GOP leaders to skip Selma event

[rightwinger]

Maybe if they billed it as an NRA event, more Republicans would attend

 

[kiwiman127]

Well other than not being the party that fought tooth and nail against the struggle for equality,you might have something,but you don't.just more drumming up usless BS.
Republican where there when it happened when it was needed,now the Dems rush to try and take credit for other accomplishments,typical.

The Republicans of the civil rights era are now called RINOs and the Republican Party of that era doesn't resemble today's Republican Party. It's not even close.

 

[Lakhota]

Why should blacks vote Republican? I suspect the same question pretty much applies to gays, Hispanics and poor people.

 

[peach174]

Well other than not being the party that fought tooth and nail against the struggle for equality,you might have something,but you don't.just more drumming up usless BS.
Republican where there when it happened when it was needed,now the Dems rush to try and take credit for other accomplishments,typical.

The Republicans of the civil rights era are now called RINOs and the Republican Party of that era doesn't resemble today's Republican Party. It's not even close.

They are the same party today as back then.
They were against LBJ's welfare program then and same as now, knowing full well how it would impact families and marriages.

 

[Lakhota]

Well other than not being the party that fought tooth and nail against the struggle for equality,you might have something,but you don't.just more drumming up usless BS.
Republican where there when it happened when it was needed,now the Dems rush to try and take credit for other accomplishments,typical.

The Republicans of the civil rights era are now called RINOs and the Republican Party of that era doesn't resemble today's Republican Party. It's not even close.

They are the same party today as back then.
They were against LBJ's welfare program then and same as now, knowing full well how it would impact families and marriages.

Not true! As someone who used to vote more Republican than Democrat - I can assure you they aren't the same parties. Democrats evolved, Republicans devolved.

 

[peach174]

Why should blacks vote Republican? I suspect the same question pretty much applies to gays, Hispanics and poor people.

The Republican Party supports and respects the citizen’s constitutional individual rights, from free speech to the right to bear arms (First and Second Amendments). The Republican Party also respects the individual’s right to keep more of his or her income rather than have it taken by the government in the form of higher taxes.
Republicans are for school choice.
The Republican Party believes that individuals would rather have jobs instead of food stamps, dignity instead of government handouts. This can happen only if individuals (regardless of the color of their skin) are equipped with the tools (education and jobs) to better themselves.

They aren't the dividers like the Democrat party is.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Well other than not being the party that fought tooth and nail against the struggle for equality,you might have something,but you don't.just more drumming up usless BS.
Republican where there when it happened when it was needed,now the Dems rush to try and take credit for other accomplishments,typical.

The Republicans of the civil rights era are now called RINOs and the Republican Party of that era doesn't resemble today's Republican Party. It's not even close.

They are the same party today as back then.
They were against LBJ's welfare program then and same as now, knowing full well how it would impact families and marriages.

Not true! As someone who used to vote more Republican than Democrat - I can assure you they aren't the same parties. Democrats evolved, Republicans devolved.

I would argue that moving to positions that treat minorities as perennial, hapless victims incapable of taking care of themselves is not evolving...

What is wrong with expecting just as much from minorities as anyone else? Why do you lefties insist that minorities always require the kid glove treatment?

 

[Porker]

Except you're forgetting the fact that after the 1964 Civil Rights act, Southern Democrats became Republicans. Thanks to Nixon's Southern plan, it made the racists go from blue to red.

But yeah the parties are TOTALLY the same today. LOL.

You are so full of shit it's coming out your ears. Read the TRUE history of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, above beginning to end...giving Negroes the right to vote. It was Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Republican congress that did it. NOT goddamn dimwittedocrats. In 1964, the civil rights act led to a revolt by the dimwittedocrat former KKK grand kleagle ROBERT BYRD, who led the FILIBUSTER to kill the bill. But Lyndon Baines Johnson wanted to...and I quote.

“I’ll have those ni-gg-ers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.” —Lyndon B. Johnson to two governors on Air Force One -
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That's when Strom Thurman exited the dimowit party and became a Republican. The ONLY demowit to do so.

 

[peach174]

Well other than not being the party that fought tooth and nail against the struggle for equality,you might have something,but you don't.just more drumming up usless BS.
Republican where there when it happened when it was needed,now the Dems rush to try and take credit for other accomplishments,typical.

The Republicans of the civil rights era are now called RINOs and the Republican Party of that era doesn't resemble today's Republican Party. It's not even close.

They are the same party today as back then.
They were against LBJ's welfare program then and same as now, knowing full well how it would impact families and marriages.

Not true! As someone who used to vote more Republican than Democrat - I can assure you they aren't the same parties. Democrats evolved, Republicans devolved.

Democrats are the ones who are turning us into a force Americans into their big government programs. That is devolving us.
Republicans are for choice. That is evolving.

 

[Lakhota]

Well other than not being the party that fought tooth and nail against the struggle for equality,you might have something,but you don't.just more drumming up usless BS.
Republican where there when it happened when it was needed,now the Dems rush to try and take credit for other accomplishments,typical.

The Republicans of the civil rights era are now called RINOs and the Republican Party of that era doesn't resemble today's Republican Party. It's not even close.

They are the same party today as back then.
They were against LBJ's welfare program then and same as now, knowing full well how it would impact families and marriages.

Not true! As someone who used to vote more Republican than Democrat - I can assure you they aren't the same parties. Democrats evolved, Republicans devolved.

I would argue that moving to positions that treat minorities as perennial, hapless victims incapable of taking care of themselves is not evolving...

What is wrong with expecting just as much from minorities as anyone else? Why do you lefties insist that minorities always require the kid glove treatment?

How do you explain Ben Carson?

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Well other than not being the party that fought tooth and nail against the struggle for equality,you might have something,but you don't.just more drumming up usless BS.
Republican where there when it happened when it was needed,now the Dems rush to try and take credit for other accomplishments,typical.

The Republicans of the civil rights era are now called RINOs and the Republican Party of that era doesn't resemble today's Republican Party. It's not even close.

They are the same party today as back then.
They were against LBJ's welfare program then and same as now, knowing full well how it would impact families and marriages.

Not true! As someone who used to vote more Republican than Democrat - I can assure you they aren't the same parties. Democrats evolved, Republicans devolved.

I would argue that moving to positions that treat minorities as perennial, hapless victims incapable of taking care of themselves is not evolving...

What is wrong with expecting just as much from minorities as anyone else? Why do you lefties insist that minorities always require the kid glove treatment?

How do you explain Ben Carson?

What does this have to do with anything? You been hitt'n the peyote again Shitting Bull?

 

[Lakhota]

The Republicans of the civil rights era are now called RINOs and the Republican Party of that era doesn't resemble today's Republican Party. It's not even close.

They are the same party today as back then.
They were against LBJ's welfare program then and same as now, knowing full well how it would impact families and marriages.

Not true! As someone who used to vote more Republican than Democrat - I can assure you they aren't the same parties. Democrats evolved, Republicans devolved.

I would argue that moving to positions that treat minorities as perennial, hapless victims incapable of taking care of themselves is not evolving...

What is wrong with expecting just as much from minorities as anyone else? Why do you lefties insist that minorities always require the kid glove treatment?

How do you explain Ben Carson?

What does this have to do with anything? You been hitt'n the peyote again Shitting Bull?

Fuck you, Soggy Jew.

 

[rdean]

If they can't wear a pointed white hat, the GOP refuses to go.

 

[kiwiman127]

Well other than not being the party that fought tooth and nail against the struggle for equality,you might have something,but you don't.just more drumming up usless BS.
Republican where there when it happened when it was needed,now the Dems rush to try and take credit for other accomplishments,typical.

The Republicans of the civil rights era are now called RINOs and the Republican Party of that era doesn't resemble today's Republican Party. It's not even close.

They are the same party today as back then.
They were against LBJ's welfare program then and same as now, knowing full well how it would impact families and marriages.

Not exactly. Using one issue does not cover all the issues.
GOP platform through the years shows party’s shift from moderate to conservative
GOP platform through the years shows party s shift from moderate to conservative - The Washington Post
From the 1968 GOP Platform
"In the tradition of Theodore Roosevelt, the Republican Party promises sound conservation and development of natural resources in cooperative government and private programs.

An expanding population and increasing material wealth require new public concern for the quality of our environment. Our nation must pursue its activities in harmony with the environment. As we develop our natural resources we must be mindful of our priceless heritage of natural beauty.

A national minerals and fuels policy is essential to maintain production needed for our nation's economy and security. Present economic incentives, including depletion allowances, to encourage the discovery and development of vital minerals and fuels must be continued. We must recognize the increasing demand for minerals and fuels by our economy, help ensure an economically stable industry, maintain a favorable balance of trade and balance of payments, and encourage research to promote the wise use of these resources.

Federal laws applicable to public lands and related resources will be updated and a public land-use policy formulated. We will manage such lands to ensure their multiple use as economic resources and recreational areas. Additionally, we will work in cooperation with cities and states in acquiring and developing green space—convenient outdoor recreation and conservation areas. We support the creation of additional national parks, wilderness areas, monuments and outdoor recreation areas at appropriate sites, as well as their continuing improvement, to make them of maximum utility and enjoyment to the public.

Improved forestry practices, including protection and improvement of watershed lands, will have our vigorous support. We will also improve water resource information, including an acceleration of river basin commission inventory studies. The reclaiming of land by irrigation and the development of flood control programs will have high priority in these studies. We will support additional multi-purpose water projects for reclamation, flood control, and recreation based on accurate cost-benefit estimates.

We also support efforts to increase our total fresh water supply by further research in weather modification, and in better methods of desalinization of salt and brackish waters.

The United States has dropped to sixth among the fishing nations of the world. We pledge a reversal of present policies and the adoption of a progressive national fisheries policy, which will make it possible for the first time to utilize fully the vast ocean reservoir of protein. We pledge a more energetic control of pollution, encouragement of an increase in fishery resources, and will also press for international agreements assuring multi-national conservation.

We pledge a far more vigorous and systematic program to expand knowledge about the unexplored storehouses of the sea and polar regions. We must undertake a comprehensive polar plan and an oceanographic program to develop these abundant resources for the continued strength of the United States and the betterment of all mankind."
GOP platform through the years shows party s shift from moderate to conservative - The Washington Post
Today, it's drill baby drill and let's stop funding the Republican established EPA. That's just one example.
The article I linked, links past GOP platforms, so there is no question about the observations. In the end, the GOP has certainly drifted from mainstream to the more so, far right.

 

[HenryBHough]

Republicans don't generally attend Democrat Party functions.

 

[rdean]

Republicans don't generally attend Democrat Party functions.

And since the GOP is 90% white, that means they will never appear at an event celebrating Black Americans.

 

[ClosedCaption]

And if they went these same people would be saying they just went there for a photo OP. The vast majority of the black community decided sometime ago to go all in with the Democratic Party fine that's their right but to do so and then act offended that Republicans don't attend their events is pretty silly.

Why did the black community decide that? Or are you surprised that you lose support from people when you spit in their face with the Southern Strategy?

 

[ClosedCaption]

The Republicans of the civil rights era are now called RINOs and the Republican Party of that era doesn't resemble today's Republican Party. It's not even close.

They are the same party today as back then.
They were against LBJ's welfare program then and same as now, knowing full well how it would impact families and marriages.

Not true! As someone who used to vote more Republican than Democrat - I can assure you they aren't the same parties. Democrats evolved, Republicans devolved.

I would argue that moving to positions that treat minorities as perennial, hapless victims incapable of taking care of themselves is not evolving...

What is wrong with expecting just as much from minorities as anyone else? Why do you lefties insist that minorities always require the kid glove treatment?

How do you explain Ben Carson?

What does this have to do with anything? You been hitt'n the peyote again Shitting Bull?

It clearly means his logic is sound

 

[blackhawk]

And if they went these same people would be saying they just went there for a photo OP. The vast majority of the black community decided sometime ago to go all in with the Democratic Party fine that's their right but to do so and then act offended that Republicans don't attend their events is pretty silly.

Why did the black community decide that? Or are you surprised that you lose support from people when you spit in their face with the Southern Strategy?

It's my opinion they decided that because the Democrats became the party of government dependency and once they had them hooked on the idea that government could take care of anything they needed they went into fear mongering mode convincing them without the Democrats in control to help them they couldn't survive.

 

[ClosedCaption]

And if they went these same people would be saying they just went there for a photo OP. The vast majority of the black community decided sometime ago to go all in with the Democratic Party fine that's their right but to do so and then act offended that Republicans don't attend their events is pretty silly.

Why did the black community decide that? Or are you surprised that you lose support from people when you spit in their face with the Southern Strategy?

It's my opinion they decided that because the Democrats became the party of government dependency and once they had them hooked on the idea that government could take care of anything they needed they went into fear mongering mode convincing them without the Democrats in control to help them they couldn't survive.

Yeah well as long as you ignore the shift that occurred after the Southern Strategy was started then yeah! You can say it was all types of silly shit as long as you ignore facts.

And your opinion is yet another reason why blacks do not vote GOP. They call blacks greedy people who want handouts then pretend to be surprised when their alienation agenda worked.