16 Oct 08
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Originally posted by EmLaskerI take it you are comparing honey and salt.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE KKK WERE ON THE SAME SIDE BACK IN late 1800s! Black people are just confused!
The Democratic Party of the 19th century has no resemblance to the Democratic Party of today, in neither their political goals or financial ambitions.
And for your information (maybe you skipped American history class) the Republican Party came into existance in the mid 1850's. And Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican President, elected in 1860.
When was the KKK established?
Epic fail man.
16 Oct 08
Originally posted by EmLaskerBoth parties have had shifts in policy since their inception.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE KKK WERE ON THE SAME SIDE BACK IN late 1800s! Black people are just confused!
In the 1948 Democratic convention, Harry Truman put forth the party's platform for civil rights which upset the southern democrats like Jesse Helms and his peers. This eventually led to many of these representatives jumping to the republican ticket.
I think the point here is that the country has changed over time and so do both parties. The democratic party is not a remotely connected with the party of the past. The same goes for the US in general. It no longer is a loose federation of states allowing slavery, and preventing women equal rights, but has changed with the times.
If you are trying to make a point, it really isn't effective or valid.
16 Oct 08
Originally posted by EmLaskerThese days, it's the Republican Party that has a David Duke wing to it.
so why are you voting for democrat?
If you read the posts by white racists on alt.flame.n*ggers, you'll see a common theme is resentment towards having their white tax dollars taken by the govt and given to those (supposedly) lazy, bludging minorities. It's a very Republican environment over there.
As Lyndon Johnson said when he signed the civil rights act, he was giving away the South to the Republicans by doing so.
16 Oct 08
Originally posted by minutiae70From Wikipedia:
Both parties have had shifts in policy since their inception.
In the 1948 Democratic convention, Harry Truman put forth the party's platform for civil rights which upset the southern democrats like Jesse Helms and his peers. This eventually led to many of these representatives jumping to the republican ticket.
I think the point here is that the ...[text shortened]... ed with the times.
If you are trying to make a point, it really isn't effective or valid.
"In the 1930s, after the New Deal under Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a realignment occurred. Much of the Democratic Party shifted towards economic intervention and support for civil rights and liberties. After the crises of the Great Depression, World War II, and the beginning of the Cold War, Southern Democrats began to drift from the mainstream of the party. The formation of the Dixiecrat movement heralded an end to the New Deal coalition. For more than a century, white Southerners had overwhelmingly been Democrats, but in 1948 many bolted from the party, angered by Harry Truman's efforts to abolish or ameliorate the effects of racial segregation, and supported Strom Thurmond's third-party candidacy for president."