Where did republicans get the rap as racist when history says it was the demcrats?

[Uncensored2008]

Your team has worked to keep blacks from voting for decades.

Its in the court records

Really?

Post a cite, you fucking lying sack of shit.

 

[NoNukes]

This is what she looks like.

Izzatrite?

ROFL

I think the white robe and pointy hood is interfering with your vision...

Political cartoonists always exaggerate features. If you read newspapers, you would be aware of this.

This was a flat out racial attack - since it is of an enemy of the party, you support it.

You define right and wrong by service to your shameful party - you have zero integrity, only partisanship.

There was nothing racial about it. Condi was going to quit, and Bush was trying to get her to stay. You still have not proven that there was anything racial about it, or that the cartoonist was liberal.

 

[NoNukes]

Does this look at all familiar? It did not come from a liberal.

I'll bet it did.

A leftist pretending to be a conservative in order to smear the opposition,


SAY, are you actually a conservative? Keep up the good work, it's VERY effective at smearing the left....

You try to put the shame of your fellow conservatives on the liberals, no one on the left falls for it.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

there redicules arguments have to be outed for what they are.

If you ignore them and dont counter them the fools think they have been proven correct.

They have to be constantly outed for their false logic

I agree. Them damn democrats and their election frauds!

Your team has worked to keep blacks from voting for decades.

Its in the court records

Really?

Which party fought tooth and nail to give blacks the right to vote?

Hint: It wasn't the Democrats.


In 1869, the Republican-controlled 40th Congress passed the 15th Amendment, extending to African-Americans the right to vote. Nearly all Republicans in Congress voted in favor, though a few abstained, saying it did not go far enough. Nearly all Democrats in Congress voted against the 15th Amendment.

The 15th Amendment was ratified the following year, but using intimidation, poll taxes, registration fraud, and literacy tests Democrats prevented most African-Americans from voting for nearly a century.

FYI

The First African-American Senator was a Republican

Born a free man in North Carolina, Hiram Revels moved to Baltimore, where he became a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. He served as a military chaplain during the Civil War. The end of the war found him in Mississippi, where he settled.

Hiram Revels began his political career, as a Republican, on the Natchez City Council. He then won a seat in the state senate. When the state was re-admitted to the Union in 1870, the legislature elected Revels to the U.S. Senate.



Republicans Outlawed the Ku Klux Klan

In 1871, the Republican-controlled 42nd Congress passed a Civil Rights Act aimed at the Ku Klux Klan. Guilty of murdering hundreds of African-Americans, this terrorist organization had also eradicated the Republican Party throughout most of the South. The law empowered the Republican administration of Ulysses Grant to protect the civil rights of the former slaves in federal court, bypassing the Democrat-controlled state courts.

The 1871 Civil Rights Act, along with the GOP’s 1870 Civil Rights Act, effectively banned the Klan and enabled Republican officials to arrest hundreds of Klansmen. Though the U.S. Supreme Court would eventually strike down most of the 1871 Civil Rights Act, the Ku Klux Klan was crushed. The KKK did not rise again until the Democratic administration of President Woodrow Wilson.



A Former Slave Chaired the 1884 Republican National Convention

An African-American former congressman, John Lynch, chaired the 1884 Republican National Convention. A speech seconding his nomination for the post marked the entrance onto the national stage of a 25-year old delegate named Theodore Roosevelt.

Lynch was born into slavery in 1847. After emancipation, he joined the Republican Party. At the age of 22, Lynch was elected to the Mississippi legislature. Within three years, Lynch became speaker of the state House of Representatives. In 1872, at the age of 25, Lynch was elected to the first of three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, making him one of the youngest persons ever to serve in Congress.

John Lynch was a delegate to five Republican National Conventions. He chaired the Mississippi Republican Party from 1881 to 1889 and was the Republican National Committeeman for Mississippi from 1884 to 1889. He later served in the Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley administrations.


The First Hispanic U.S. Senator was a Republican

Octaviano Larrazolo had three times run unsuccessfully, as a Democrat, for congressional delegate before joining the Republicans in 1911. Seven years later, he was elected Governor of New Mexico.

In 1928, while he was serving in the legislature, a vacancy occurred in the U.S. Senate. Larrazolo won the special election to fill the seat. He served for the last three months of the term, but did not run for re-election due to ill health.


The First Asian-American U.S. Senator was a Republican

Born in Honolulu to Chinese immigrants, Hiram Fong entered politics as an influential advocate for statehood. Running as a Republican, he won a seat in the territorial legislature in 1938, rising to House Speaker a decade later. When Hawaii became a state in 1959, Fong was elected one of the state’s first two U.S. Senators. He served three terms in the U.S. Senate, where he strongly supported civil rights legislation. Hiram Fong received votes for the presidential nomination at the 1964 and 1968 Republican National Conventions



Republicans Passed the 1957 Civil Rights Act

During the five terms of the FDR and Truman presidencies, the Democrats did not propose any civil rights legislation. President Eisenhower, in contrast, asked his Attorney General to write the first federal civil rights legislation since the Republican Party’s 1875 Civil Rights Act.

Many Democrats in the Senate filibustered the bill, but strong Republican support ensured passage. The new law established a Civil Rights Division within the Justice Department and authorized the Attorney General to request injunctions against any attempt to deny someone’s right to vote. The GOP improved upon this landmark legislation with the 1960 Civil Rights Act.



Read more: Political News: American Achievements: Political Achievements | RNC: Republican National Committee | GOP

 

[NoNukes]

I agree. Them damn democrats and their election frauds!

Your team has worked to keep blacks from voting for decades.

Its in the court records

Really?

Which party fought tooth and nail to give blacks the right to vote?

Hint: It wasn't the Democrats.


In 1869, the Republican-controlled 40th Congress passed the 15th Amendment, extending to African-Americans the right to vote. Nearly all Republicans in Congress voted in favor, though a few abstained, saying it did not go far enough. Nearly all Democrats in Congress voted against the 15th Amendment.

The 15th Amendment was ratified the following year, but using intimidation, poll taxes, registration fraud, and literacy tests Democrats prevented most African-Americans from voting for nearly a century.

FYI

The First African-American Senator was a Republican

Born a free man in North Carolina, Hiram Revels moved to Baltimore, where he became a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. He served as a military chaplain during the Civil War. The end of the war found him in Mississippi, where he settled.

Hiram Revels began his political career, as a Republican, on the Natchez City Council. He then won a seat in the state senate. When the state was re-admitted to the Union in 1870, the legislature elected Revels to the U.S. Senate.



Republicans Outlawed the Ku Klux Klan

In 1871, the Republican-controlled 42nd Congress passed a Civil Rights Act aimed at the Ku Klux Klan. Guilty of murdering hundreds of African-Americans, this terrorist organization had also eradicated the Republican Party throughout most of the South. The law empowered the Republican administration of Ulysses Grant to protect the civil rights of the former slaves in federal court, bypassing the Democrat-controlled state courts.

The 1871 Civil Rights Act, along with the GOP’s 1870 Civil Rights Act, effectively banned the Klan and enabled Republican officials to arrest hundreds of Klansmen. Though the U.S. Supreme Court would eventually strike down most of the 1871 Civil Rights Act, the Ku Klux Klan was crushed. The KKK did not rise again until the Democratic administration of President Woodrow Wilson.



A Former Slave Chaired the 1884 Republican National Convention

An African-American former congressman, John Lynch, chaired the 1884 Republican National Convention. A speech seconding his nomination for the post marked the entrance onto the national stage of a 25-year old delegate named Theodore Roosevelt.

Lynch was born into slavery in 1847. After emancipation, he joined the Republican Party. At the age of 22, Lynch was elected to the Mississippi legislature. Within three years, Lynch became speaker of the state House of Representatives. In 1872, at the age of 25, Lynch was elected to the first of three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, making him one of the youngest persons ever to serve in Congress.

John Lynch was a delegate to five Republican National Conventions. He chaired the Mississippi Republican Party from 1881 to 1889 and was the Republican National Committeeman for Mississippi from 1884 to 1889. He later served in the Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley administrations.


The First Hispanic U.S. Senator was a Republican

Octaviano Larrazolo had three times run unsuccessfully, as a Democrat, for congressional delegate before joining the Republicans in 1911. Seven years later, he was elected Governor of New Mexico.

In 1928, while he was serving in the legislature, a vacancy occurred in the U.S. Senate. Larrazolo won the special election to fill the seat. He served for the last three months of the term, but did not run for re-election due to ill health.


The First Asian-American U.S. Senator was a Republican

Born in Honolulu to Chinese immigrants, Hiram Fong entered politics as an influential advocate for statehood. Running as a Republican, he won a seat in the territorial legislature in 1938, rising to House Speaker a decade later. When Hawaii became a state in 1959, Fong was elected one of the state’s first two U.S. Senators. He served three terms in the U.S. Senate, where he strongly supported civil rights legislation. Hiram Fong received votes for the presidential nomination at the 1964 and 1968 Republican National Conventions



Republicans Passed the 1957 Civil Rights Act

During the five terms of the FDR and Truman presidencies, the Democrats did not propose any civil rights legislation. President Eisenhower, in contrast, asked his Attorney General to write the first federal civil rights legislation since the Republican Party’s 1875 Civil Rights Act.

Many Democrats in the Senate filibustered the bill, but strong Republican support ensured passage. The new law established a Civil Rights Division within the Justice Department and authorized the Attorney General to request injunctions against any attempt to deny someone’s right to vote. The GOP improved upon this landmark legislation with the 1960 Civil Rights Act.



Read more: Political News: American Achievements: Political Achievements | RNC: Republican National Committee | GOP

We are talking about TODAY.

 

[Dragon]

Amazing, isn't it, how today's Republicans try to steep themselves in the past glories of the party, while disavowing everything the party used to stand for. Talk about wanting to eat your cake and have it!

The truth is, there isn't one Republican president in the entire history of the party that would get the vote of these guys today, with the possible exception of Ronald Reagan and even he would only pass muster if they didn't look at his record too closely. (Hmm . . . cut our nuclear weapon forces . . . got all buddy buddy with Gorbachev . . . I dunno, kinda soft on the Commies wasn't he? . . . Wait, what's this bullshit about how rich people should pay more taxes than poor people? . . . Oh, god, LOOK at how many times he raised taxes! The dude's a LIBERAL IN DISGUISE! What a RINO! Well, whadaya expect of someone who voted for FDR?)

 

[Lonestar_logic]

Your team has worked to keep blacks from voting for decades.
Its in the court records

Really?

Which party fought tooth and nail to give blacks the right to vote?

Hint: It wasn't the Democrats.


In 1869, the Republican-controlled 40th Congress passed the 15th Amendment, extending to African-Americans the right to vote. Nearly all Republicans in Congress voted in favor, though a few abstained, saying it did not go far enough. Nearly all Democrats in Congress voted against the 15th Amendment.

The 15th Amendment was ratified the following year, but using intimidation, poll taxes, registration fraud, and literacy tests Democrats prevented most African-Americans from voting for nearly a century.

FYI

The First African-American Senator was a Republican

Born a free man in North Carolina, Hiram Revels moved to Baltimore, where he became a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. He served as a military chaplain during the Civil War. The end of the war found him in Mississippi, where he settled.

Hiram Revels began his political career, as a Republican, on the Natchez City Council. He then won a seat in the state senate. When the state was re-admitted to the Union in 1870, the legislature elected Revels to the U.S. Senate.



Republicans Outlawed the Ku Klux Klan

In 1871, the Republican-controlled 42nd Congress passed a Civil Rights Act aimed at the Ku Klux Klan. Guilty of murdering hundreds of African-Americans, this terrorist organization had also eradicated the Republican Party throughout most of the South. The law empowered the Republican administration of Ulysses Grant to protect the civil rights of the former slaves in federal court, bypassing the Democrat-controlled state courts.

The 1871 Civil Rights Act, along with the GOP’s 1870 Civil Rights Act, effectively banned the Klan and enabled Republican officials to arrest hundreds of Klansmen. Though the U.S. Supreme Court would eventually strike down most of the 1871 Civil Rights Act, the Ku Klux Klan was crushed. The KKK did not rise again until the Democratic administration of President Woodrow Wilson.



A Former Slave Chaired the 1884 Republican National Convention

An African-American former congressman, John Lynch, chaired the 1884 Republican National Convention. A speech seconding his nomination for the post marked the entrance onto the national stage of a 25-year old delegate named Theodore Roosevelt.

Lynch was born into slavery in 1847. After emancipation, he joined the Republican Party. At the age of 22, Lynch was elected to the Mississippi legislature. Within three years, Lynch became speaker of the state House of Representatives. In 1872, at the age of 25, Lynch was elected to the first of three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, making him one of the youngest persons ever to serve in Congress.

John Lynch was a delegate to five Republican National Conventions. He chaired the Mississippi Republican Party from 1881 to 1889 and was the Republican National Committeeman for Mississippi from 1884 to 1889. He later served in the Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley administrations.


The First Hispanic U.S. Senator was a Republican

Octaviano Larrazolo had three times run unsuccessfully, as a Democrat, for congressional delegate before joining the Republicans in 1911. Seven years later, he was elected Governor of New Mexico.

In 1928, while he was serving in the legislature, a vacancy occurred in the U.S. Senate. Larrazolo won the special election to fill the seat. He served for the last three months of the term, but did not run for re-election due to ill health.


The First Asian-American U.S. Senator was a Republican

Born in Honolulu to Chinese immigrants, Hiram Fong entered politics as an influential advocate for statehood. Running as a Republican, he won a seat in the territorial legislature in 1938, rising to House Speaker a decade later. When Hawaii became a state in 1959, Fong was elected one of the state’s first two U.S. Senators. He served three terms in the U.S. Senate, where he strongly supported civil rights legislation. Hiram Fong received votes for the presidential nomination at the 1964 and 1968 Republican National Conventions



Republicans Passed the 1957 Civil Rights Act

During the five terms of the FDR and Truman presidencies, the Democrats did not propose any civil rights legislation. President Eisenhower, in contrast, asked his Attorney General to write the first federal civil rights legislation since the Republican Party’s 1875 Civil Rights Act.

Many Democrats in the Senate filibustered the bill, but strong Republican support ensured passage. The new law established a Civil Rights Division within the Justice Department and authorized the Attorney General to request injunctions against any attempt to deny someone’s right to vote. The GOP improved upon this landmark legislation with the 1960 Civil Rights Act.



Read more: Political News: American Achievements: Political Achievements | RNC: Republican National Committee | GOP

We are talking about TODAY.

She did say DECADES!

Learn how to read!!!

But I had no idea you two were together.

But you both seem to compliment each other well, one cannot tell the truth and the other doesn't know the difference.

 

[NoNukes]

Really?

Which party fought tooth and nail to give blacks the right to vote?

Hint: It wasn't the Democrats.


In 1869, the Republican-controlled 40th Congress passed the 15th Amendment, extending to African-Americans the right to vote. Nearly all Republicans in Congress voted in favor, though a few abstained, saying it did not go far enough. Nearly all Democrats in Congress voted against the 15th Amendment.

The 15th Amendment was ratified the following year, but using intimidation, poll taxes, registration fraud, and literacy tests Democrats prevented most African-Americans from voting for nearly a century.

FYI

The First African-American Senator was a Republican

Born a free man in North Carolina, Hiram Revels moved to Baltimore, where he became a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. He served as a military chaplain during the Civil War. The end of the war found him in Mississippi, where he settled.

Hiram Revels began his political career, as a Republican, on the Natchez City Council. He then won a seat in the state senate. When the state was re-admitted to the Union in 1870, the legislature elected Revels to the U.S. Senate.



Republicans Outlawed the Ku Klux Klan

In 1871, the Republican-controlled 42nd Congress passed a Civil Rights Act aimed at the Ku Klux Klan. Guilty of murdering hundreds of African-Americans, this terrorist organization had also eradicated the Republican Party throughout most of the South. The law empowered the Republican administration of Ulysses Grant to protect the civil rights of the former slaves in federal court, bypassing the Democrat-controlled state courts.

The 1871 Civil Rights Act, along with the GOP’s 1870 Civil Rights Act, effectively banned the Klan and enabled Republican officials to arrest hundreds of Klansmen. Though the U.S. Supreme Court would eventually strike down most of the 1871 Civil Rights Act, the Ku Klux Klan was crushed. The KKK did not rise again until the Democratic administration of President Woodrow Wilson.



A Former Slave Chaired the 1884 Republican National Convention

An African-American former congressman, John Lynch, chaired the 1884 Republican National Convention. A speech seconding his nomination for the post marked the entrance onto the national stage of a 25-year old delegate named Theodore Roosevelt.

Lynch was born into slavery in 1847. After emancipation, he joined the Republican Party. At the age of 22, Lynch was elected to the Mississippi legislature. Within three years, Lynch became speaker of the state House of Representatives. In 1872, at the age of 25, Lynch was elected to the first of three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, making him one of the youngest persons ever to serve in Congress.

John Lynch was a delegate to five Republican National Conventions. He chaired the Mississippi Republican Party from 1881 to 1889 and was the Republican National Committeeman for Mississippi from 1884 to 1889. He later served in the Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley administrations.


The First Hispanic U.S. Senator was a Republican

Octaviano Larrazolo had three times run unsuccessfully, as a Democrat, for congressional delegate before joining the Republicans in 1911. Seven years later, he was elected Governor of New Mexico.

In 1928, while he was serving in the legislature, a vacancy occurred in the U.S. Senate. Larrazolo won the special election to fill the seat. He served for the last three months of the term, but did not run for re-election due to ill health.


The First Asian-American U.S. Senator was a Republican

Born in Honolulu to Chinese immigrants, Hiram Fong entered politics as an influential advocate for statehood. Running as a Republican, he won a seat in the territorial legislature in 1938, rising to House Speaker a decade later. When Hawaii became a state in 1959, Fong was elected one of the state’s first two U.S. Senators. He served three terms in the U.S. Senate, where he strongly supported civil rights legislation. Hiram Fong received votes for the presidential nomination at the 1964 and 1968 Republican National Conventions



Republicans Passed the 1957 Civil Rights Act

During the five terms of the FDR and Truman presidencies, the Democrats did not propose any civil rights legislation. President Eisenhower, in contrast, asked his Attorney General to write the first federal civil rights legislation since the Republican Party’s 1875 Civil Rights Act.

Many Democrats in the Senate filibustered the bill, but strong Republican support ensured passage. The new law established a Civil Rights Division within the Justice Department and authorized the Attorney General to request injunctions against any attempt to deny someone’s right to vote. The GOP improved upon this landmark legislation with the 1960 Civil Rights Act.



Read more: Political News: American Achievements: Political Achievements | RNC: Republican National Committee | GOP

We are talking about TODAY.

She did say DECADES!

Learn how to read!!!

But I had no idea you two were together.

But you both seem to compliment each other well, one cannot tell the truth and the other doesn't know the difference.

If you cannot see that what happened in the 1800s has nothing to do with what is going on today, then we cannot help you.

And by the way, only a person who was born in Texas would want to be a Texan.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

We are talking about TODAY.

She did say DECADES!

Learn how to read!!!

But I had no idea you two were together.

But you both seem to compliment each other well, one cannot tell the truth and the other doesn't know the difference.

If you cannot see that what happened in the 1800s has nothing to do with what is going on today, then we cannot help you.

And by the way, only a person who was born in Texas would want to be a Texan.

Are you saying history has no bearing on the present?

Well if a person is born in Texas, they pretty much have no choice. They are a Texan by birth.

You lame attempt at an insult ....FAILED!!

 

[Truthmatters]

I agree. Them damn democrats and their election frauds!

Your team has worked to keep blacks from voting for decades.

Its in the court records

Really?

Which party fought tooth and nail to give blacks the right to vote?

Hint: It wasn't the Democrats.


In 1869, the Republican-controlled 40th Congress passed the 15th Amendment, extending to African-Americans the right to vote. Nearly all Republicans in Congress voted in favor, though a few abstained, saying it did not go far enough. Nearly all Democrats in Congress voted against the 15th Amendment.

The 15th Amendment was ratified the following year, but using intimidation, poll taxes, registration fraud, and literacy tests Democrats prevented most African-Americans from voting for nearly a century.

FYI

The First African-American Senator was a Republican

Born a free man in North Carolina, Hiram Revels moved to Baltimore, where he became a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. He served as a military chaplain during the Civil War. The end of the war found him in Mississippi, where he settled.

Hiram Revels began his political career, as a Republican, on the Natchez City Council. He then won a seat in the state senate. When the state was re-admitted to the Union in 1870, the legislature elected Revels to the U.S. Senate.



Republicans Outlawed the Ku Klux Klan

In 1871, the Republican-controlled 42nd Congress passed a Civil Rights Act aimed at the Ku Klux Klan. Guilty of murdering hundreds of African-Americans, this terrorist organization had also eradicated the Republican Party throughout most of the South. The law empowered the Republican administration of Ulysses Grant to protect the civil rights of the former slaves in federal court, bypassing the Democrat-controlled state courts.

The 1871 Civil Rights Act, along with the GOP’s 1870 Civil Rights Act, effectively banned the Klan and enabled Republican officials to arrest hundreds of Klansmen. Though the U.S. Supreme Court would eventually strike down most of the 1871 Civil Rights Act, the Ku Klux Klan was crushed. The KKK did not rise again until the Democratic administration of President Woodrow Wilson.



A Former Slave Chaired the 1884 Republican National Convention

An African-American former congressman, John Lynch, chaired the 1884 Republican National Convention. A speech seconding his nomination for the post marked the entrance onto the national stage of a 25-year old delegate named Theodore Roosevelt.

Lynch was born into slavery in 1847. After emancipation, he joined the Republican Party. At the age of 22, Lynch was elected to the Mississippi legislature. Within three years, Lynch became speaker of the state House of Representatives. In 1872, at the age of 25, Lynch was elected to the first of three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, making him one of the youngest persons ever to serve in Congress.

John Lynch was a delegate to five Republican National Conventions. He chaired the Mississippi Republican Party from 1881 to 1889 and was the Republican National Committeeman for Mississippi from 1884 to 1889. He later served in the Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley administrations.


The First Hispanic U.S. Senator was a Republican

Octaviano Larrazolo had three times run unsuccessfully, as a Democrat, for congressional delegate before joining the Republicans in 1911. Seven years later, he was elected Governor of New Mexico.

In 1928, while he was serving in the legislature, a vacancy occurred in the U.S. Senate. Larrazolo won the special election to fill the seat. He served for the last three months of the term, but did not run for re-election due to ill health.


The First Asian-American U.S. Senator was a Republican

Born in Honolulu to Chinese immigrants, Hiram Fong entered politics as an influential advocate for statehood. Running as a Republican, he won a seat in the territorial legislature in 1938, rising to House Speaker a decade later. When Hawaii became a state in 1959, Fong was elected one of the state’s first two U.S. Senators. He served three terms in the U.S. Senate, where he strongly supported civil rights legislation. Hiram Fong received votes for the presidential nomination at the 1964 and 1968 Republican National Conventions



Republicans Passed the 1957 Civil Rights Act

During the five terms of the FDR and Truman presidencies, the Democrats did not propose any civil rights legislation. President Eisenhower, in contrast, asked his Attorney General to write the first federal civil rights legislation since the Republican Party’s 1875 Civil Rights Act.

Many Democrats in the Senate filibustered the bill, but strong Republican support ensured passage. The new law established a Civil Rights Division within the Justice Department and authorized the Attorney General to request injunctions against any attempt to deny someone’s right to vote. The GOP improved upon this landmark legislation with the 1960 Civil Rights Act.



Read more: Political News: American Achievements: Political Achievements | RNC: Republican National Committee | GOP

That has changed huh?

the black voter used to be devoted to the republican party for those very reasons.

Why did black voters bail on your party?


The more recent history of the republican party huh?

 

[NoNukes]

She did say DECADES!

Learn how to read!!!

But I had no idea you two were together.

But you both seem to compliment each other well, one cannot tell the truth and the other doesn't know the difference.

If you cannot see that what happened in the 1800s has nothing to do with what is going on today, then we cannot help you.

And by the way, only a person who was born in Texas would want to be a Texan.

Are you saying history has no bearing on the present?

Well if a person is born in Texas, they pretty much have no choice. They are a Texan by birth.

You lame attempt at an insult ....FAILED!!

I am saying that the Democratic and Republican parties are different today. If the Republicans were so good to minorities, why do the majority side with the Democrats?

Yes, something that a Texan has to deal with for life.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

Your team has worked to keep blacks from voting for decades.

Its in the court records

Really?

Which party fought tooth and nail to give blacks the right to vote?

Hint: It wasn't the Democrats.


In 1869, the Republican-controlled 40th Congress passed the 15th Amendment, extending to African-Americans the right to vote. Nearly all Republicans in Congress voted in favor, though a few abstained, saying it did not go far enough. Nearly all Democrats in Congress voted against the 15th Amendment.

The 15th Amendment was ratified the following year, but using intimidation, poll taxes, registration fraud, and literacy tests Democrats prevented most African-Americans from voting for nearly a century.

FYI

The First African-American Senator was a Republican

Born a free man in North Carolina, Hiram Revels moved to Baltimore, where he became a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. He served as a military chaplain during the Civil War. The end of the war found him in Mississippi, where he settled.

Hiram Revels began his political career, as a Republican, on the Natchez City Council. He then won a seat in the state senate. When the state was re-admitted to the Union in 1870, the legislature elected Revels to the U.S. Senate.



Republicans Outlawed the Ku Klux Klan

In 1871, the Republican-controlled 42nd Congress passed a Civil Rights Act aimed at the Ku Klux Klan. Guilty of murdering hundreds of African-Americans, this terrorist organization had also eradicated the Republican Party throughout most of the South. The law empowered the Republican administration of Ulysses Grant to protect the civil rights of the former slaves in federal court, bypassing the Democrat-controlled state courts.

The 1871 Civil Rights Act, along with the GOP’s 1870 Civil Rights Act, effectively banned the Klan and enabled Republican officials to arrest hundreds of Klansmen. Though the U.S. Supreme Court would eventually strike down most of the 1871 Civil Rights Act, the Ku Klux Klan was crushed. The KKK did not rise again until the Democratic administration of President Woodrow Wilson.



A Former Slave Chaired the 1884 Republican National Convention

An African-American former congressman, John Lynch, chaired the 1884 Republican National Convention. A speech seconding his nomination for the post marked the entrance onto the national stage of a 25-year old delegate named Theodore Roosevelt.

Lynch was born into slavery in 1847. After emancipation, he joined the Republican Party. At the age of 22, Lynch was elected to the Mississippi legislature. Within three years, Lynch became speaker of the state House of Representatives. In 1872, at the age of 25, Lynch was elected to the first of three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, making him one of the youngest persons ever to serve in Congress.

John Lynch was a delegate to five Republican National Conventions. He chaired the Mississippi Republican Party from 1881 to 1889 and was the Republican National Committeeman for Mississippi from 1884 to 1889. He later served in the Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley administrations.


The First Hispanic U.S. Senator was a Republican

Octaviano Larrazolo had three times run unsuccessfully, as a Democrat, for congressional delegate before joining the Republicans in 1911. Seven years later, he was elected Governor of New Mexico.

In 1928, while he was serving in the legislature, a vacancy occurred in the U.S. Senate. Larrazolo won the special election to fill the seat. He served for the last three months of the term, but did not run for re-election due to ill health.


The First Asian-American U.S. Senator was a Republican

Born in Honolulu to Chinese immigrants, Hiram Fong entered politics as an influential advocate for statehood. Running as a Republican, he won a seat in the territorial legislature in 1938, rising to House Speaker a decade later. When Hawaii became a state in 1959, Fong was elected one of the state’s first two U.S. Senators. He served three terms in the U.S. Senate, where he strongly supported civil rights legislation. Hiram Fong received votes for the presidential nomination at the 1964 and 1968 Republican National Conventions



Republicans Passed the 1957 Civil Rights Act

During the five terms of the FDR and Truman presidencies, the Democrats did not propose any civil rights legislation. President Eisenhower, in contrast, asked his Attorney General to write the first federal civil rights legislation since the Republican Party’s 1875 Civil Rights Act.

Many Democrats in the Senate filibustered the bill, but strong Republican support ensured passage. The new law established a Civil Rights Division within the Justice Department and authorized the Attorney General to request injunctions against any attempt to deny someone’s right to vote. The GOP improved upon this landmark legislation with the 1960 Civil Rights Act.



Read more: Political News: American Achievements: Political Achievements | RNC: Republican National Committee | GOP

That has changed huh?

the black voter used to be devoted to the republican party for those very reasons.

Why did black voters bail on your party?


The more recent history of the republican party huh?

When you can back up your statements and/or allegations with facts, come back and we'll have an "honest" discussion about it.

 

[NoNukes]

Really?

Which party fought tooth and nail to give blacks the right to vote?

Hint: It wasn't the Democrats.


In 1869, the Republican-controlled 40th Congress passed the 15th Amendment, extending to African-Americans the right to vote. Nearly all Republicans in Congress voted in favor, though a few abstained, saying it did not go far enough. Nearly all Democrats in Congress voted against the 15th Amendment.

The 15th Amendment was ratified the following year, but using intimidation, poll taxes, registration fraud, and literacy tests Democrats prevented most African-Americans from voting for nearly a century.

FYI

The First African-American Senator was a Republican

Born a free man in North Carolina, Hiram Revels moved to Baltimore, where he became a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. He served as a military chaplain during the Civil War. The end of the war found him in Mississippi, where he settled.

Hiram Revels began his political career, as a Republican, on the Natchez City Council. He then won a seat in the state senate. When the state was re-admitted to the Union in 1870, the legislature elected Revels to the U.S. Senate.



Republicans Outlawed the Ku Klux Klan

In 1871, the Republican-controlled 42nd Congress passed a Civil Rights Act aimed at the Ku Klux Klan. Guilty of murdering hundreds of African-Americans, this terrorist organization had also eradicated the Republican Party throughout most of the South. The law empowered the Republican administration of Ulysses Grant to protect the civil rights of the former slaves in federal court, bypassing the Democrat-controlled state courts.

The 1871 Civil Rights Act, along with the GOP’s 1870 Civil Rights Act, effectively banned the Klan and enabled Republican officials to arrest hundreds of Klansmen. Though the U.S. Supreme Court would eventually strike down most of the 1871 Civil Rights Act, the Ku Klux Klan was crushed. The KKK did not rise again until the Democratic administration of President Woodrow Wilson.



A Former Slave Chaired the 1884 Republican National Convention

An African-American former congressman, John Lynch, chaired the 1884 Republican National Convention. A speech seconding his nomination for the post marked the entrance onto the national stage of a 25-year old delegate named Theodore Roosevelt.

Lynch was born into slavery in 1847. After emancipation, he joined the Republican Party. At the age of 22, Lynch was elected to the Mississippi legislature. Within three years, Lynch became speaker of the state House of Representatives. In 1872, at the age of 25, Lynch was elected to the first of three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, making him one of the youngest persons ever to serve in Congress.

John Lynch was a delegate to five Republican National Conventions. He chaired the Mississippi Republican Party from 1881 to 1889 and was the Republican National Committeeman for Mississippi from 1884 to 1889. He later served in the Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley administrations.


The First Hispanic U.S. Senator was a Republican

Octaviano Larrazolo had three times run unsuccessfully, as a Democrat, for congressional delegate before joining the Republicans in 1911. Seven years later, he was elected Governor of New Mexico.

In 1928, while he was serving in the legislature, a vacancy occurred in the U.S. Senate. Larrazolo won the special election to fill the seat. He served for the last three months of the term, but did not run for re-election due to ill health.


The First Asian-American U.S. Senator was a Republican

Born in Honolulu to Chinese immigrants, Hiram Fong entered politics as an influential advocate for statehood. Running as a Republican, he won a seat in the territorial legislature in 1938, rising to House Speaker a decade later. When Hawaii became a state in 1959, Fong was elected one of the state’s first two U.S. Senators. He served three terms in the U.S. Senate, where he strongly supported civil rights legislation. Hiram Fong received votes for the presidential nomination at the 1964 and 1968 Republican National Conventions



Republicans Passed the 1957 Civil Rights Act

During the five terms of the FDR and Truman presidencies, the Democrats did not propose any civil rights legislation. President Eisenhower, in contrast, asked his Attorney General to write the first federal civil rights legislation since the Republican Party’s 1875 Civil Rights Act.

Many Democrats in the Senate filibustered the bill, but strong Republican support ensured passage. The new law established a Civil Rights Division within the Justice Department and authorized the Attorney General to request injunctions against any attempt to deny someone’s right to vote. The GOP improved upon this landmark legislation with the 1960 Civil Rights Act.



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That has changed huh?

the black voter used to be devoted to the republican party for those very reasons.

Why did black voters bail on your party?


The more recent history of the republican party huh?

When you can back up your statements and/or allegations with facts, come back and we'll have an "honest" discussion about it.

Before you run away, please answer my question about why minorities side with the Democrats.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

If you cannot see that what happened in the 1800s has nothing to do with what is going on today, then we cannot help you.

And by the way, only a person who was born in Texas would want to be a Texan.

Are you saying history has no bearing on the present?

Well if a person is born in Texas, they pretty much have no choice. They are a Texan by birth.

You lame attempt at an insult ....FAILED!!

I am saying that the Democratic and Republican parties are different today. If the Republicans were so good to minorities, why do the majority side with the Democrats?

Yes, something that a Texan has to deal with for life.

The Republican party hasn't changed all that much since 1854.

Minorities side with those that gives them a handout.

Remember that it was the Democrats who supported slavery, the KKK, Jim Crowe laws and segregation whereas it was a Republican President who presided over a Civil War that freed black slaves. And today it is the Democrats who want to keep black people addicted to welfare entitlements, forever preventing them from standing on their own two feet and making them ever beholden to the nanny state. And by keeping them imprisoned to the public treasury, Democrats ensure that black people continue to vote for them.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

That has changed huh?

the black voter used to be devoted to the republican party for those very reasons.

Why did black voters bail on your party?


The more recent history of the republican party huh?

When you can back up your statements and/or allegations with facts, come back and we'll have an "honest" discussion about it.

Before you run away, please answer my question about why minorities side with the Democrats.

I never run away.

I do however have a job and I may have to leave without warning.

Oh... a "job" is a regular activity performed in exchange for payment.

 

[Uncensored2008]

I never run away.

I do however have a job and I may have to leave without warning.

Oh... a "job" is a regular activity performed in exchange for payment.

Oh come on, that isn't fair. NoNukes has a job. He works for the federal government as an emotional support counselor for marmots. Without people like NoNukes, where would marmots turn to get the counseling they need for healthy emotional development? The mere $200 billion spent each year on marmot outreach programs leave people like NoBrains overworked as they cope with the flood of marmots seeking emotional support....

THINK OF THE MARMOTS!!!!!

 

[daveman]

There are examples of right wing racism all over these boards, if you are blind, pointing them out would do no good.
Attempted suppression of voting rights would be one example though.

There are examples of left wing racism all over these boards.

Leftists routinely deny they exist.

Could we see some examples?

answer the question, why exactly do you hate 'white' people?

Because you are white people. Why does it matter to you?

Now go ahead and tell me that's not racist.

 

[daveman]

This thread is really funny.

A right winger asks why Blacks eshew supporting the GOP.

People suggest reasons why based on history and even on current events.

The RWers then attempt to tell us why the Blacks are wrong and stupid not to support the Party with a recent and current history of hating them?

CAn these RW posters really not understand why Blacks don't support their party?

Gee, they protest: why do Blacks (that we hate and who we disadvantage every time we get a change) dislike us?

I mean come on lads.

Even you clueless racist morons ought to be able to figure this out.

When you start off with a false premise -- the GOP hates blacks -- everything that follows may be immediately discarded as worthless.

Quickly discarding it does not make it untrue, and does not make it go away.

If I state that X = potatoes, then the following statement X +1 = 3 is untrue.

Editec stated that X = potatoes.

 

[daveman]

This thread is really funny.

A right winger asks why Blacks eshew supporting the GOP.

People suggest reasons why based on history and even on current events.

The RWers then attempt to tell us why the Blacks are wrong and stupid not to support the Party with a recent and current history of hating them?

CAn these RW posters really not understand why Blacks don't support their party?

Gee, they protest: why do Blacks (that we hate and who we disadvantage every time we get a change) dislike us?

I mean come on lads.

Even you clueless racist morons ought to be able to figure this out.

When you start off with a false premise -- the GOP hates blacks -- everything that follows may be immediately discarded as worthless.

The perception that the GOP hate Blacks might be wrong, just as you say.

But the perception of that hate is why Blacks do not support the GOP.

Now seriously, is that really hard for you to understand?

Oh, I understand perfectly. The left has been screeching that big lie for decades.

 

[daveman]

When you start off with a false premise -- the GOP hates blacks -- everything that follows may be immediately discarded as worthless.

The perception that the GOP hate Blacks might be wrong, just as you say.

But the perception of that hate is why Blacks do not support the GOP.

Now seriously, is that really hard for you to understand?

You are wasting your time with this guy.

True. I'll never buy into your leftist horseshit.