The racist history the Democratic Party

[ProSense]

by the Wall Street Journal?

Look, Over There!

By Cernig

Shorter Bruce Bartlett - I'm going to talk about the Democratic Party's racism in the long-ago to distract from the Republican Party's racism in the here-and-now.

Look, over there - an albino donkey! Just don't look at the big white elephant behind you!

Is it just me or does it seem like a case of bartlett, one of Reagan's domestic issues advisors, protesting too much about that infamous Reagan speech? Did he write the "state's Rights" line or something?

And exactly how did Ron Paul feel about such matters when Bartlett was working with the then congressman back in '76? Enquiring minds want to know.

Misdirection: Bartlett Ignores GOP's Racist Present for Dems' Racist Past

Who's Racist Now?

Look over there, indeed!

[ColbertWatcher]

1. ...is the The racist history the United States n/t

[still_one]

3. true, but if you compare the Democratic party verses the republican party as they are today

there is no question which party will stand up more for civil rights, women's rights, labor, environment, healthcare, education, and minorities, and that is the DEMOCRATIC PARTY

[ColbertWatcher]

5. What I meant...

...is that we cannot deny having a racist past.

At least we as a country cannot deny our racist past, to be intellectually honest about it, but then when has a Republican been honest about any topic?

Or intellectual for that matter..

[still_one]

8. You are absolutely right /nt

[still_one]

2. Funny how THEY, the repukes forget nixon's scorch and burn policy

This isn't a hundred years ago this is today. The party that was Lincoln, is NOT the republican party today

What is today is what counts

It was Johnson, a Democrat who worked to have the civil rights act passed. It was Kennedy, A DEMOCRAT who defied wallace, and other racists on both sides of the aisle

The thing to remember is it was the Democratic leadership in the 20th century which brought about the civil rights bills which moved the country in the right direction

The republican party today is the party of racism, division, and polarization. They are anti-science, anti-labor, anti-civil rights, which covers not only race, but the bill of rights

The choices have never been clearer for 2008, and the American have never been dumber

[KingFlorez]

4. The GOP pandered to racists to make political gains

They'll have you believe that it never happened though, but history speaks volumes. The fact is, a lot of the past racists that were in the Democratic Party switched to Republican. I think it's a moot point for them to even bring up the past when in this case it's not relevant to current issues.

[baldguy]

6. The Democratic Party has always been a coalition of various diverse interest groups.

And their reasons for joining the coalition have been as varied as they are. Africans Americans originally joined the Republican Party because that was where the abolitionists were, and the segregationists joined the Democratic Party because thats where the abolitionists weren't. Both groups slowly came to realize that their chosen party did not reflect their interests overall, and eventually changed. African Americans came to this realization in the 1930s-1950s, segregationists did so in the 1970s and 1980s through today.

The Democratic Party has spent 40 years trying to atone for its racist past; the Republican Party has taken that racism and made it the core of its belief system.

[Peregrine Took]

7. Thanks for sharing. n/t