Which party was against the abolition of slavery, was responsible for the "Jim Crow" laws, was active in membership of the Klu Klux Klan (the Klan killed not only African Americans, but is estimated to have killed over 1,000 Whites associated with the Republican Party), and had a sizable number of its members vote against Civil Rights legislation? The Democratic Party
"I am a former Kleagle [recruiter] of the Ku Klux Klan in Raleigh County. . . . The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia. It is necessary that the order be promoted immediately and in every state in the union."
--Robert C. Byrd, 1946
Democratic Senator from West Virginia, 1959-present
Senate Majority Leader, 1977-80 and 1987-88
Senate President Pro Tempore, 1989-95, 2001-03, 2007-present
His portrait stands in the U.S. Capitol.
The privileged and ultra rich leadership of the Democratic Party likes to pronounce that they are the party of minorities and the poor, and that they best represent and champion the interests of these groups. Yet, since Lyndon B. Johnson's 'Great Society,' - the great democratic project to help minorities and the poor - unemployment, the creation and expansion of lower-income ghettos, crime, family disintegration, and other ills have multiplied exponentially.
Why has this happened? Well, the economic and social policies of the Democratic Party is a great place to start, and the thinking behind these policies is perfectly illustrated by this quote from none other than Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson himself:
"These Negroes, they're getting pretty uppity these days and that's a problem for us since they've got something now they never had before, the political pull to back up their uppityness. Now we've got to do something about this, we've got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference. For if we don't move at all, then their allies will line up against us and there'll be no way of stopping them, we'll lose the filibuster and there'll be no way of putting a brake on all sorts of wild legislation. It'll be Reconstruction all over again."
--Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D., Texas), 1957
The most damning part about this quote is also the most Machiavellian tool that has been used by politicians for decades: promise a constituency the world, give them just enough to keep their votes at the ballot box, but never truly provide them with the means to lead independent, prosperous lives. Yes, as diabolical as it may sound, I am asserting that many politicians in the Democratic Party have a vested interest in policies that keep minorities dependent on government services and welfare in order to ensure their own political power. It is evil and it must be confronted and stopped.
How do we solve this? By simply allowing people to create and keep the products of their labor; by restricting government and taking bureaucratic regulations out of our lives; and by fostering a colorblind society that judges a man by the value of his labor and abilities and not the color of his skin or his perceived grievances. And we must vote the politicians out of office who oppose these values and reforms.
Here is another quote by a famous Democrat:
"Anyone who has traveled to the Far East knows that the mingling of Asiatic blood with European or American blood produces, in nine cases out of ten, the most unfortunate results. . . . The argument works both ways. I know a great many cultivated, highly educated and delightful Japanese. They have all told me that they would feel the same repugnance and objection to have thousands of Americans settle in Japan and intermarry with the Japanese as I would feel in having large numbers of Japanese coming over here and intermarry with the American population. In this question, then, of Japanese exclusion from the United States it is necessary only to advance the true reason--the undesirability of mixing the blood of the two peoples. . . . The Japanese people and the American people are both opposed to intermarriage of the two races--there can be no quarrel there."
--Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1925
President, 1933-45
The "Father" of modern Democratic Progressivism
For more racist quotes by Democratic politicians (and there are plenty):
http://www.opinionjournal.
"I am a former Kleagle [recruiter] of the Ku Klux Klan in Raleigh County. . . . The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia. It is necessary that the order be promoted immediately and in every state in the union."
--Robert C. Byrd, 1946
Democratic Senator from West Virginia, 1959-present
Senate Majority Leader, 1977-80 and 1987-88
Senate President Pro Tempore, 1989-95, 2001-03, 2007-present
His portrait stands in the U.S. Capitol.
The privileged and ultra rich leadership of the Democratic Party likes to pronounce that they are the party of minorities and the poor, and that they best represent and champion the interests of these groups. Yet, since Lyndon B. Johnson's 'Great Society,' - the great democratic project to help minorities and the poor - unemployment, the creation and expansion of lower-income ghettos, crime, family disintegration, and other ills have multiplied exponentially.
Why has this happened? Well, the economic and social policies of the Democratic Party is a great place to start, and the thinking behind these policies is perfectly illustrated by this quote from none other than Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson himself:
"These Negroes, they're getting pretty uppity these days and that's a problem for us since they've got something now they never had before, the political pull to back up their uppityness. Now we've got to do something about this, we've got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference. For if we don't move at all, then their allies will line up against us and there'll be no way of stopping them, we'll lose the filibuster and there'll be no way of putting a brake on all sorts of wild legislation. It'll be Reconstruction all over again."
--Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D., Texas), 1957
The most damning part about this quote is also the most Machiavellian tool that has been used by politicians for decades: promise a constituency the world, give them just enough to keep their votes at the ballot box, but never truly provide them with the means to lead independent, prosperous lives. Yes, as diabolical as it may sound, I am asserting that many politicians in the Democratic Party have a vested interest in policies that keep minorities dependent on government services and welfare in order to ensure their own political power. It is evil and it must be confronted and stopped.
How do we solve this? By simply allowing people to create and keep the products of their labor; by restricting government and taking bureaucratic regulations out of our lives; and by fostering a colorblind society that judges a man by the value of his labor and abilities and not the color of his skin or his perceived grievances. And we must vote the politicians out of office who oppose these values and reforms.
Here is another quote by a famous Democrat:
"Anyone who has traveled to the Far East knows that the mingling of Asiatic blood with European or American blood produces, in nine cases out of ten, the most unfortunate results. . . . The argument works both ways. I know a great many cultivated, highly educated and delightful Japanese. They have all told me that they would feel the same repugnance and objection to have thousands of Americans settle in Japan and intermarry with the Japanese as I would feel in having large numbers of Japanese coming over here and intermarry with the American population. In this question, then, of Japanese exclusion from the United States it is necessary only to advance the true reason--the undesirability of mixing the blood of the two peoples. . . . The Japanese people and the American people are both opposed to intermarriage of the two races--there can be no quarrel there."
--Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1925
President, 1933-45
The "Father" of modern Democratic Progressivism
For more racist quotes by Democratic politicians (and there are plenty):
http://www.opinionjournal.
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