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President's Day: Favorite President?
20 Feb 2013 16:51 #17
by ScienceChic
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
Replied by ScienceChic on topic President's Day: Favorite President?
The Republican Party has changed Arlen, because people have changed, our societal values have changed. Or do you think that women and people of color shouldn't be allowed to vote? Do Democrats believe that women and people of color shouldn't be allowed to vote?
And the ability to teleport!Rick wrote:
It would be nice... so would world peace and cold fusion.Science Chic wrote:
Wouldn't it be nice if we'd stop focusing on the differences between our parties, and celebrate good leaders, not good Republicans or good Democrats?
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
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20 Feb 2013 17:12 - 20 Feb 2013 17:20 #19
by Arlen
Consider:
1. It was Orval Faubus and the Democrat Party that wanted the Arkansas National Guard to enforce segregation, and Dwight Eisenhower, a Republican President, that sent the 101st Airborne to integrate the schools.
2. It was Bull Connor, a member of the Democrat National Committee, who turned the hoses on the marchers in Birmingham, and it was the Republicans who made up the majority that passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act, over the filibuster of such Democrat paragons as William Fulbright and Al Gore Sr. - and Grand Kleagle Byrd.
3. It was the Democrats who kept Grand Kleagle Byrd in the party.
Here is a partial list of modern Democratic racists and bigots:
Orval Fabus (died 1994)
Benjamin Travis Laney (died 1977)
John Stennis (died 1995))
James Eastland (died 1986)
Allen Ellender (died 1972)
Russell Long (died 2003)
John Sparkman (died 1985)
John McClellan (died 1977)
Richard Russell (died 1971)
Herman Talmadge (died 2002)
George Wallace (died 1998)
Lester Maddox (died 2003)
John Rarick (died 2009)
Robert Byrd (died 2010)
Al Gore, Sr. (died 1998)
Bull Connor (died 1973)
The list goes on and on until we are tired of considering it.
Please list the Republican bigots and racist to back up your claim that the parties have flip-flopped. I do believe that the modern story is the polar opposite of the truth. Please open your mind and clear it of the Democratic propaganda that you have been taught all of your life.
Replied by Arlen on topic President's Day: Favorite President?
I am persuaded that the Republican party has NOT changed. You may have bought into the grotesque caricature that has been painted by the Democratic party.Science Chic wrote: The Republican Party has changed Arlen, because people have changed, our societal values have changed. Or do you think that women and people of color shouldn't be allowed to vote? Do Democrats believe that women and people of color shouldn't be allowed to vote?
And the ability to teleport!Rick wrote:
It would be nice... so would world peace and cold fusion.Science Chic wrote:
Wouldn't it be nice if we'd stop focusing on the differences between our parties, and celebrate good leaders, not good Republicans or good Democrats?
Consider:
1. It was Orval Faubus and the Democrat Party that wanted the Arkansas National Guard to enforce segregation, and Dwight Eisenhower, a Republican President, that sent the 101st Airborne to integrate the schools.
2. It was Bull Connor, a member of the Democrat National Committee, who turned the hoses on the marchers in Birmingham, and it was the Republicans who made up the majority that passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act, over the filibuster of such Democrat paragons as William Fulbright and Al Gore Sr. - and Grand Kleagle Byrd.
3. It was the Democrats who kept Grand Kleagle Byrd in the party.
Here is a partial list of modern Democratic racists and bigots:
Orval Fabus (died 1994)
Benjamin Travis Laney (died 1977)
John Stennis (died 1995))
James Eastland (died 1986)
Allen Ellender (died 1972)
Russell Long (died 2003)
John Sparkman (died 1985)
John McClellan (died 1977)
Richard Russell (died 1971)
Herman Talmadge (died 2002)
George Wallace (died 1998)
Lester Maddox (died 2003)
John Rarick (died 2009)
Robert Byrd (died 2010)
Al Gore, Sr. (died 1998)
Bull Connor (died 1973)
The list goes on and on until we are tired of considering it.
Please list the Republican bigots and racist to back up your claim that the parties have flip-flopped. I do believe that the modern story is the polar opposite of the truth. Please open your mind and clear it of the Democratic propaganda that you have been taught all of your life.
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