Are you fucking kidding me? I just put the HISTORICAL FACTS OF THE 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT VOTE COUNT in front of you. Do you understand math? Do you know how to read and interpret a vote count? Do you contest the historical record I dug up on the vote? If not, then STFU.
I will say it again. TIMMYTURD STANDS CORRECTED. He was 100% incorrect to say it is "a fucking joke... to claim they (Republicans) played some role in getting the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed". It's no joke at all. The vote count itself is proof the GOP played a CRUCIAL role in getting the bill passed, a fact acknowledged by LBJ and Hubert Humphrey and everyone else involved.
Your going off on a tangent about Strom Thurmond and Dixiecrats doesn't change the facts, dipshit.
Originally Posted by lustylad
Admittedly, not all Dixiecrats left the Democratic Party in the 60's but if you think for even a moment that it was not the Dixiecrats (who left the Democratic Party) who benefited the most from the (late 60's/early 70's) Republican (Nixon-Goldwater) "Southern Strategy" that dominated politics in the Deep South for the next 50 years, then you are living in a fish bowl without sufficient oxygen levels to fuel a very warped mind.
Slowly but surely, nearly all of the 50's-60's era Dixiecrats (from both party's) have passed on but most, if not all, of the Democrats who stayed active eventually denounced their previous racist beliefs. The most prominent Dixiecrat who stayed with the Democratic Party was Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) and he had the following to say in his later life.
From Wikipedia:
In 1997, Byrd told an interviewer he would encourage young people to become involved in politics but also: "Be sure you avoid the Ku Klux Klan. Don't get that albatross around your neck. Once you've made that mistake, you inhibit your operations in the political arena." In his last autobiography, Byrd explained that he was a KKK member because he "was sorely afflicted with tunnel vision—a jejune and immature outlook—seeing only what I wanted to see because I thought the Klan could provide an outlet for my talents and ambitions. Byrd also said, in 2005, "I know now I was wrong. Intolerance had no place in America. I apologized a thousand times ... and I don't mind apologizing over and over again. I can't erase what happened."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd
Most of the Dixiecrats turned Republican felt no desire to "inhibit their (racist) operations in the political arena." In fact, I am of the opinion that Senator Thurmond's (R-SC) racist beliefs helped him get re-elected many times over, despite the fact that his long time love interest was his African American housekeeper. Go figure!
With those thoughts in mind, I stand by my previous statement that it is you, not me, who stood corrected. The Republican Party of 1965 and beyond was not (and is not) the Republican Party of the 1950's and 1960's. Apparently, the "albatross" Senator Byrd referred to is around your neck, not mine. Live with it!
With all of that said, your previous responses in this thread does lend credence as to why you felt compelled to make the following statement:
Hey, I don't discriminate - I hate everybody!
Originally Posted by lustylad
That is a hell of a way to live your life, but who am I to tell you that you are one fucked up dude!
My unsolicited advice, seek counseling. And soon!