I'm Still Pissed About This 'Republicans Were Never Racist' Column
OK, first up, I'll assume you all read New Hampshire political news as vigorously as I do, but just as a refresher, from the Concord Monitor's political-notes column:
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "We've come a long way from Amos and Andy." - State Sen. Jack Barnes (R) laments the loss of old-fashioned values at a meeting of the legislative panel studying same-sex marriage.
We report, you decide. Read the Wikipedia entry on Amos & Andy if you're curious. Also, what an ignorant slut.
Next, I wouldn't be able to go to sleep tonight without commenting on something else from that ridiculous column I eviscerated earlier. You'll remember this quote:
Why did Democrats led by Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., bitterly oppose the nomination of Thurgood Marshall, Clarence Thomas and Janice Rogers Brown?
Robert Byrd was actually a member of the KKK in the early 1940s. He chalks it up to overambition, and has apologized for it in two separate books.
Granted, Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms, Trent Lott and even George Wallace entered politics as products of their day and culture; but these men, by the grace of "Almighty God," had the scales removed from their eyes.
OK, so we have three Republican and one long-retired Democrat (Wallace, who last ran in 1984) who, fortunately enough, have been redeemed with God at their sides. Awesome! Contrast with this:
That all Dixiecrats became Republicans shortly after passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is another big lie. Richard Russell, Mendell Rivers, [Bill] Clinton's mentor William Fullbright, Robert Byrd, Fritz Hollings and Al Gore Sr. remained Democrats till their dying day.
Man, why didn't THEY get God on their side? Fucking Democrats. It'd be neither productive nor interesting to go through why all of these guys are less racist than the guys who were saved, apparently, solely because they were either Republicans or Democratic pariahs. But I thought this one would be fun:
Gore [Sr.] fended off this primary challenge, but he was ultimately unseated in the 1970 general election by Republican Congressman William E. Brock III. In this Senate race, Brock was widely perceived to have won by playing on white voters' fears of civil rights and desegregation for blacks. In fact, Gore was one of the key targets in the Nixon/Agnew "Southern strategy."
What a fucking racist! I bet that makes his son a racist too. Just think, a few hundred votes the other way (or a statewide recount) and Kanye West would be telling us that Al Gore doesn't care about black people. Also Bill Brock went on to become RNC chair. Why wasn't he the RNC chair who had to apologize for the southern strategy?
Don't forget: this column was titled "The Lie That Keeps On Living." Stopped clock, it's your time of day.