September 3, 200421 yr My dad sent me this email... According to Congressional Quarterly, in the Senate, 82% of Republicans voted for the Civil Rights Act, while only 69% of Democrats did. In the House, 80% of Republicans voted for the Civil Rights Act versus 61% of Democrats. 17% of delegates at Republican convention are racial/ethnic minorities. The percent of the U.S. adult population that are racial/ethnic minorities is 20%. 22% of President Clinton's top administrative appointees were racial/ethnic minorities. Of this same group of top administrative appointees, 45% are racial/ethnic minorities under President GW Bush. Of 16 cabinet members under GW Bush, 5 are racial/ethnic minorities. Under President Clinton, of 14 cabinet members, 2 were racial/ethnic minorities. anyone know how factual that is? if so, it's interesting.
September 3, 200421 yr According to Congressional Quarterly, in the Senate, 82% of Republicans voted for the Civil Rights Act, while only 69% of Democrats did. In the House, 80% of Republicans voted for the Civil Rights Act versus 61% of Democrats. This is right. Southern Democrats, in particular, voted against it. 17% of delegates at Republican convention are racial/ethnic minorities. The percent of the U.S. adult population that are racial/ethnic minorities is 20%. Dunno about the 17%, but the 20% is a little low. It's more like 25-30% depending on if you count European hispanics. 22% of President Clinton's top administrative appointees were racial/ethnic minorities. Of this same group of top administrative appointees, 45% are racial/ethnic minorities under President GW Bush. Of 16 cabinet members under GW Bush, 5 are racial/ethnic minorities. Under President Clinton, of 14 cabinet members, 2 were racial/ethnic minorities. Probably ok too.
September 3, 200421 yr The Dixiecrats in the South were Democrats opposed to the Civil Rights legislation and thus after it was passed left the party and joined the Republicans since the blame for its' passage in their eyes was on LBJ. (as is most stuff...good/bad economies, legislation signed into law etc.) FDR used the Southern block as his key voting strategy when he was in elections and didn't do too much to upset the apple cart in exchange for getting a s***load of votes from them. That all changed with the VRA of 1965. In his remarks upon signing the Civil Rights Act, President Lyndon Johnson praised Republicans for their "overwhelming majority." He did not offer similar praise to his own Democratic Party. Moreover, Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, an Illinois Republican, collaborated with the White House and the Senate leadership of both parties to draft acceptable compromise amendments to end the southern Democrats' filibuster of the Act. It was Dirksen who often took to the Senate floor to declare, "This is an idea whose time has come. It will not be denied." Dirksen's greatest triumph earned him the Leadership Conference of Civil Rights Award, presented by then-NAACP Chairman Roy Wilkins, for his remarkable civil rights leadership. As for the delegates, I've been part of campaigns that send delegates to the convention. They ask for a wide spectrum of people to be chosen...preferably ethnic minorities and women first. So numbers from both sides are skewed because of that. Traditional small government Republicans are really good people. (many of them are now Libertarians since the Republican party has shifted more towards the religious right and the neo-conservative movement since the late 1970s) It's the neo-conservative movement that is bi-partisan...starting with Clinton and continuing with the Bush administration, that this ideology has really gained a strong foothold of pro-corporate agendas and f*** everybody else. Unfortunately for all John and Jane Q. Public Americans, we've been f***ed over by this movement to a very corporate influenced world and government. Both parties have really forgotten their original platforms and the current ones are just scary, insane and police state-ish.
September 3, 200421 yr Author We'll just run on an Apu-Heads ticket.....can you imagine anything scarier? sweet...free keds and ring pops for everyone!!
September 3, 200421 yr We'll just run on an Apu-Heads ticket.....can you imagine anything scarier? Jason being your campaign manager.
September 3, 200421 yr I'd make sure there was pot in every house and a chicken in every kitchen.....or something like that, I dunno. We'd probably appoint Jason as Sultan Pimp ambassador to Latvia.
September 3, 200421 yr Jas can't even work on a database without it crashing. Do we really want him to be in charge for us in Latvia, Heads?
September 3, 200421 yr You're right.... He's got Vunatu.....wait....can't have that.... The Cocoan Islands....I'll let my Cocoan brothers know what to watch out for.
September 3, 200421 yr Going way back, the Dems were the conservative party and the GOP was the up and coming liberals. They flipped sometime right after the civil war.
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