WTF CNN? Biden follows script that led to century of Jim Crow segregation

[spanone]

Democrats are on the verge of repeating a 19th century political horror story

(CNN)There comes a point in every awful horror movie where a character does something so careless and shortsighted a viewer loses faith in the storyteller.

There's the hapless victim who can't flee from the monster without falling, the stubborn homeowner who won't move out of a haunted house, and my favorite: the person who walks toward, not away, from a sinister noise at night while asking, "Hello, is anyone there?"

As I watch some Democrats handle the voting rights issue, I'm seeing a replay of a 19th-century political horror story. It ended with Black voters losing faith in the leaders who were supposed to protect them.

President Biden has called voting rights "the single most important" issue and described a wave of voter restriction bills recently passed by Republican legislatures across the US as "Jim Crow on steroids."

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/01/politics/voting-rights-blunder-democrats-blake/index.html

[WarGamer]

1. Just an opinion piece by a PPW'er

People for a Perfect World.

[spanone]

2. Headlined on their webpage.

ridiculous bullshit.

[WarGamer]

3. He's the perfect man for the job right now

And Bipartisan accomplishments will save us in 22... NOT picking a "Hill to die on"

[empedocles]

4. Those left types also got many headlines against LBJ massive works and achievements, which are

still the outstanding landmarks of progress.

Could not have been passed by anyone else other than the imperfect LBJ - or anyone since.

[leftstreet]

5. It's worth a read

Interesting political history

At one point in the late 19th century, there were an estimated 2,000 Black Republicans holding office throughout the South.

As White resistance to Reconstruction mounted, though, Republican Party leaders shifted their emphasis from racial equality to big business.

[pwb]

6. Cable news is all thought and questions

and no news. Ask a question and then answer it is not news. I have Looney Tunes on so?

[Dan]

7. Maybe we should be happy on the rare occasions when we are allowed to vote,

Or when they decide that our votes can be counted.

Ummm, what does the future hold?

[malaise]

8. Hacks will be hacks

That is all

[PSPS]

9. I thought it was a well-presented opinion piece worthy of thought.

The historical comparisons are fascinating.