When Will Conservatives Own Up to Segregation?

[Straight Shooter]

Will conservatives ever own up to supporting segregation during the civil rights era? We know that southern conservatives in the Democratic Party were staunch segregationists and opposed civil rights and it was the Democrat's embrace of civil rights that then drove those southern white conservatives out of the party and into the GOP.

#StraightShooter

 

[sean miguel]

Which segregationist democrats switched to republicans? From what I understand, the vast majority remained democrats, Bill Clinton mentor, William Fulbright being one.

 

[Jack Davenport]

Only Strom Thurmond.
Straight Shooter is full of shit.

 

[georges]

One of these segreganionist dems was appreciated by the Clinton Swine

 

[Straight Shooter]

One of these segreganionist dems was appreciated by the Clinton Swine

Robert Byrd. Conservative. Own it

#StraightShooter

 

[georges]

Robert Byrd. Conservative. Own it

#StraightShooter

Wrong as usual
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd and let me quote :
"As the longest-serving Democratic senator, Byrd served as President pro tempore four times when his party was in the majority:from 1989 until the Republicans won control of the Senate in 1995; for 17 days in early 2001, when the Senate was evenly split between parties and outgoing Vice President Al Gore broke the tie in favor of the Democrats; when the Democrats regained the majority in June 2001 after Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont left the Republican Party to become an independent; and again from 2007 to his death in 2010, as a result of the 2006 Senate elections. In this capacity, Byrd was third in the line of presidential succession at the time of his death, behind Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi."
"On May 19, 2008, Byrd endorsed Barack Obama (D-Illinois). One week after the West Virginia Democratic Primary, in which Hillary Clinton defeated Obama by 41 to 32 per cent, Byrd said, "Barack Obama is a noble-hearted patriot and humble Christian, and he has my full faith and support." When asked in October 2008 about the possibility that the issue of race would influence West Virginia voters, as Obama is an African-American, Byrd replied, "Those days are gone. Gone!"Obama lost West Virginia (by 13%) but won the election.
On January 26, 2009, Byrd was one of three Democrats to vote against the confirmation of Timothy Geithner as United States Secretary of the Treasury (along with Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Tom Harkin of Iowa)."
So Byrd is clearly a democrat not a republican.

 

[Straight Shooter]

Wrong as usual
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd and let me quote :
"As the longest-serving Democratic senator, Byrd served as President pro tempore four times when his party was in the majority:from 1989 until the Republicans won control of the Senate in 1995; for 17 days in early 2001, when the Senate was evenly split between parties and outgoing Vice President Al Gore broke the tie in favor of the Democrats; when the Democrats regained the majority in June 2001 after Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont left the Republican Party to become an independent; and again from 2007 to his death in 2010, as a result of the 2006 Senate elections. In this capacity, Byrd was third in the line of presidential succession at the time of his death, behind Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi."
"On May 19, 2008, Byrd endorsed Barack Obama (D-Illinois). One week after the West Virginia Democratic Primary, in which Hillary Clinton defeated Obama by 41 to 32 per cent, Byrd said, "Barack Obama is a noble-hearted patriot and humble Christian, and he has my full faith and support." When asked in October 2008 about the possibility that the issue of race would influence West Virginia voters, as Obama is an African-American, Byrd replied, "Those days are gone. Gone!"Obama lost West Virginia (by 13%) but won the election.
On January 26, 2009, Byrd was one of three Democrats to vote against the confirmation of Timothy Geithner as United States Secretary of the Treasury (along with Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Tom Harkin of Iowa)."
So Byrd is clearly a democrat not a republican.

Someone else please explain this to him

 

[RJS13]

And now blacks are calling for segregation. I don't get it nor do I care. Google it if you want but I'm not even wasting the time to post a link. I could give 2 shits.

 

[pool_hustler]

Someone else please explain this to him

There's not much point. This is the new pet myth of conservatives. That somehow liberals should be ashamed of the worst trespasses of conservatives. It's completely absurd of course, but then absurdity is the norm for new age conservatives.

 

[georges]

Someone else please explain this to him

None needs to explain me nothing but you seem to have forgotten who your precious Obama back ups were :thefinger:

 

[Straight Shooter]

McConnell demurs on renaming Senate building after McCain

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday demurred when asked if he supports renaming a Senate office building after GOP Sen. John McCain (Ariz.).

“We’ll be talking about the best way to honor Sen. McCain,” McConnell told reporters when asked about the idea of renaming the Russell Senate Office Building after McCain, after giving a speech memorializing McCain on the Senate floor.

Pressed on if renaming the building was something he was would support, McConnell, who routinely doesn’t respond to hallway questions, didn’t answer as he walked into his office.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), the No. 2 Senate Republican, said on Monday that there would likely be a “discussion” and suggested the Rules Committee could take up the issue.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is expected to offer a resolution to rename Russell after McCain. The building is currently named after former Georgia Democratic Sen. Richard Brevard Russell, who opposed numerous efforts to pass civil rights legislation.

Schumer told reporters on Monday that he had picked up some Republican support for his resolution but was unsure when he would try to move it.

GOP Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.) said over the weekend that he would support the resolution.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/403869-mcconnell-demurs-on-renaming-senate-building-after-mccain

Fuck Richard Russell. The founder and leader of the conservative coalition. The Republicans today are unbelievable

 

[Jack Davenport]

There's not much point. This is the new pet myth of conservatives. That somehow liberals should be ashamed of the worst trespasses of conservatives. It's completely absurd of course, but then absurdity is the norm for new age conservatives.

Did any Dixiecrat other than Strom Thurmond feel so unaligned with the Democrat party that they left and joined the Republican Party?
It’s your party. Own it.