Jackson50 on 02 September 2008
| The Ghost of RubangB said: In 2006 the Democrats got the first female speaker of the house, the first Muslim in Congress (sworn in using Thomas Jefferson's Koran because he's a baller), and I think the first Buddhist in Congress too. And they already pulled the female veep candidate in 1984, but it didn't work out. Just saying... |
It is a fallacy that the Democrats alone have been champions of diversity and civil rights. The Republicans elected the first African-American US Senator, the first African-American US Representative, elected the first Native-American Senator and Vice President, and appointed the first African-American US Diplomat. Just saying...
