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Timmah! on 08 September 2008
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senseinobaka said:
Ahh.. Behold the power of not having my own head up my anus

From NYT on the Senate vote for Women Suffarge http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1920womensvote.html

The Vote in Detail.

The roll call on the amendment follows:

FOR ADOPTION - 36.

Republicans - 36.

Capper, Cummins, Curtis, Edge, Elkins, Fall, Fernald, France, Frelinghuysen, Gronna, Hale, Harding, Johnson, (Cal.,) Jones, (Wash.,) Kellogg, Kenyon, Kayes, La Follette, Lenroot, McCormick, McCumber, McNaty, Nelson, New, Newberry, Norris, Page, Phipps, Poindexter, Sherman, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Sutherland, Warren, Watson.

Democrats - 20.

Ashurst, Chamberlain, Culberson, Harris, Henderson, Jones, (N. M.,) Kenrick, Kirby, McKellar, Myers, Nugent, Phelan, Pittman, Ransdell, Shepard, Smith, (Ariz.,) Stanley, Thomas, Walsh, (Mass.,) Walsh, (Mon.)

AGAINST ADOPTION - 25.

Republicans - 8.

Borah, Brandegee, Dillingham, Knox, Lodge, McLean, Moses, Wadsworth.

Democrats - 17.

Bankhead, Beckham, Dial, Fletcher, Gay, Harrison, Hitchcock, Overman, Reed, Simmons, Smith, (Md.,) Smith, (S. C.,) Swanson, Trammell, Underwood, Williams, Wolcott.

Paired.

Ball and King, for, with Shields, against: Calder and Townsend, for, with Penrose, against; Gerry and Johnson of South Dakota, for, with Martin, against; Gore and Colt, for, with Pomerone, against.

Absent and Not Paired.

Owen, Robinson, and Smith of Georgia. The vote came after four hours of debate, during which Democratic Senators opposed to the amendment filibustered to prevent a roll call until their absent Senators could be protected by pairs. They gave up the effort finally as futile.

 

Wait, which party was against? Which party attmepted to filabuster?? Was it the Democratic party? I guess that would mean the Republicans discovered "feminism" first and the Dems decided to use it some 60 years later.

 

The Democrat party was against ending slavery, against Women's right to vote, and against ending segragation at the onset of each. They then adopted (and hijacked as their own) the republican stance on these issues when they became more popular. If you look throughout the history of this country, Republicans, NOT Democrats, have been the overwhelming instrument of change and progress on major social issues. The Dems hijacked that mantra as well.

It's a shame that the republican party of the last 8 years has lost it's edge and gotten complacent. I think McCain-Palin might just shake them up a bit.