DNC Chair Ignores Democrats' Jim Crow History

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There is no evidence, none, that Republicans have adopted the segregationist polices of the Democrats. Rather the Democrat voters in the south voted Democrat because the D's were the party of segreation and racial intolerance. Once that reason was taken away by the D's abandoning their history, they started driving away from the D party. There is no evidence that the R's adopted the D's policies.

Paul K. Oghden of IN 11:07PM June 10, 2011

Thanks for proving my point, Bill.
Things sure have changed since the 1860's haven't they?
Or even the early 1960's.
What a complete flip-flop.
Darn shame about the GOP.

jimatmadison of WI 10:13PM June 09, 2011

Tied to freebie programs. Bought votes. Taking away the dignity of work accomplishment. Black generations lost to violence, drugs, and lack of education. Democrats hope for blacks is illusion of good.
_____
"The Democrat Race Lie"
October 13, 1858
"During Lincoln-Douglas debates, U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas (D-IL) states: “I do not regard the Negro as my equal, and positively deny that he is my brother, or any kin to me whatever”; Douglas became Democratic Party’s 1860 presidential nominee"
April 16, 1862
"President Lincoln signs bill abolishing slavery in District of Columbia; in Congress, 99% of Republicans vote yes, 83% of Democrats vote no"
“Democrats are unwavering in our support of equal opportunity for all Americans. That’s why we’ve worked to pass every one of our nation’s Civil Rights laws… On every civil rights issue, Democrats have led the fight.”
July 17, 1862
"Over unanimous Democrat opposition, Republican Congress passes Confiscation Act stating that slaves of the Confederacy “shall be forever free”
January 31, 1865
"the Amendment banning slavery passed by U.S. House with unanimous Republican support, intense Democrat opposition"
April 8, 1865
"the Amendment banning slavery passed by U.S. Senate with 100% Republican support, 63% Democrat opposition"
November 22, 1865
"Republicans denounce Democrat legislature of Mississippi for enacting “black codes,” which institutionalized racial discrimination"
February 5, 1866
"U.S. Rep. Thaddeus Stevens (R-PA) introduces legislation, successfully opposed by Democrat President Andrew Johnson, to implement “40 acres and a mule” relief by distributing land to former slaves"
“Democrats are unwavering in our support of equal opportunity for all Americans. That’s why we’ve worked to pass every one of our nation’s Civil Rights laws… On every civil rights issue, Democrats have led the fight.”
April 9, 1866
"Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Johnson’s veto; Civil Rights Act of 1866, conferring rights of citizenship on African-Americans, becomes law"
May 10, 1866
"U.S. House passes Republicans’ 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the laws to all citizens; 100% of Democrats vote no"
June 8, 1866
"U.S. Senate passes Republicans’ 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the law to all citizens; 94% of Republicans vote yes and 100% of Democrats vote no"
“Democrats are unwavering in our support of equal opportunity for all Americans. That’s why we’ve worked to pass every one of our nation’s Civil Rights laws… On every civil rights issue, Democrats have led the fight.”
January 8, 1867
"Republicans override Democrat President Andrew Johnson’s veto of law granting voting rights to African-Americans in D.C."
http://www.black-and-right.com/the-democrat-race-lie/

Bill Hedges of MO 9:11PM June 09, 2011

Thanks for reminding us how tragically the Republican Party has fallen away from their liberal past.
Ms Wasserman Schulz was wrong to make the analogy, and has renounced her own statement.
Nevertheless, the parties clearly switched positions decades ago.
The GOP is a shameful mirror image of their proud past.

jimatmadison of WI 8:14PM June 09, 2011

"The Democrat Race Lie"
October 13, 1858
"During Lincoln-Douglas debates, U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas (D-IL) states: “I do not regard the Negro as my equal, and positively deny that he is my brother, or any kin to me whatever”; Douglas became Democratic Party’s 1860 presidential nominee"
April 16, 1862
"President Lincoln signs bill abolishing slavery in District of Columbia; in Congress, 99% of Republicans vote yes, 83% of Democrats vote no"
“Democrats are unwavering in our support of equal opportunity for all Americans. That’s why we’ve worked to pass every one of our nation’s Civil Rights laws… On every civil rights issue, Democrats have led the fight.”
July 17, 1862
"Over unanimous Democrat opposition, Republican Congress passes Confiscation Act stating that slaves of the Confederacy “shall be forever free”
January 31, 1865
"the Amendment banning slavery passed by U.S. House with unanimous Republican support, intense Democrat opposition"
April 8, 1865
"the Amendment banning slavery passed by U.S. Senate with 100% Republican support, 63% Democrat opposition"
November 22, 1865
"Republicans denounce Democrat legislature of Mississippi for enacting “black codes,” which institutionalized racial discrimination"
February 5, 1866
"U.S. Rep. Thaddeus Stevens (R-PA) introduces legislation, successfully opposed by Democrat President Andrew Johnson, to implement “40 acres and a mule” relief by distributing land to former slaves"
“Democrats are unwavering in our support of equal opportunity for all Americans. That’s why we’ve worked to pass every one of our nation’s Civil Rights laws… On every civil rights issue, Democrats have led the fight.”
April 9, 1866
"Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Johnson’s veto; Civil Rights Act of 1866, conferring rights of citizenship on African-Americans, becomes law"
May 10, 1866
"U.S. House passes Republicans’ 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the laws to all citizens; 100% of Democrats vote no"
June 8, 1866
"U.S. Senate passes Republicans’ 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the law to all citizens; 94% of Republicans vote yes and 100% of Democrats vote no"
“Democrats are unwavering in our support of equal opportunity for all Americans. That’s why we’ve worked to pass every one of our nation’s Civil Rights laws… On every civil rights issue, Democrats have led the fight.”
January 8, 1867
"Republicans override Democrat President Andrew Johnson’s veto of law granting voting rights to African-Americans in D.C."
July 19, 1867
"Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Andrew Johnson’s veto of legislation protecting voting rights of African-Americans"
http://www.black-and-right.com/the-democrat-race-lie/

Bill Hedges of MO 6:10PM June 08, 2011

Some history: According to C. Vann Woodward's "The Strange Career of Jim Crow", the Jim Crow laws were not enacted at the end of Reconstruction (1877), but rather in the period 1895-1910. The reason they were enacted is because poor whites and blacks were voting either Republican or Populist. So the previously moderate "establishment" Democratic Party turned to white supremacy in order to attract the poor whites and the disenfranchise blacks, this creating the one-party "Solid South" that lasted until 1968.

c. mahoney of NY 5:44PM June 08, 2011

If the dems have evolved into these guiding lights towards racial utopia, than why are there so many predominantly black, democraticaly controlled cities such as Chicago, Detroit,D.C., Harlem, etc.who have the highest crime rates, drug and alcohol abuse,most welfare recipients, murders, unemployment.Why? Its because the dems have masterfully created a their own form of discimination called dependance, which they have cleverly disguised by renaming this eternal hell as ENTITLEMENT.This is how the Dems can say they care about minorities but really dont.And to throw the rest of the good intentioned,sympathetic dems off their real agenda, they take convenience in calling those aposed to their deeply heart felt "solutions" the racists and bigots.Sgt. Schultz is just being the good soldier in her masking of the great liberal deception.

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Erich Hicks of CA 5:21PM June 08, 2011

I beg to differ. Republicans promote division? Who has cried "racist" over every single policy disagreement voiced during Obama's presidency? Who tries to feed class anger every chance they get? Who thinks minorities aren't smart or capable enough to get a photo ID? Who has put more minorities on food stamps than any other president? Who said "reward your friends and punish your enemies"? I believe that was all Democrats.
Democrats treat minorities like they are children who can't think for themselves, can't provide for themselves, and have no hope without government handouts. Since Democrats have started "helping" minorities, single parent households have risen dramatically, crime in minority neighborhoods has risen, dropout rates have risen, and teen pregnancies have risen. How exactly have they helped?
You say Republicans mix religion into politics and there is a double standard? Democrats' religion is climate change and they aren't promoting it for moral reasons-they are promoting it for their own pocketbooks. The double standard, which I saw clearly expressed in hundreds of comments since this whole Weiner story broke is that the left says, "Hey, we never claimed to be family values types with morals, so you can't hold it against us when we lie, cheat, or steal, but since Republicans claim to have morals, they should be held accountable when they mess up." Is that really the standard you want for your party's elected officials--that it's okay when they screw up because they never claimed to have morals to begin with?
"Voter disenfranchisement" is just a fancy way to say the Dems want everyone who will vote for them to vote regardless of whether they are registered or here legally. Photo ID is required to cash a check and sometimes to be shown along with a credit card in stores. Most people have it and it's not hard to get it if you don't. Shouldn't we all want to make sure that only people who are eligible to vote in our elections do?

writer59 of PA 5:20PM June 08, 2011

You know, when you see a parent out in public and there child is having a temper tantrum because they want somesomething they don't need or the parent doesn't really have the money for. But the parent still goes ahead and gets it anyway even though it would be better not to as too teach the child a lesson.
That is what the Democratic Party has become, let's just give everybody anything they want regardless of the overall effect it might have in the future. Enablers, every last one of them.
While the Republican Party is the parent the kids hate because somebody has to be the bad guy and say "No" sometimes, for the betterment of that child lest they grow up and can't do a darn thing for themselves.
Not painting every Democrat as a Whiny Spoiled Brat, but if the shoe fits...

Jeremy of SC 3:58PM June 08, 2011