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This is a joke, right? There is so much wrong with this list one hardly has the time to dispute it all.
Sure, the republican party has appointed people to appear to be racially diverse, but you only have to watch a Republican national convention on TV to see there are sure a whole lot of white people there and not a lot of minorities.
It's always great to see the GOP try to re-write history and put their spin on it. I seem to remember that New Mexico's Senator Dennis Chavez and LBJ had a lot to do with civil rights in America, or that Martin Luther King might have helped the African American population a bit with civil rights, but heck, maybe I'm wrong and maybe they weren't democrats.
Yes, the Repubs are big on appointing obedient minorities and right-wing women to posts so they can show how non-bigoted they are. Like most else the Repubs do, it's all for PR cover. Just one modern example is Condi Rice, whose family by all accounts distanced themselves from the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King back in the day because they thought he was rocking the boat.
The book "Bushwomen" by Laura Flanders -- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obido...=books&
n=507846 -- describes this Repub strategy in terms of women appointees in the Bush administration, including Condoleeza Rice, Elaine Chao, Christie Whitman, Gale Norton, and Karen Hughes.
And yes, Senator Byrd was very racist in his early days but was one of the Dems who saw the light and worked for racial equality later, for which he has received many awards and honors.
Again I ask, are you saying there was no Southern Strategy created and employed to attract racists in the South who could no longer abide the Dem Party after the major civil rights legislation was passed?
Then there is this:
Of 3,643 Republicans serving in the state legislatures, only 44 are minorities, or 1.2 percent.
In the Congress, with 274 of the 535 elected senators and representatives Republican, only five are minorities - three Cuban Americans from Florida, a Mexican American from Texas and a Native American senator originally elected as a Democrat.
'President Bush's home state leads the way. Texas, with a minority population of 47 percent, has 106 Republicans in the state legislature, but there are 0 blacks and 0 Hispanics among them,' Sperling writes.
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http://www.dailykos.com/storyonl...6/10/151244/
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I didn't have to watch the Republican National convention on television. I attended as part of the delegation, and I was one of the many minority members proud to be in attendance. The New Mexico delegation proudly mirrored the diversity of our state.
If you are going to be historically accurate, MLK, Jr. ended up splitting with the Republican party as a result of the nomination of Barry Goldwater and Goldwater's mis-guideded position that civil rights were a state rights issue.
Goldwater's position has caused a rift that has lasted for decades. However, the list shows that as a whole Republicans have a much better and more consistent civil rights record than Democrats.
Joe, to say "there is so much wrong with this list one hardly has the time to dispute it all" is a cop out. By all means, go ahead and identify just one falsehood on this list.
Yes, the Repubs are big on appointing obedient minorities and right-wing women to posts
This statement is a clssic illustration of the bigotry and intolerance of the left. Discounting the conservative beliefs of minorities by labeling them obedient is an insult to all minoritiy members of any party. Discounting the societal contribution of women who have a long history of accomplishments because their views are conservatives is demeaning to all women.
Barb is painting a very dark picture of the left's view of the intellignece of minorities and women. She is confirming that the left does not value individual belief and instead believes all minorities and women should live their life according to a herd mentality with no room for individual expression.
Compare the Democratic view of how women and minorities should act to to why women and minorities become Republicans:
The first Republican I knew was my father and he is still the Republican I most admire. He joined our party because the Democrats inJim Crow Alabama of 1952 would not register him to vote. The Republicans did. My father has never forgotten that day, and neither have I.
I joined for different reasons. I found a party that sees me as an individual, not as part of a group. I found a party that puts family first. I found a party that has love of liberty at its core. And I found a party that believes that peace begins with strength.
It’s that expression of the individual and a willingness to put the educational opportunities before me that led to who I am. Who you are is who you are as an individual.
Condoleezza Rice
National Security Advisor
So you are still denying that Nixon's Southern Strategy existed and is still being employed?
How is it, since the Republican Party has been so helpful to minorities and women, and so dedicated to civil rights for all, that women, Africian-Americans, Gays and Hispanics have long been Democrats by large margins? Are they just deluded?
And I wish you'd read the book "Bushwomen" before commenting on the reasons BushCo has been so into using tokenism to try to demonstrate how open they are. Clarence Thomas is a great example.
“Joe, to say ‘there is so much wrong with this list one hardly has the time to dispute it all’ is a cop out. By all means, go ahead and identify just one falsehood on this list.”
For starters, including the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger as California governor in a list of Republican minority accomplishments is pretty far-fetched, isn’t it?
Recently today, I decided to research historical information about the Republican Party and was impressed to be frank. I always heard about the founders of the Republican Party being anti-slavery activist and more.
Traditionally, I followed the trend of following the idea of voting democratic without understanding the underlying history and issues. Most African-Americans choose democratic for similar reasons without diligently researching the party they continue to follow, year after year.
After listening to Rush Limbaugh, break down the difference between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party one day, it made me finally think about my previous actions. Now, I am not saying I agree with every philosophical view point of the Republican party and I most definitely do not agree with all of the views that most democrats believe, be that as it may, the viewpoints are much more favorable with the Republican Party than the other.
Because most African-Americans are from or related to someone that relies on a variety of social programs to survive if you will, they are influenced to choose the Democratic Party because they see the Republican Party as an anti African American social issues party. Now, I know this is not true; in fact, the Republicans promote independence and less dependence upon the government. To be frank, many people utilizing social programs abuse them and never become independent nor try hard enough to break away. True, some of the government programs make the transition from being dependent to independent rather challenging similar to an inmate in prison, incarcerated for several years, becomes institutionalized and upon release, struggles with the transition of independence.
Anyway, the Republican Party should continue to reach out to the African American population through education concerning the history of the party especially and the difference between the parties to assist them in making better choices regarding parties. Personally as an African American, I am tired of the democratic party and there many short comings, and deep down inside of many educated African Americans, they are certainly feeling the same thing if they are honest with themselves.
Here is another thing I am tired of, the political correctness of titles, “African American”, “Asian American” and so, I think its pathetic. We are the only country in the world as far as I know that allows this type of distinction in terms of race identification. I was born in American, why can’t I just be an American. My ancestors of slavery would agree, I believe. To place a hyphened name before American only continues to create separation.
Can you imagine a professional sports team identifying themselves by one name and than for the individual players for example, I am an African-Ravens football player? Silly or perhaps a hyperbole? I think we have a long way to go still as just seeing people as people and judging by the content of there ch
Can you please help me locate a list of the 29 Senators who voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Jesse Jackson recently published a June 2007 op ed in a Chicago newspaper, in which he declares that Ronald Reagan was one of the Senators who voted against the bill. But how could that be since Reagan was not in politics, nor a Senator, at the time? Jackson holds to the practice of throwing anything out there, just because folks won't do their homework. Well, he missed this time. This will not stick.
While I already know the answer, it's always good to have evidence to back it up. Obviously, Mr. Jackson is either ignoring me, or looking for his own.
I've asked Mr. Jackson via email - TWICE - to provide facts to backup his statement, but to no avail.
It's a good thing I was in Chicago in June when Mr. Jackson wrote this piece and made this questionable statement. It's a good thing that I happened to read the op ed (a miracle of sorts), for as a woman-of-color who is proud to refer to herself as a Reagan Republican, I wouldn't want those living in the Chicago urban community to believe non-factual information about a great conservative President, or have the voting record of this historical Civil Rights Act of 1964 tarnished with bias and lies.
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