Republicans have dominated the political landscape since the Civil Rights Bill

[billbuckhead]

Winning 7 of the last 10 presidential elections is only the beginning of the story. Using the virtually invincible "Southern strategy, the reichwing has been able to move both parties farther to the right and has only allowed 2 southern moderate to conservative Democratic presidents to be elected. Here are the results , a greater concentration of wealth in the hands of the few, a designed collapse of the regulation of finance, commerce, media, transportation, the environment and even public safety, destruction of unions, further militarization and growth of the military industrial complex, a breakdown in the wall between church and state, destruction of free education, a societal breakdown in morality and accountability, the launch of an flawed, unwinnable war on drugs while simultaneously flooding the nation with cheaper more powerful guns, leading to one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, etc.

Anyone who thinks the Republicans are scared of Obama, think again, this plays right into their 50 year political dominance using race to divide America by reframing the election away from defending their gross even criminal failures and onto their favorite political battlefield, defending the white guys and their families (and now the new improved GOP, protects some Hispanics as well).

By the time of the general election, McCain will be the Nelson Mandela of the Reagan cult.

Winning battles is meaningless, winning wars is what counts. Unfortunately under our laws, corporations live forever and we only live a finite time, so what we think are wars are just battles to them.

[bbinacan]

1. If I'm not mistaken,

the Civil Rights Bill was opposed by Democrats in the South. Think Fullbright. The Clintons hero.

[billbuckhead]

2. Or Hillary's home state Republican Senator, the honorable Everett Dirksen?

[bbinacan]

4. I think there were more Democrats

than Republicans. I also think the only one to later change parties was Strom Thurmond. What of Fullbright and the gang?

[jackson_dem]

5. He helped write the bill

The rethugs didn't became the racist party until 1968. How did Kansas' senators vote if we are going to hold folks responsible for what their senator did when they were young? :eyes:

[jackson_dem]

3. Let's cut the BS cheapshots

Bill Clinton worked for Fulbright. It isn't as if he looked up to him from a distance. Usually when folks work for powerful, famous individuals they develop respect for them. Clinton has always said he disagreed with Fulbright on race. There is nothing--nothing--in Bill's history to suggest he has an ounce of racism in his body.

[bbinacan]

6. OK

You're right about Clinton. I apologize. But, I still find it hard to believe that many want to blame the opposition to the Civil Rights Bill on Republicans. The facts are otherwise.

I'm in a contrarian mood. So, playing devil's advocate, could one work for Jesse Helms who was a powerful and famous individual and develop respect for him? And could this person later disagree with the issue? Would you think any differently then you do of Clinton?

[jackson_dem]

7. The rethugs have a bad rap on civil rights for their record since 1964

And while Republicans voted for it no less a rethug than Newt Gingrich has admitted it was the liberal wing of the Democratic Party which ended civil rights (folks like Hubert Humphrey). Democrats outside the South led the fight, more Republicans than Democrats enlisted as foot soldiers because of southern Democratic opposition, but the rethugs became anti-civil rights for political reasons starting in 1968 and have remained so since.

You don't have to agree with every position someone you know takes in order to respect them.

[bbinacan]

8. Agreed. n/t