I posted part of an article below, about McCain accusing Obama of playing the race card. Ok, first of all, he very much DOES play the race card. He is always talking about how the republicans will, or have commented on his being black. Yet he never, ever, ever, ever points to an example of someone actually saying anything about the color of his skin. For a party that claims to be so enlightened that they don't even consider race to be a distinguishing factor, they sure as hell seem to focus on it. THEY are the ones constantly bringing it up. THEY are the ones over the past 160 years that have legislated Jim Crows laws, Black Codes and a multitude of other laws at the state and federal level to deny African Americans their rights as citizens.
The Civil War Democrats murdered several hundred black elected officials (in the South) to regain control of the southern government. All of the elected officials up to 1935were Republicans. As of 2004, the Democrat Party (the oldest political party in America)has never elected a black man to the United States Senate, the Republicans have elected three.
Congressional records show it was Democrats that strongly opposed the passage of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments. These three Amendments were introduced by Republicans to abolish slavery, give citizenship to all African Americans born in the United States and, give Blacks the right to vote.
Congressional records show that Democrats were opposed to passing the following laws that were introduced by Republicans to achieve civil rights for African Americans:
Civil Rights Act 1866
Reconstruction Act of 1867
Freedman Bureau Extension Act of 1866
Enforcement Act of 1870
Force Act of 1871
Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Civil Rights Act of 1960
And during the 60's many Democrats fought hard to defeat the
1964 Civil Rights Act
1965 Voting Rights Acts
1972 Equal Employment Opportunity Act
Court records show that it was Democrats who supported the Dred Scott Decision, a decision which classified Blacks and property rather than people; it was also the racist Jim Crow practices of Democrats that brought about the two landmark cases of Plessy v Ferguson and Brown v. The Board of Education.
Yet we republicans, we religious conservatives are the racists? We don't do anything to help the black man, right? Wrong. History reveals that the Republican Party was formed in 1854 to abolish slavery and challenge other racist legislative acts initiated by the Democratic Party that was (and would be) harmful to African Americans.
History reveals that it was Thaddeus Stevens, a Radical Republican that introduced legislation to give African Americans the so-called 40 acres and a mule and Democrats overwhelmingly voted against the bill. Today many white Democrats are opposed to paying African Americans trillions of dollars in Reparation Pay, money that should be paid by the Democratic Party.
History reveals that it was Abolitionists and Radical Republicans such as Henry L. Morehouse and General Oliver Howard that started many of the traditional Black colleges, while Democrats killed several hundred black and white teachers to keep them from educating the newly freed slaves. Many of our traditional Black colleges are named after white Republicans.
Over the strong objections of racist Republican Senator Jessie Helms, Republican President, Ronald Reagan signed into law, a bill to make Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday a national holiday. Several Republican Senators convinced President Reagan this was the right thing to do.
The Ku Klux Klan Act was a bill introduced by a Republican Congress to stop Klan Activities. Senate Debates revealed that the Klan was the terrorist arm of the Democratic Party.
History reveals that it was Thaddeus Stevens, a Radical Republican that introduced legislation to give African Americans the so-called 40 acres and a mule and Democrats overwhelmingly voted against the bill. Today many white Democrats are opposed to paying African Americans trillions of dollars in Reparation Pay, money that should be paid by the Democratic Party.
But that's enough of that I suppose, enjoy the article. Thanks to an editorial was written a few years ago by Wayne Perryman, an inner city minister in Seattle and the author of Unfounded Loyalty, for the info.
For more information see:
Unfounded Loyalty
An In-depth Look Into The Love Affair Between Blacks & Democrats
By Rev. Wayne Perryman (African American Historian)
P.O. Box 256
Mercer Island, WA 98040
http://wayneperryman.com/
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By MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 57 minutes ago
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - John McCain's campaign accused Barack Obama on Thursday of playing racial politics a day after the Democratic candidate predicted Republicans would try to scare voters by pointing out "he doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."
Obama "played the race card, and he played it from the bottom of the deck," McCain campaign manager Rick Davis said in a statement. He called Obama's remarks "divisive, negative, shameful and wrong."
While Obama was meeting with victims of this summer's flooding here, his aides were initially dismissive of the McCain broadside. "We're not in the habit of reacting every time they put out a statement," spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
The first black candidate with a shot at winning the White House, Obama argued while stumping in Missouri on Wednesday that President Bush and McCain will resort to scare tactics to maintain their hold on the White House because they have little else to offer voters.
"Nobody thinks that Bush and McCain have a real answer to the challenges we face. So what they're going to try to do is make you scared of me," Obama said. "You know, `he's not patriotic enough, he's got a funny name,' you know, `he doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.'"
-For the rest of the article, go here.
1 comments:
Ann, you are right on.... We should pay retribution to Blacks.... anyone think "We" ought to needs to visit a civil war battle field and walk among the thousands of bodies who gave of everything.
In your remarks you refer to Republicans who shaped reform as being Radical. That is not the correct word as they were not acting radically , but of the norm within the Republican party. What those families did leading to establishing the Party might have seemed a radical idea to the powers that be. The party in full control of Congress etc... was the Democrates who acted against the will of the majority or the better interests of the people by being corrupted by the pro-slavery Southern wealth. Certainly they were not acting on principals of a democracy.
I am well read in the History written by Washington Irving and John Brown. As Irving did not reveal the names of who those Divers persons were... their is an old document among the private papers of George Clinton (NOT RELATED TO, WHO Wasn't born, BILLY CLINTON) It was a petition from Divers persons. On the list note the handful of names. Morehouse is one such... Sheldon is another. During the 1850's Rev. Sheldon organized what was called the Sheldon Family Asso. Note the name Junis Morgan and Rev. Peirpont as members... among 500 surnames including places of birth. Among the names are close to 100 reverend, numberous military officers and government leaders. Most of those families played active roles during the civil war. The Sheldon family asso was a uniting force organized to battle against the government. Those people organized what became the Republican Party. JP Morgan was the financier for Northern interests... Beecher was behind the Beecher Bible. Beecher and Stowe both being members of the Asso. My own forefather was in Kansas during the 1850s as to ensure the territory did not go cotton. He paid his $200. computation money as he could not fight. He ran his wheat mill and supplied the northern army free of charge. His mill was located upstate NY. Essex Co. The same county John Brown was located in. His wife was a Smith and related to the person who gave land to Brown for educating newly freed Blacks. She was also a member of the Christian Temperance Movement. As many members later became Republicans... Especially after conducting a peaceful march at Independence Hall and being stoned... some to death. As you probable know most of what they aimed to achieve eventually was. All said Kansas was planted with wheat... preventing an increase in the would be needed slaves if the South had won and Kansas went cotton. Was the world more in need of Clothing or Food? Wheat became king. We did our part... through many hidden truths.
Ref. Rent the movie Funny Farm and pay special attention to the first scene... Listen to the name of the Publishing Co. of which you are in upon the first scene. It was not a publishing Co... by that name. They were Millers... minus the partner; but caring for the family of.
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