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You do realize it was southern dems who were against civil rights and it was the partyof lincoln (reps) who was against slavery.
You do realize that there has been a switch since then. The southern Democrats were basically right-wingers by today's standards. They joined the Republican Party in the 1970s. The Republican Party of Lincoln's time is not the same Republican Party as today. That argument is a straw man argument.
Furthermore, you do realize that Lincoln wanted Black slaves deported from the USA and sent to Central America. Am I saying that the Democrats of that day were any better? No. I'm saying the argument being presented is rather fallacious.
This thought occurred to me as I was listening to NPR on the way to work. I mean, from workers' rights, women's rights, in the early 20th century, to Social Security, Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Medicare, and now the Affordable Care Act, it seems like they always lose the battles over their implementation. And then they also lose in the court of public opinion. It's an interesting phenomenon.
Any thoughts on why the right never seems to win in the end?
For reference, this is the story I heard on Morning Edition: NPR Media Player
Social Security is supposed to be bankrupting the country.
Blacks and women were the votes that got Obama elected.
Medicare sucks.
The ACA is probably going to be the final nail on our country's coffin.
Women won the right to murder their offspring.
If everybody is free to take care of themselves; why are we being asked to do it for them?
Social Security is supposed to be bankrupting the country.
Blacks and women were the votes that got Obama elected.
Medicare sucks.
The ACA is probably going to be the final nail on our country's coffin.
Women won the right to murder their offspring.
If everybody is free to take care of themselves; why are we being asked to do it for them?
Let's just call this what it is. Everyone is looking out for their own best interests. Blacks and women look out for their best interest, because historically, they have caught alot of crap. Now the abortion, I'm not for that. But aside from that, this is what I see. As of late, Democrats aren't much help, and the Republican Party has pretty much shown me I can't trust it.
Let's just call this what it is. Everyone is looking out for their own best interests. Blacks and women look out for their best interest, because historically, they have caught alot of crap. Now the abortion, I'm not for that. But aside from that, this is what I see. As of late, Democrats aren't much help, and the Republican Party has pretty much shown me I can't trust it.
And who are you referring to when you say "we"?
Taxpayers. Responsible people who are part of the solution instead of the problem. We live conservative lives, send money to charities and are blasted by the people we are helping who have no appreciation for our sacrifices.
I heard a speaker yesterday tell about feeding the hungry for five years and going on to another job. When he told the group he had been feeding he was leaving their reaction was nothing and some had been there the entire five years.
Our co-workers sponsored a family one Christmas and many gave more than they could afford to do it. We chose a wonderful person to take the presents to the lady and her child. She came back in tears because the woman was so rude to her. Most of us would have been happy to get what we gave her and her child. No appreciation.
I think the moral to this is that we only appreciate what we earn. Throwing money at something is not going to fix anything. Giving people things they don't earn will amount to nothing. And charging taxes to a person that needs the money and giving it to others is wrong.
Why does the Left lie about the Republican party being on the wrong side of history?
The Republican party Abolished slavery
The Republican party Pass the 1964 Civil rights Act, which was passed on a similar bill they tried to pass in 1960 and 3 years before in 1957.
Mean while the left wants to eviscerate the 2nd Amendment, reward illegal immigrates which amnesty and the ability to vote(I wonder which party they will choose), and paint anyone who stands in their way as "Racist" "Nazis" or "Domestic Terrorist"
Why does the Left lie about History, their will, and their intent? is it because no sane person would vote for them?(but then again that might be we they are importing 30,000,000 million illegals on top of 1.2,000,000 legal immigrated, to "Cast ballots Americans just are not willing to cast")
What is your take on this..
My take on this is that you have it backwards. It's the right that lies about Democrats being on the wrong side of history
The 13th amendment was 148 years ago and that's the only one you have right.
As for the 1964 Civil Rights act that was passed by a Democratic House, Democratic Senate, and signed by a Democratic President. It was in fact supported by both sides and both sides voted for it. The claim that Republicans supported the 1964 CRA and the Democrats opposed it is a lie. There was a division on the vote but is wasn't on party lines it was on regional lines. The north voted for it and the south voted against it, in both cases by huge margins, about 90% or so. Also worth nothing is that if you look at the vote factoring in the north south division you find that in both cases the Democrats voted for it by a higher percentage. A higher percentage of northern Democrats voted for it and a higher percentage of southern Democrats voted for it. Also interesting here is that 1964 was a Presidential election year. The nominees were chosen after the vote for the 1964 CRA and the Republicans chose a man who not only voted against it but he also voted against the filibuster. The Democrats on the other hand chose the man who had signed the 1964 Civil Rights act. Another person who voted against the CRA was Strom Thurmond and it wasn't the Democrats who swooned over him at his 100th birthday. It also wasn't a Democrat who gushed about how swell it would have been if he had been elected President in 1948 when he ran on the segregation ticket.
Then there's the con lie about the history of woman's right to vote. One con lie there is that in 1878 Senator A.A. Sargent, a Republican, introduced a measure in the Senate to give women the right to vote. That part is true. The lie comes with the con claim that it was the Democrats who killed it. It wasn't the Democrats who killed it in 1878 it was the Republicans. In 1878 the Senate was controlled by the Republicans and Senator Sargent's measure never made it out of the Republican controlled Senate Committee on Elections and Privileges. The standard con story about woman's right to vote is that the measure came up four more times and was killed by the Democrats each time. That's only half true, the fact is it was killed by a Democratic Congress twice and a Republican Congress twice. But probably the craziest con lie is the one that for the 40 years between 1878 and the passage of the 19 amendment (41 really) the Congress was dominated by the Democrats. It was the Republicans who dominated the Congress during those 40 years, and I do mean dominated. For half of those 40 years the Republicans controlled both Houses of Congress, including 10 consecutive years toward the end. And when it did pass both parties voted for it
The problem in America, as I see it, is that we went from voting for the party (and the candidate) that we believe in, to voting for the candidate that represents the lesser of two evils, to the candidate that we feel won't screw up as badly as the other one.
I don't think the founding fathers, or even the Greeks, thought democracy should work this way.
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