You know what?  It ain't worth it.

Edited June 26, 20178 yr by Khan

42 minutes ago, Khan said:

Keep us on the plantation?  Where the hell am I?  1865?  And why, in God's name, are we still feeding this troll?

 

That's my question.

 

 

 

 

Eisenhower and the 1956 GOP would be considered "commie liberals" by today's GOP.

Edited June 26, 20178 yr by heffer

47 minutes ago, Khan said:

Keep us on the plantation?  Where the hell am I?  1865?  And why, in God's name, are we still feeding this troll?

this is the one question I'm asking myself right now. every time this person comes in here, people respond....exactly what this person wants. 

LEAVE THIS PERSON ALONE AND MOVE ON. Why is that so difficult?! this person is a damn troll. adds NOTHING at all. 

I have a feeling even Jesse Helms would be considered a "pinko" by today's GOP.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy

 

As the Civil Rights Movement and dismantling of Jim Crow laws in the 1950s and 1960s visibly deepened pre-existing racial tensions in much of the Southern United States, Republican politicians such as presidential candidate Richard Nixon and Senator Barry Goldwater developed strategies that successfully contributed to the political realignment of many white, conservative voters in the South to the Republican Party that had traditionally supported the Democratic Party.^[4] It also helped push the Republican Party much more to the right.^[4]

5 minutes ago, heffer said:

 

 

 

 

Eisenhower and the 1956 GOP would be considered "commie liberals" by today's GOP.

+1

This is going to sound mean but I don't believe that that #1 Troll is who they claim to be.  Sorry but I don't believe you. I'm going to use a phrase that Trumpists like to use "Picture... or it [your claim] doesn't exist". 

 

FYI folks there are many 'fake Black people' trolling around on social media so I think I have a right to be suspicious of someone who has posted about the stock market incessantly but shows absolutely no knowledge or facility of the issues that have affected Black people in this country or worldwide.

 

Sorry but I don't buy it. At all. Call me a 'Doubting Thomas' if you must.

Edited June 26, 20178 yr by DramatistDreamer

6 minutes ago, Roman said:

this is the one question I'm asking myself right now. every time this person comes in here, people respond....exactly what this person wants. 

LEAVE THIS PERSON ALONE AND MOVE ON. Why is that so difficult?! this person is a damn troll. adds NOTHING at all. 

Ignoring the Right won't change the fact that they exist.

53 minutes ago, MichaelGL said:

Funny how a majority of that was before 1965.......

Didn't those Republicans later become today's Democratic Party

42 minutes ago, sivad40 said:

Ignoring the Right won't change the fact that they exist.

I didn't say anything about ignoring the right......I'm talking about trolling, complete ignorance and people who don't want to discuss politics. they pop in, post stuff and then split. period.

32 minutes ago, Roman said:

I didn't say anything about ignoring the right......I'm talking about trolling, complete ignorance and people who don't want to discuss politics. they pop in, post stuff and then split. period.

 

You're right, even though at times we all get baited unfortunately.  

It's just a great general rule to ignore people whose clear and sole intent seems to be to continually provoke. 

Edited June 26, 20178 yr by DramatistDreamer

18 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

 

You're right, even though at times we all get baited unfortunately.  

It's just a great general rule to ignore people whose clear and sole intent seems to be to continually provoke. 

exactly. 

2 hours ago, OLTL #1 fan said:

Republicans passed the 13 Amendment, which ended slavery.

Republicans passed the 14th Amendment, which made black people citizens.
Republicans passed the 15th Amendment, which gave black people the right to vote.
Republicans started Howard University for blacks.

Republicans started Spelman College for blacks.

Republicans passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which gave blacks the right to buy and own property

Republicans passed the Civil Rights Act of 1871, to protect blacks from the Ku Klux Klan

Republicans passed the Civil Rights Act of 1875, which gave blacks the right to serve on a Jury

Republicans passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957

Republicans passed the Civil Rights Act of 1960

Republican president Dwight Eisenhower sent in the Federal troops to escort black kids to school in Arkansas, this is known as the Little Rock 9

Republicans created 40 Acres and a Mule for blacks----Republican (Thaddeus Stevens) created a bill saying that black people should get 40 acres and a mule

Republican president Ronald Reagan signed into law the bill making Dr. King birthday a national holiday.

George W Bush increased funding to black colleges

In 1956 Republicans endorsed and supported Brown VS Board of Education, which desegregated public schools in America

 

 

Most of that was before 1965 and the passing of the Voting Rights and Civil Rights acts which LBJ acknowledged would lose the southern states for the democrats for at least one generation. So stop parroting the points relative to the party when it wqas actually reasonable and believed that public policy could help people. Corporate taxes under Eisenhower was also around 75% so are you advocating for those policies, policies under Roosevelt and Eisenhower which helped elevate the middle class?

 

Educate yourself and read about the Southern Strategy.

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Roman said:

this is the one question I'm asking myself right now. every time this person comes in here, people respond....exactly what this person wants. 

LEAVE THIS PERSON ALONE AND MOVE ON. Why is that so difficult?! this person is a damn troll. adds NOTHING at all. 

My fault. I take the blame. But it is evidence of ignorance and that they could care less about what the GOP stands for today. White men and corporations. How sad that they have done nothing in terms of public policy since Eisenhower but hey if Eisenhower is the prototype, can we get the 75% tax rate on businesses again?

Edited June 26, 20178 yr by JaneAusten
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The snippet I posted this morning was just a piece of the Trump administration's "policy" in Africa, which is unsettling officials in the Pentagon and African leaders alike.

 

It is clear that Trump wants a militaristic policy in Africa that diminishes humanitarian and developmental aid, which, even the generals fear will hurt American interests long term.  

African leaders fear that this emphasis on military-heavy policies over developmental will lead of higher unemployment and a ripe opportunities for militant groups to recruit jobless young men (and women).

 

White House Pushes Military Might Over Humanitarian Aid in Africa

Edited June 26, 20178 yr by DramatistDreamer