Another possible candidate?

[ugonow]

David Duke is considering a GOP run.-----www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/07/04/white-supremacists-running-for-political-office-in-2012-in-growing-numbers.html

[thyme4change]

Again?

Unfotunately, I believe if you are on welfare you should be provided with birth control and there should be punishment for having another child. I guess I'm racist, too. Although, I was never part of the KKK.

[handyman2]

Ah here come the white sheets and the flaming crosses again. We have enough nut cases in DC we don't need any more.

[formerexpat]

Do we really want to have a conversation about the party that is littered with racists:

Woodrow Wilson - Segregated federal government

1957 - Faubus, governor of AR, calls his state guard to prevent integration at Central High School in Little Rock. Eisenhower sends US troops to escort the nine black children into school.

1963 - Governor Wallace attempts to block integration at the U of AL.

1964 - Robert Kennedy involved with the FBI to try and destroy MLK.

Even Al Gore's own father voted against civil rights in the 50's, as did JFK. JFK didn't act in the interest of civil rights until provoked, or only when it was politically convenient.

Then we have LBJ in 67 calling MLK "that godd**n n***er preacher".

Instead of the party being overtly racist today, they simply control the inner cities across the nation and keep the black population in perpetual poverty.

[djAdvocate]

Jul 6, 2011 21:29:33 GMT -5 formerexpat said:

Do we really want to have a conversation about the party that is littered with racists:

Woodrow Wilson - Segregated federal government

1957 - Faubus, governor of AR, calls his state guard to prevent integration at Central High School in Little Rock. Eisenhower sends US troops to escort the nine black children into school.

1963 - Governor Wallace attempts to block integration at the U of AL.

1964 - Robert Kennedy involved with the FBI to try and destroy MLK.

Even Al Gore's own father voted against civil rights in the 50's, as did JFK. JFK didn't act in the interest of civil rights until provoked, or only when it was politically convenient.

Then we have LBJ in 67 calling MLK "that godd**n n***er preacher".

Instead of the party being overtly racist today, they simply control the inner cities across the nation and keep the black population in perpetual poverty.

the Democratic party made a disgusting political compromise by taking on the Southern Whigs. until Nixon's Southern Strategy, they had no other home. but now it is safe to say that there are just as many racists in the GOP as there are in the Democratic party.

[floridayankee]

Jul 6, 2011 21:29:33 GMT -5 formerexpat said:

Do we really want to have a conversation about the party that is littered with racists:

How about the 1868 Democratic Party national campaign theme:

Jul 7, 2011 9:41:17 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

....but now it is safe to say that there are just as many racists in the GOP as there are in the Democratic party.

Glad too see I'm not the only one that realizes this. One of these days, you'd think people might actually use that hat holder above their shoulders and see that racism is not defined by party affiliation.

[djAdvocate]

Jul 7, 2011 10:46:42 GMT -5 floridayankee said:

Jul 6, 2011 21:29:33 GMT -5 formerexpat said:

Do we really want to have a conversation about the party that is littered with racists:

How about the 1868 Democratic Party national campaign theme:

Jul 7, 2011 9:41:17 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

....but now it is safe to say that there are just as many racists in the GOP as there are in the Democratic party.

Glad too see I'm not the only one that realizes this. One of these days, you'd think people might actually use that hat holder above their shoulders and see that racism is not defined by party affiliation.

well, anyone not aware of it is just not aware of history. this is a north-vs-south thing, not a political one. one need look no further than the history of the civil rights movement to cement that idea.

[thyme4change]

Be careful what you say about gay marriage. I suspect in 50 years we will be judged on our attitude towards it, just as we are now judging what people said about inter-racial marriage 50 years ago.