Democrats, Racism, and the KKK

[Ddawg]

It's time for some historical perspective of the real racism in America - and the role the Democrat Party played in it.

1. The Republican party was formed in 1854 by former Whig party members, for the express purpose of stopping the spread of slavery into western states. The Democrat party supported slavery and it's expansion. The Democrats fought Republican efforts to limit the expansion of slavery.

2. In the 1860 presidential election, Southern Democrat states were threatening secession if an anti-slavery Republican won the presidency. Abraham Lincoln was elected. Six weeks later, Democrat controlled South Carolina seceded. 6 weeks following South Carolina's secession , 5 more Democratically controlled states seceded - over the slavery issue.

3. Following the Civil War, Republicans passed the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery. 100% of the GOP supported and voted for the 13th Amendment. 23% Dem's voted for the 13 Amendment.

4. During the Civil War, members of the GOP were called "radicals." Why? Because they wanted to end slavery, and give all the slaves full citizenship, equality, and rights. Democrats vigorously opposed all of these goals.

5. After the Civil War, the 14th Amendment was passed. It gave full citizenship to freed slaves. It passed Congress with 94% Republican support, 0% Democrat support. Repeat – 0% Democrat support in both the House and Senate.

6. The KKK was founded after the Civil War in 1866, in Tennessee. It spread into every Southern state, it became the militant arm if the Democrat party and was used to terrorize and perpetrate violence against blacks, and Republicans.

An eye opening history was written by Dr. Eric Foner – “A Short History of Reconstruction.” Dr. Foner (a Liberal) is a historory professor at Columbia University (since 1982). He writes extensively in early history, and political history. He is the leading historian today on post Civil War reconstruction. He has received numerous awards for his books and writings. In 2000 he was elected the president of the American Historical Association. In 2011 he received a Pulitzer Prize for his work in history.

7. Commenting on Democrat and KKK violence against Republicans on page 146 of his book, Dr. Foner wrote: “Founded in 1866 as a Tennessee social club, the Klu Klux Klan spread into nearly every southern state, launching a “reign of terror” against Republican leaders black and white.”

8. Democrat political ad:
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9. Dr. Foner on page 184: “In effect, the Klan was a military force serving the interests of the Democratic party, the planter class, and all those who desired the restoration of white supremacy. It aimed to destroy the Republican party’s infrastructure, undermine the reconstruction state, reestablish control of the black labor force, and restore subordination in every aspect of Southern life.”

10. Dr. Foner on page 146: “White gangs roamed New Orleans, intimidating blacks and breaking up Republican meetings.”

11. Dr. Foner page 186: “An even more extensive reign of terror engulfed Jackson, a plantation county, in Florida’s panhandle. “That is where Satan has his seat,” remarked a black clergyman; all told over 150 persons were killed, among them black leaders and a Jewish merchant Samuel Fleischman, resented for his Republican views and for dealing fairly with black customers.”

12. Dr. Foner pages 184-185: “Jack Dupree, a victim of a particularly brutal murder in Monroe County, Mississippi – assailants cut his throat and disemboweled him, all within sight of his wife, who had just given birth to twins, was president of a Republican club, and known as a man who would speak his mind.”

13. In the 20th Century: “In the South, Klan members were still Democratic, as it was a one party region for whites. Klan chapters were closely allied with Democratic police, sheriffs, and other functionaries of local government. Since disenfranchisement of most African Americans and many poor whites around the start of the 20th century, the only political activity for whites took place within the Democratic Party.”
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14. In Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream Speech” (August 1963, Lincoln Memorial), he said: “We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote...”

The Gov. of Mississippi, Ross Barnett, Democrat, a racist segregationist.

15. Continuing, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said: “You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana…”

Mississippi: The Gov. of Mississippi ‘63, as pointed out above, was Ross Barnett, Democrat, racist segregationist.

Alabama: The Gov. of Alabama ‘63, was George Wallace, racist, segregationist Democrat. He was sworn in office on Jan. 14, 1963. He stood on the gold star where, 102 years earlier, Jefferson Davis took his oath as the president of the Confederate States of America. In his inaugural address he said: “In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.”

Selma, Alabama is where the famous racist, segregationist confrontation took place in 1965, at the start of the Selma to Montgomery, state capital, a 54 mile march. It was an effort to get Black voters registered – because the Democrats would not allow Blacks to register. Even after the federal 1964 Civil Rights Act was passed (which forbade discrimination in voting on the basis of race). In Alabama, fierce Democrat efforts continued to deny Blacks the right to register and vote.

It was on Sunday, March 7, 1965 that 600 Blacks (men, women, teenagers, children) began the march. As they crossed the Edmund Pettis Bridge, they were attacked by Alabama state Troopers and county posseman met the marchers with whips, night sticks, tear gas. Authorities responsible were Gov. George Wallace – Dem, Selma Mayor Joe Smitherman – Dem (called Dr. Martin Luther King “Martin Luther Coon”), Sheriff Jim Clark – Dem. Sheriff Clark was a hardcore racist. He died in 2007, and said: “Basically, I’d do the same thing today if I had it to do all over again.”

South Carolina: The Gov. of South Carolina ’63 was 2 Democrats. Gov. Ernest Hollings served S.C. from 1959-1963. 1876Segregation was enforced in South Carolina. During Hollings term, in 1962, the Confederate flag was raised above the South Carolina Statehouse and was flown under the U.S. and state flag for the next 38 years, until 2000. Of note, the South Carolina governors office was controlled 100% by Democrats from 1876-1975 (99 years).

Throughout the 1940’s, the South Carolina Democratic Party tried to maintain a “whites only” party. In 1945 Black teachers had to sue to get equal pay with white teachers. In 1946 the Negro Citizens Committee had to campaign to open the Democratic Party primary to blacks. In 1946 Blacks in South Carolina tried to vote in the Democrat primary but were turned away by Democrat party officials. A class action lawsuit was filed, and the Judge J. Waties Waring declared – “it is time for South Carolina to rejoin the union. His ruling opened the primaries to all South Carolinians.

In 1948, exasperated by the Democrat Party refusal to open it’s membership rolls to include Negroes, Judge Waring issued an injuction mandating the Democrat Party open it’s membership rolls and allow all people, without regard to “race, color, creed, or condition” to vote in the primary.

1957 the Klu Klux Klan held two mass rallies at the State House to protest civil rights activities for Blacks.

1960, segregation was deeply entrenched in Columbia, the capital city of South Carolina. Black students from two Black schools in Columbia (Benedict College and Allen University) planned to march to the State House in a civil rights protest to desegregate. Gov. Hollings warned Black students they would be arrested if they marched to the State House and protested. The planned civil rights march was called off.

[Ddawg]

Historical Democrat political Ad.

[hawkwing]

It would be an interesting history to read about how the Republican party lost nearly 100% of the black vote between the 50s and 80s.

[snoscythe]

It would be an interesting history to read about how the Republican party lost nearly 100% of the black vote between the 50s and 80s.

GOP Goldwater voted against the Civil Rights Act, arguing it was unconstitutional and needed tweaking. The other GOP members passed it, but the GOP candidate for the presidency voted against it. Fighting for re-election, DEM LBJ signed it into law, despite having eviscerated the previous Civil Rights Act of '57. LBJ took credit for it on the campaign trail for himself and the Dems (despite nearly all Dems in Congress voting against it). Dems continued their New Deal message of government assistance, bailouts, and welfare, while the GOP moved farther towards a message of self-sufficiency, and economics, not race guided the black vote into the Dem tent.

That's really it in a nutshell.

[BOID]

The Dems remain the party of racism. The Repubs wanted equality for blacks, but not special status. Later on came Affirmative Action, with racial quotas. Again, Repubs got no credit for Pres. Nixon signing that landmark, but arguably unconstitutional bill. The Dems went from the infliction of slavery on a racial minority, to another form of racial immorality, that of keeping them ignorant and dependent as "electoral slaves." It is called "keeping them on The Plantation." That is, keeping them poor and dependant on Democrats, spiritually, culturally, and economically, so they will keep voting as a block for Dems. They do this by flattering the persecution complexes, inciting inter-racial animosity, and demoralizing them with welfare. Worst of all , Dems instill fear of inadequacy, a fear that they, as blacks, could not possibly get by on their own, without government help, while "evil Republicans" are plotting against that help. This has fostered a religious level of zeal among blacks, for persecution of any of their own kind that have the temerity to turn Republican.

The Dems are terrified that blacks will some day wake up, start thinking for themselves, escape "The Plantation," and realize that the Dems have been keeping them down and using them politically for a long time.

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[BOID]

By the way, thanks, Ddawg, for that excellent historical write-up. And, do you happen to know the year/date for that hilarious campaign poster?

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[hawkwing]

I guess the better question is how can republicans ever hope to get the minority vote when minorities vote in a stronger block for Democrats than mormon's do for Republicans.

[Ddawg]

By the way, thanks, Ddawg, for that excellent historical write-up. And, do you happen to know the year/date for that hilarious campaign poster?

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Thank you. You are welcome. The MSM propaganda machine and the current Socialist Dem party will never tell the truth about the hateful racism in America's past. All the negative, awful, terrible racism - the lynchings, racial beatings, murders, fire hoses on African Americans, turning police dogs lose on African Americans; it all came from the Democrats - 100%. That's the story they will not tell.

The Dem's and the MSM for the past 40 years have tried to re-write history and paint the GOP as anti-Black and racist. It's very dishonest. But, give the Dem's credit for being at getting their message out and sticking with it. And, give the GOP an "F" for correcting the record. The GOP is horrible about effectively "messaging."

That political poster came from the 1870-1880 era.

[Ddawg]

Another interesting insight is how Condoleeza Rice's father, and her family became Republican (actually Condi was a Democrat during her college years - but became GOP because of Ronald Reagan, and her Father's influence).

Condoleeza's family lived in Alabama. Her father (1952) tried to register to vote - as a Democrat. This was when Alabama, and the South was deeply entrenched in their Jim Crow efforts to keep Blacks from registering and voting.

John Wesley Rice went to the local registrar (run by the Democrats), and had to guess how many beans were in a glass jar. Of course he guessed wrong (as did all African Americans who tried to resister to vote), and he was turned away. A friend told him the Republicans were registering everyone - not just white's. So, Condi's Dad went and checked into it. He was welcomed and registered as a Republican in segregationist Jim Crow Alabama. The rest is history.

Condoleeza tells the story in an interview with Wolf Blitzer -
"RICE: My father was darker skinned, and a big kind of intimidating man, actually.

And he said, "So how many beans are in that jar?"

My father, who obviously couldn't count the beans, was really devastated. And he went back, and he was talking with Mr. Frank Hunter, an old man in his church. And he said, "Oh, Reverend, I'll tell you how to get registered." He said, "There is a clerk down there who's a Republican, and she'll register anybody who will say they are Republican," because of course, this was when the Dixiecrats and the Democrats controlled Alabama completely.

So my father registered as a Republican, and he was a life-long and actually proud member of the Republican Party for the rest of his life."

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[BOID]

Hawk, all we have to get from minority voting blocks is anything close to 50 percent. The Dems have been winning more than half of the elections, but by small margins. If we can cut their 90 percent blocks down to 50, then they are doomed. The answer to the question of how, is that Republicans/whatever conservative opposition party must address these minorities directly, instead of just speaking to all Americans generally. The Repubs have traditionally tried to avoid the appearance of pandering to groups (concern for ethics), while the Dems have indulged heavily in pandering to demographic sub-groups, including, and especially, African Americans. It is time for conservatives to go toe to toe with the leftists, in reaching out to these people and explaining to them that limited government, responsible balanced budgets, and individual responsibility will bring opportunity and freedom to them. This should be contrasted with what the Democrat plantation has done to them so far. The Dems have been using inter-racial animosities to drive their Marxist revolution, and we can't ignore that any longer. We must take that bull by the horns.

We can also hold up examples of conservatives and defenders of liberty who are black, such as Col Alan West, Clarence Thomas, Thomas Sowell, Dr Ben Carson, Alan Keys, James Earl Jones, Mia Love, Stacy Dash, Star Parker, James Watts, Tim Scott, and, as Ddawg has illustrated, Condi Rice. The main stream media works to bury these individuals or to marginalize them if they are too famous to cover up, in the hopes that they will not be viable role models to other African Americans.

We, as freedom loving, traditional Americans can no longer allow the socialists to out-hustle us in speaking direcly to minority groups. We only have to win over 40 to 50 percent of them.

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