re: #655 ihateronpaul

I think the eagerness to label the democrats as the “racist” party backfires when you flash foward to the 1960’s when “conservative southerners” opposed the civil rights act, which was conceived by the well known conservative JFK. (/s folks)…

Neither the Civil Rights Act nor the Voting Rights Act would have passed without majority Republican support. A majority of Democrats opposed, even filibustered against, both pieces of legislation.

As recently as 1970(?), Jimmy Carter, when running for governor of Georgia was using racist code words to appeal to prejudiced Democrat voters - going around South Georgia saying “I am one of you” (wink, wink)