Saturday, November 17, 2012
Weekend Reading - "Democrats... Would Not Pass Civil Rights!"
A thorough review of events shows a much different story...
On her Maggie's Notebook website, Maggie documents them by date of the political parties with regard to civil rights issues:
"In a discussion of Civil Rights in America, how often do you hear the name of Republican Senator Everett Dirksen from Ilinois? Not often. How often do you hear the name of Democrat Senator Robert Byrd in connection to civil rights? Not often but for very different reasons. Dirksen was a champion for civil rights. Robert Byrd was not. But you do hear the name of Senator Strom Thurmond practically spat from the mouths of those accusing Republicans for the plight of Negros African-Americans Blacks when civil rights are on the table. but Strom Thurmond was a Democrat in those days, and he was VERY active in trying to kill the bill. It was later that Thurmond became a Republican. Most people do not know that.
An agenda can be identified by what is NOT being said. The names of Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Everett Dirksen and the many Republicans who fought for, and or/voted for the bill are never uttered. Neither is it mentioned that Republicans voted for the Civil Rights bill in far greater percentages than did Democrats, or that Democrats had a sufficient majority to pass it without a single Republican vote."
