Following the 2012 Republican National Convention, Democratic leaders and liberal pundits accused the Republican Party of trotting out minority speakers to give the false impression that the party was all-inclusive. Past and recent history shows that the Republican Party has always been a party of inclusion, despite the racist moniker the liberals keep throwing at the party.
This rhetoric by liberals, including Vice President Joe Biden, is not only factually wrong, but easily debunked. For Biden to tell a recent majority black audience that the Republican Party was going to put them back in chains, ignores the history of the party, and insulting to its members.
From Joseph H. Rainey, the first black Congressman and Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first black Senator, to Condoleeza Rice, Secretary of state under George W. Bush, there has been a long history of elected officials that attached themselves to the Republican Party. The party has had members that included Harriet Tubman, the founder of the Underground Railroad and anti-slavery activist; Sojourner Truth, famous civil rights activist and one of the strongest voices against women's suffrage; Ida B. Wells, co-founder of the NAACP; Booker T. Washington and many other advocates for civil rights. And lets not forget about Frederick Douglas, the first black-American nominated to be Vice President.
In the modern era, we have had the likes of Alan Keyes (2000 Presidential Candidate), (2012 Presidential Candidate), Colin Powell (Joint Chief of Staff, Supreme Commander and Secretary of State), Condoleeza Rice (Secretary of State), Dr. Rod Paige (Secretary of Education), Rep. Allen West and a host of others. The 1964 Civil Rights Act was passed and affirmed by Republicans with an 80-20 percent margin, while the Democrats affirmed by a 63-37 percent margin. And everyone know that President Abraham Lincoln was responsible for abolishing slavery.
The Republican Party has a rich history of supporting freedom and equality of blacks and have had many, many black leaders. The difference is we don't judge people by the color of their skin as our party from its inception in 1854, has believed that all men and women are created equal and have equal rights. We didn't have to come around to that way of thinking, its in our creed. Because of our past and future, we hold all of our leaders and politicians accountable. We don't elect based on the color of skin, nor do we keep elected officials in power because of skin color. So sorry Rachel Maddow, Ed Schultz and Chris Matthews; you can not define us as racists. It's time for those pundits to start following the words of Martin Luther King Jr., who said, "...not to judge by the color of their skin, but the content of their heart." That is how we live.
You see, it is the content of our party's heart that attracts people to our party, not what we can promise them. We believe in giving a hand up, not a hand out. We've been their from the beginning, and have not changed course. If anything, the left has had bigotry in as much as they just don't believe that all men and women can rise up on their own.
You need to learn how to spell, illiterate ghetto thug. You spelled "obviously" as "onviously". You have no education and therefore no cred. In trying to humiliate Dey in his there/their error, you have at the same time defeated yourself, foolish thug. No please take your crap over to the dailykos or some other small minded racist boards, you just don't cut it here, boy.
As JB said, above: n 2007 at the State of Black Union, Al Sharpton said the following in reference to Obama (everyone is in agreement that he was speaking of Obama), "Just because you're our color doesn't make you our kind." In February of 2007 Stanley Crouch wrote the article, What Obama Isn't, Black Like Me. Refering to Obama's direct African roots and lack of African-American ancestry (aka slave blood). Then in March of 2007 the LA Times wrote an article Obama the 'Magic Negro'. Where proves that idea of Magic Negro as described in Wikipedia, "He has no past, he simply appears one day to help the white protagonist", is true.
Republicans initially wanted to water President Kennedy's proposal down: "President Kennedy met with the Republican leaders on June 11, 1963 prior to his television address that night to discuss the legislation. On June 13, Everett McKinley Dirksen, Senate Minority Leader, and Mike Mansfield, Senate Majority Leader, both voiced support for the president's bill except for provisions guaranteeing equal access to places of public accommodations. This led to several Republican Congressmen drafting a compromise bill to be considered." Check out the percentages of northern Democrats voting for the final House and Senate bills. You will see that the percentage in favor is higher than that of their northern GOP counterparts. Furthermore, not a single southern Republican voted in favor of the bills, while a few southern Democrats did.
Hoffa never knew that you were a hippy ;-)
Hoffa hears that! Hoffa personally likes to dress like Don Johnson in Miami Vice on the weekends - pastel pink and blue t-shirts with the white slacks and tux jacket and ultra-cool shades! Gets a lot of smiles where ever Hoffa goes!
I just wonder what the perdition has happened to public primary education in the last fifty years.
It is also racist to judge some one on the basis of their education.
Oh, how absolutely PRECIOUS! Is that how you plan for education reform? Getting someone who knows absolutely NOTHING about a subject to teach it?" Yes I did read it. Claiming that just because you are black makes you superior to a white man on racism fits neatly into the definition of racism. And just so you know, sentences start with a capital letter if you are going to be that picky about a usage mistake.
And Randy, I don't mind paying a boatload of taxes provided it is netting results. Increasing my taxes for the past two decades each year and producing the second lowest graduation rate in Wisconsin of 73% overall and 50% for blacks tells me there is a lot of waste. Listening to the Superintendent make excuses and not produce results tells me they have no clue. Busing poverty and minority children to non-Title 1 schools tells me that they both don't have a clue and and waste our tax dollars. With the exception of Principal Thompson at West Ridge Elementary, they have not reduced the gap in over 30 years of trying. Get a clue, stop making excuses and start believing that every child has the same capacity to learn.
- Bob Marley
did you say writers syntax? wait,what? e.e. cummings
From my response to Lanore above: "Lanore, there is a huge difference between today's Republican party and today's Democratic party concerning race. The Democrats think so little of African-American's that they feel they need to give them everything. Republicans have enough faith in African-Americans to let them succeed on their own with only the same public support (education) that are given to other groups."