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Re: Sen. Landrieu's remarks on race anger Republicans
Sir you are gravely mistaken and in need of a good history lesson. If it wasn't for the Republican Party, Johnson would not have had the votes to pass the Civil Rights Bill even though Democrats had the majority in the both houses of Congress. Below is a picture of Johnson signing the Civil Rights Bill into law. The man on the left is Everett Dirksen, Senator from Illinois Republican. Previously he had served in the House where he first started on trying to pass Civil Rights legislation. The final version that Johnson signed was much of Everett Dirksen's words. Johnson gave Dirksen the first pen used in signing the bill and shortly after the Republican Ohio Representative Mccullough for his key role on the House Judiciary. That was no accident for if it were not for these men the bill may not have been passed due to the objection of so many Southern Democrats. In fact Johnson after signing the bill has been quoted to say in passing the bill he may have given the South to the Republicans for a very long time. And he was correct as the people who opposed the civil rights bill were voted out of office.
This year marked 50 years and it is still a sea of red in the South.
How the Civil Rights Bill Almost Died
As Paul Harvey would have said....."And now you know the rest of the story".
What Ms. Mary's comments show is someone who is very desperate. She's going down. :mrgreen:
You do know that the Dixiecrats split away from the Democratic party back in 1948? They felt that the democrats party as a whole gave too much support to the civil rights movement and that their southern way of life was in trouble. Now ask yourself, where are these Dixiecrats now? They carried Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and South Carolina. But after the Civil Rights bill was signed, Those states went from blue states to deep red.
Hmmm, now where are they today :unsure13:
Sir you are gravely mistaken and in need of a good history lesson. If it wasn't for the Republican Party, Johnson would not have had the votes to pass the Civil Rights Bill even though Democrats had the majority in the both houses of Congress. Below is a picture of Johnson signing the Civil Rights Bill into law. The man on the left is Everett Dirksen, Senator from Illinois Republican. Previously he had served in the House where he first started on trying to pass Civil Rights legislation. The final version that Johnson signed was much of Everett Dirksen's words. Johnson gave Dirksen the first pen used in signing the bill and shortly after the Republican Ohio Representative Mccullough for his key role on the House Judiciary. That was no accident for if it were not for these men the bill may not have been passed due to the objection of so many Southern Democrats. In fact Johnson after signing the bill has been quoted to say in passing the bill he may have given the South to the Republicans for a very long time. And he was correct as the people who opposed the civil rights bill were voted out of office.
This year marked 50 years and it is still a sea of red in the South.
How the Civil Rights Bill Almost Died
As Paul Harvey would have said....."And now you know the rest of the story".
What Ms. Mary's comments show is someone who is very desperate. She's going down. :mrgreen: