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Timmah! on 03 September 2008
akuma587 said:
You have to just put your lips to the bottle if a black man is on stage. Its a Republican paradox that the mind can't adequately fathom.

That's just pure bull. The Republicans ended slavery for God's sake! The republican party championed civil rights from the beginning, it was the democrat party that stood in the way of that! (granted, there were some republicans that did too, but more republicans than democrats supported Civil Rights) I know several black republicans personally. Condi's black, and she has a very powerful position- Colin Powell, Clarence Thomas. The list goes on, like this partial list... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_American_Republicans. The Republican party was the first to welcome blacks into leadership positions.

Just because most of the African American population is democrat does not mean that somehow the Republican party is exclusive. What you stated is pure BS.



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psrock on 03 September 2008
rocketpig said:
Black people scare me.

 

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akuma587 on 03 September 2008
Timmah! said:
akuma587 said:
You have to just put your lips to the bottle if a black man is on stage. Its a Republican paradox that the mind can't adequately fathom.

That's just pure bull. The Republicans ended slavery for God's sake! The republican party championed civil rights from the beginning, it was the democrat party that stood in the way of that! (granted, there were some republicans that did too, but more republicans than democrats supported Civil Rights) I know several black republicans personally. Condi's black, and she has a very powerful position- Colin Powell, Clarence Thomas. The list goes on, like this partial list... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_American_Republicans. The Republican party was the first to welcome blacks into leadership positions.

Just because most of the African American population is democrat does not mean that somehow the Republican party is exclusive. What you stated is pure BS.

 

Come on dude, lighten up.  And comparing the Republican party then to the Republican party now is just incorrect.  You are acting like the whole civil rights thing never happened.  The democrats were the southern party until LBJ and other dems spearheaded the Civil Rights movement.  Its very ironic to me that the party who freed the slaves was the same party who resisted giving minorities equal rights, but that is only because the party had fundamentally changed.



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steven787 on 03 September 2008
rocketpig said:
Black people scare me.

 

I've been praying for racial understanding in my prayer circle, I just still get uncomfortable around [whispering] the ethnics.



I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.

The Ghost of RubangB on 04 September 2008

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steven787 on 04 September 2008
The Ghost of RubangB said:
OH SHIT MCCAIN GOT THE NOMINATION!?!? SHIT. I WANTED A SURPRISE PALIN/ROMNEY SNACK ATTACK

They might have had a chance of winning by energizing the base like Bush did.

 



I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.

Timmah! on 04 September 2008
akuma587 said:
Timmah! said:
akuma587 said:
You have to just put your lips to the bottle if a black man is on stage. Its a Republican paradox that the mind can't adequately fathom.

That's just pure bull. The Republicans ended slavery for God's sake! The republican party championed civil rights from the beginning, it was the democrat party that stood in the way of that! (granted, there were some republicans that did too, but more republicans than democrats supported Civil Rights) I know several black republicans personally. Condi's black, and she has a very powerful position- Colin Powell, Clarence Thomas. The list goes on, like this partial list... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_American_Republicans. The Republican party was the first to welcome blacks into leadership positions.

Just because most of the African American population is democrat does not mean that somehow the Republican party is exclusive. What you stated is pure BS.

 

Come on dude, lighten up.  And comparing the Republican party then to the Republican party now is just incorrect.  You are acting like the whole civil rights thing never happened.  The democrats were the southern party until LBJ and other dems spearheaded the Civil Rights movement.  Its very ironic to me that the party who freed the slaves was the same party who resisted giving minorities equal rights, but that is only because the party had fundamentally changed.

Sorry, I actually got called a racist the other day when somebody found out I was voting republican. I just hate that stereotype and I think it is generally incorrect. I'm not saying the Republicans are the same party they were before, but they're not as exclusive or even racist as some would make them out to be.

 



steven787 on 04 September 2008
Timmah! said:
akuma587 said:
Timmah! said:
akuma587 said:
You have to just put your lips to the bottle if a black man is on stage. Its a Republican paradox that the mind can't adequately fathom.

That's just pure bull. The Republicans ended slavery for God's sake! The republican party championed civil rights from the beginning, it was the democrat party that stood in the way of that! (granted, there were some republicans that did too, but more republicans than democrats supported Civil Rights) I know several black republicans personally. Condi's black, and she has a very powerful position- Colin Powell, Clarence Thomas. The list goes on, like this partial list... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_American_Republicans. The Republican party was the first to welcome blacks into leadership positions.

Just because most of the African American population is democrat does not mean that somehow the Republican party is exclusive. What you stated is pure BS.

 

Come on dude, lighten up.  And comparing the Republican party then to the Republican party now is just incorrect.  You are acting like the whole civil rights thing never happened.  The democrats were the southern party until LBJ and other dems spearheaded the Civil Rights movement.  Its very ironic to me that the party who freed the slaves was the same party who resisted giving minorities equal rights, but that is only because the party had fundamentally changed.

Sorry, I actually got called a racist the other day when somebody found out I was voting republican. I just hate that stereotype and I think it is generally incorrect. I'm not saying the Republicans are the same party they were before, but they're not as exclusive or even racist as some would make them out to be.

 

 

What have republicans done to ease race relations in the past 45 years?

I'm not calling them racist, but it's good to understand where the stereotype comes from.



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mrstickball on 04 September 2008
steven787 said:

What have republicans done to ease race relations in the past 45 years?

I'm not calling them racist, but it's good to understand where the stereotype comes from.

Civil Rights Act of 1964 ring a bell?

By party

The original House version:[9]

  • Democratic Party: 152-96   (61%-39%)
  • Republican Party: 138-34   (80%-20%)

The Senate version:[9]

  • Democratic Party: 46-21   (69%-31%)
  • Republican Party: 27-6   (82%-18%)

The Senate version, voted on by the House:[9]

  • Democratic Party: 153-91   (63%-37%)
  • Republican Party: 136-35   (80%-20%)

Republicans favored the bill, on average 80.6% of the time, versus 64.3% of Democrat votes.

 

Fair Housing Act of 1968:

(Senate):

  • Passed 71-20
  • Democrats: 42-17 (71.2% For, 28.8% Against)
  • Republicans: 29-3 (90.6% For, 9.4% Against)

House:

  • Passed 250-172
  • Democrats: 150-88 (63% For, 37% Against)
  • Republicans: 100-84 (54.3% For, 45.6% Against)

Although closer, Republicans, on average, favored the vote 72.4% of the time, versus Dems at 67.1%.

 

So would you like to provide counter-evidence that Republicans have held back civil rights? The whole issue is that Democrats are for Welfare, preferential treatment of minorities, and other things that pander to them. None of those things have to do with "rights" - of which, the Democrats haven't always been for rights.



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