Rmoney. I wonder if it can actually be done.
Ah, the trap is sprung. the foundation for dumping his KKKlan lite ass in November is being poured!