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JackRiddler

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4. You gotta be kidding me but... good!

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Nov 21, 2013, 02:30 PM

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Alabama grants pardons in 1931 Scottsboro Boys rape case [View all] Eugene Nov 2013 OP

no, that black eye will remain as a memory to the racist policies that existed then, and still do lostincalifornia Nov 2013 #1

I was thinking the same thing. n/t deafskeptic Nov 2013 #2

K&R, because it still matters. nt Mnemosyne Nov 2013 #3

You gotta be kidding me but... good! JackRiddler Nov 2013 #4

Well, that's timely. At this rate, Alabama will join the 21st Century soon. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2013 #5

They have to join the 20th Century first. n/t. Ken Burch Jan 2014 #17

We recently got the ability to have microbreweries, so we have made it past prohibition! bamacrat Jan 2014 #26

It's a sad fact that Alabama was run by Democrats back then. Pterodactyl Jan 2014 #6

Who promptly jumped ship (those still alive that is,) to the GOP in 1964. Archae Jan 2014 #7

No. The Gov was a Dem from 1874 to 1987. And no Rep senator until 1981. Pterodactyl Jan 2014 #8

do you know the history of the south, the dixiecrats ? JI7 Jan 2014 #9

Yes, I know the history. Do you? Pterodactyl Jan 2014 #10

and he was a dixiecrat , who do you think the "reagan democrats" were in 1980 ? JI7 Jan 2014 #11

Funny that Wallace was a Dem gove from 63 to 67 and then from 71 to 79 & 83 to 87. Pterodactyl Jan 2014 #12

the dem party is today is mostly made JI7 Jan 2014 #13

the southern democrats of yesterday are the southern Republicans of today. olddad56 Jan 2014 #15

black people in the south vote Democratic, it's the racist whites who mostly vote republican JI7 Jan 2014 #16

So it was black people who kept voting for George Wallace? Well I'll be! Pterodactyl Jan 2014 #19

black people did support george wallace during earlier times before he became a national JI7 Jan 2014 #20

So the racists Ds turned R after Wallace left office in 87? Just want make sure I get your timeline. Pterodactyl Jan 2014 #22

they turned at different times, you probably think black people became fully equal JI7 Jan 2014 #23

I believe black people were fully equal from the moment of their creation. Pterodactyl Jan 2014 #24

of course i disagree, i don't deal in bs, black people are not fully equal now JI7 Jan 2014 #25

Wow. So, are you one of those folks who thinks they are only worth 3/5 of a person? Pterodactyl Jan 2014 #27

I'm a minority myself JI7 Jan 2014 #28

You need to get to a history class. A good one. kwassa Jan 2014 #30

So you agree that the Dems were racists during that period? Pterodactyl Jan 2014 #31

No, I don't. Some Democrats were racist during that period. kwassa Jan 2014 #32

Yeah, but the others were OK with benefitting from racist votes. Pterodactyl Jan 2014 #33

How did they benefit from racist votes? kwassa Jan 2014 #34

The governors and senators and reps to to Congress. Like Wallace, the multiple-elected governor. Pterodactyl Jan 2014 #35

No. FDR benefited from racist Southern Democrats. kwassa Jan 2014 #37

So why did they keep electing Wallace as a Dem governor after 1968? Pterodactyl Jan 2014 #38

This is before they became Republicans, and this is local to Alabama, as well. kwassa Jan 2014 #39

What about presidential, senatorial and congressional elections? Pterodactyl Feb 2014 #40

Support him how? El_Johns Feb 2014 #41

We all know what his party registration was. Ken Burch Jan 2014 #18

By his 1983-87 stint, Wallace had changed his stance Art_from_Ark Jan 2014 #21

Dixiecrats of 1931 have little to do with the party of today... Blue_Tires Jan 2014 #14

Much time has passed. The philosophy and make-up of both parties has changed. /nt Ash_F Jan 2014 #29

Except for Robert Byrd. He was always a racist. Pterodactyl Jan 2014 #36

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