"Because he lived in the South, with the Racists who now vote for the GOP ... Tradition. The right hates blacks, Jews, and Catholics."
- Dot2Dasher, Democrats Unveil Extreme Platform, Townhall.com, 5 September 2012
You are becoming quite the little reactionary. It's the 21st century. The Right doesn't hate blacks, Jews, and Catholics. It votes for them in primaries, elects them to Congress and other offices, makes them the Majority Leader in the House, and nominates them to be Vice-President.
I don't think that you want me to start reeling off the stats on the Democrat Party and civil rights legislation, but if you're interested, you can read them here. I've taken the time to compile all of the voting stats on every major piece of civil rights legislation going back to the Civil War. The Democrats always had lower percentages than the Republicans. Hell, I bet that you think that it was the Democratic Party that sought the 19th amendment, too. Fortunately for you, I cover that as well.
From Josh Kraushaar at Nat Jour:
"[Artur] Davis’ critics may call him a turncoat, but his new party (the GOP) features more minorities holding Senate seats and governors’ offices, and they made sure convention viewers knew it. The tale of the tape:
Republicans boast FIVE minorities as governors or senators:
1. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida
2.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval
3. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley
4. Louisiana
Gov. Bobby Jindal
5. New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez
And should have a
SIXTH when Ted Cruz wins a gimme Senate race in Texas.
Democrats have
only FOUR:
1. Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey
2. Massachusetts Gov. Deval
Patrick
3. Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawai'i
4. Sen. Daniel Akaka of Hawai'i.
Of the four, only Patrick has been touted as a possible contender for a future presidential ticket."
Congressman Romualdo Pacheco of California was the first Hispanic elected to the House of Representatives from one of the current parties. He was the first Hispanic to chair a committee in Congress (Private Land Claims Committee). He was a Republican.
The Republicans have run minorities in the South and won statewide
offices. The Democrats? With the exception of Doug Wilder, Deval
Patrick, Carol Mosely Braun, Barack Obama, Bob Menendez, Daniel Inouye, Daniel
Akaka, and Ken Salazar, how many of the Democrat Party's Progressive minorities
have been elected statewide? Not
many. As Kraushaar writes, the Democrat
Party's minorities are elected in minority-majority districts.
Democrats do have the honour of having the first female Senator. Her name was
Rebecca Latimer Felton. She was a
Progressive and a white supremacist. She
also was not elected, but rather was appointed to serve out a term and held the
office for all of 50 days.
Congresswoman Jeannette Pickering Rankin was the first woman elected
to the House of Representatives. She was
a Republican.
Senator Hattie Caraway of Arkansas became the first woman to win
election to the Senate. She was a
Democrat, but ran for her deceased husband's seat.
Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum of Kansas was the first woman to win
election to the Senate without a familial connection paving the way. She is a Republican.
Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels of Mississippi was the first
African-American elected to the Senate.
He was a Republican.
Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts was the first African-American
elected to the Senate post-Reconstruction.
He was a Republican.
Democrats can claim, if they wish -- and many don't, Carol
Moseley-Braun, the first African-American woman elected to the Senate. The reason that many would rather not claim
her has nothing to do with her skin colour.
Corruption is colourless.
Congressman Joseph Rainey of South Carolina was the first
African-American directly elected to the House of Representatives. He was a Republican.
Congressman Oscar De Priest of Illinois was the first African-American
directly elected to the House of Representatives post Reconstruction. He was a Republican.
Democrats can claim the first Latino governor, Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca
of New Mexico.
Governor Susana Martinez of New
Mexico is the nation's first Latina governor.
She is a Republican.
Congressman Joseph Marion Hernández of Florida was the first Hispanic
elected to the House of Representatives.
He was a member of the Whig Party.
Congressman Romualdo Pacheco of California was the first Hispanic elected to the House of Representatives from one of the current parties. He was the first Hispanic to chair a committee in Congress (Private Land Claims Committee). He was a Republican.
Senator Octaviano Larrazolo of
New Mexico was the first Hispanic elected to the US Senate. He was a Republican.
Vice-Admiral Antonia Coello Novello was the first woman and first
Hispanic to serve as Surgeon General.
She was a Republican.
Romana Acosta Bañuelos was the first woman and first Hispanic to serve
as Treasurer of the United States. She
was a Republican.
Secretary Lauro F. Cavazos was the first Hispanic American to serve in
the Cabinet. He was named Secretary of
Education by Ronald Reagan and then George H.W. Bush. He was a Republican.
Senator Charles Curtis was the first Native American to be elected as Vice-President. Curtis was also the first Native American elected to the House of Representatives. He was 1/8 each Kansa/Osage Nation/Potawatomi Indian and a Republican.
Senator Matthew Stanley Quay was the first Native American to be elected to the United States Senate. He was a Republican, as were the other two Native Americans that have been elected to the Senate, Charles Curtis and Ben Nighthorse Campbell.
Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell became the first American Indian to chair the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.
Congressman Tom Cole is the only registered Native American currently serving in Congress. He is a Republican.
Senator Hiram L Fong was the first Asian- and Chinese-American to be elected to the United States Senate. He was a Republican.
Senator Charles Curtis was the first Native American to be elected as Vice-President. Curtis was also the first Native American elected to the House of Representatives. He was 1/8 each Kansa/Osage Nation/Potawatomi Indian and a Republican.
Senator Matthew Stanley Quay was the first Native American to be elected to the United States Senate. He was a Republican, as were the other two Native Americans that have been elected to the Senate, Charles Curtis and Ben Nighthorse Campbell.
Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell became the first American Indian to chair the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.
Congressman Tom Cole is the only registered Native American currently serving in Congress. He is a Republican.
Senator Hiram L Fong was the first Asian- and Chinese-American to be elected to the United States Senate. He was a Republican.
I'll leave you with this factoid:
In 2010, Tim Scott became the first Republican African-American
Representative from South Carolina since 1901.
What makes Tim Scott's election so telling is that the 1st Congressional
District was a Democratic stronghold after the Reconstruction era due to the
disfranchisement of African-American citizens in 1896 under the new state
constitution and stayed that way through most of the 20th century.
It has, in the past, been represented by Democrat
Segregationists. For example, L Mendel
Rivers served for 3 decades and voted against every civil rights bill, and
joined the entire South Carolina delegation in signing the Southern Manifesto
in 1954. He attempted to have Charleston
Federal judge, Waities Waring, impeached for having ruled that blacks had to be
allowed to vote in the Democratic primary and that segregated schools were
unconstitutional. When President Truman integrated the U.S. Army in 1948,
Rivers called him a "dead chicken" and a "bankrupt
politician."
Anyhoo, Tim Scott ran against Strom Thurmond's son, Paul, in the
Republican primary. Again, Tim is
black. Paul is white. In this South Carolina district that you
undoubtedly would claim is full of white racists, Congressman Scott received
twice as many votes as Paul Thurmond, the son of a state legend, who actually
was a segregationist. Given the love
Progressives have for them, I'm sure that idiots like Chris Matthews and
Laurence O'Donnell would claim that "Thurmond" could be a
"dog-whistle." You know,
something like "vote for me and I'll be a racist like my dad and Al Gore's
father. I'll make sure that we cut those
welfare queens off of the teat and your tax dollars!" Hint, hint.
Wink, wink.
When given one last chance to "vote for the white guy and stop
the n-word," the people of the 1st Congressional District of South
Carolina voted for the black guy and buried the white Democrat by a margin of
65 to 29 percent. There's only one word
to describe that beating: B-R-U-T-A-L.
How bad of a beating was it?
Consider this: Alvin
Greene lost to Senator Jim DeMint by a margin of 63% to 28%.
The black Tim Scott beat the white Democrat by a larger margin than the
white Senator, Jim DeMint, beat the black Alvin Greene.
In case you need a refresher...
"Another thing we can do
for jobs is make toys of me, especially for the holidays. Little dolls. Me.
Like maybe little action dolls. Me in an army uniform, air force uniform, and
me in my suit. They can make toys of me and my vehicle, especially for the
holidays and Christmas for the kids. That's something that would create jobs.
So you see I think out of the box like that. It's not something a typical
person would bring up. That's something that could happen, that makes sense.
It's not a joke."
-- Democratic Candidate for
Senate, Alvin Green
In the
Democratic Party, you can be a Southern Governor and never take one act in your
12 years to change the confederate flag and sign Act 985 making the birthdays
of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert E. Lee a state holiday - TO BE
OBSERVED ON THE SAME DAY – AND STILL GET ELECTED President of the
United States of America. As POTUS, you can then award the Presidential Medal
of Freedom to a staunch segregationist like Wm. J Fullbright. As the former
POTUS, you can say "'A few years ago he would've been carrying our
bags" about an African-American running to be the first true black President
and be heralded at the convention to save the latter's failed bum.
You can do all of
this and STILL be the putative first black President of the United States of
America.
Why?
Why?
Because in the Democratic
Party, the Bobby Byrds never cooooommmmmme hoooooommmmme tooooooooo
rooooooooossssttttt!!!
PS,
Dottie: Be sure to tell Jerry Brown, Pat Quinn, Martin O'Malley, Brian
Schweitzer, etc., to use a shovel to apply sunscreen. Their skin is so
lily-white that I'm afraid that they'll get 3rd degree burns.
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Thank you for taking time to research and prepare this. Much appreciated!
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