Rand Paul wants to take away Civil Rights and Voting Rights

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  1. PTD
    Fiendish

    PTD Administrator Moderator

    Of course our friend David would want to sweep this one under the rug, it doesn't serve his frothing at the mouth hatred of Obama, but recently Republican candidate for the US Senate in Kentucky said words to the effect that he didn't think the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act were good for the country. Now, I'm not here to give you all a history lesson on these two acts, you can go find out about them on Wikipedia via the links I inserted. What I think would be a good discussion to have, though, is just how far back the Republicans want to take us in terms of our freedoms? Perhaps back to slavery? Irony there is that it was the Republicans who got rid of slavery in the first place. The Republican party was founded by anti-slavery radicals who would no-doubt be branded by the present day Republican party as "dangerous terrorist liberals", wouldn't they David?
     
    PTD, May 24, 2010
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  2. David

    David Proud Enemy of Hillary

    This provaction somehow seems well below the stature of one who holds the hoity title of "Administrator". Rand Paul is free to believe as he chooses, the good people of KY will determine whether or not he deserves to be their Senator, right?
    No, I don't agree an anti-slavery stance is in any way radical. You did mention that it was the Republicans who abolished slavery but you failed to mention that it was the Democrats who impeded the Civil Rights movement every step of the way...all the way up through the time the bill was passed in '64. Read a little about MLK & see how the Democrats, in power, blocked every attempt to bring about Civil Rights. You failed to mention liberal democrat patriarch Robert Byrd who was active in the KKK but still has somehow managed to represent the Democratic party even today. You also fail to mention that in today's world it is the Republicans who try to create opportunity for everyone- give every person an opportunity to use their skills & talents to get ahead, while the liberal dems dangle freebies & entitlements hoping to condemn good people into a situation of servitude to the state.
     
    David, May 24, 2010
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  3. PTD
    Fiendish

    PTD Administrator Moderator

    Yea, I find it very curious how the Klan all used to be Democrats, then they all switched to the Republican party. Happened sometime around the late 1980s, give or take a decade. An example. If we could have the old Republican party back, the Republican party of Charles Sumner, or even Jim Jeffords, I'd have stuck with them. As it stand now, I can't support either party, but it's more fun picking on Republicans.
     
    PTD, May 24, 2010
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  4. David

    David Proud Enemy of Hillary

    See, now your taking a factual argument and injecting biased, silly nonsense. I'll play it like D'orc for a moment: Prove to me where all the Klan members switched to the Republican party. Go ahead, prove it.
     
    David, May 24, 2010
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  5. tomcorona

    tomcorona Anti republican truther

    Yeah republicans are always the ones right out front defending minorities, aren't they?
     
    tomcorona, May 25, 2010
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  6. David

    David Proud Enemy of Hillary

    Well, if history (and the facts) is any indicator...YES!
     
    David, May 26, 2010
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  7. De Orc

    De Orc Well-Known Member

    Well you could try looking up Randy Gray of Midland, the elected Republican precinct delegate in Michigan he is a avowed member of the Klan or in the same state Kyle Bristow he was with the YAF, Congressman Bob Barr of Georgia who deliverd a keynote speach for the CCA or Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi who was a frequent speaker at there shindigs then there was former Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox and Louisiana Congressman John Rarick, Haley Barbour governor of Mississippi supported the CCA by attending meetings and fundraisers !! the list goes on guy's
     
    De Orc, May 26, 2010
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  8. tomcorona

    tomcorona Anti republican truther

    I was referring to more RECENT history there genius. Once upon a time, there were those that thought the world was flat. I'm curious though. Which of the GOP's leaders during the last 40 years would you classify as a minority defender? (This oughta be good). Oh..that's right. This'll be a "no answer" .
     
    tomcorona, May 26, 2010
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  9. PTD
    Fiendish

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    Jim Jeffords. He was a Republican Senator from 1988 to 1991. Served as a Congressman for quite a few years prior to that. Bob Stafford, the guy who Jeffords replaced in the Senate was also one of the Great Republicans.
     
    PTD, May 27, 2010
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