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posted at 10:40 pm on November 6, 2008 by Allahpundit
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“Less than fifty years ago, African-Americans were barred from public universities, restaurants, and even drinking fountains in many parts of the country. On Tuesday we came together and transcended that shameful legacy, electing an African-American to the country’s top job — which, in fact, appears to be his first actual job. Certainly, it doesn’t mean that racism has disappeared in America, but it is an undeniable mark of progress that a majority of voters no longer consider skin color nor a dangerously gullible naivete as a barrier to the presidency.”
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Well, after about a year, the dolts who voted for Obama will be seeing the realities of socialism.
csdeven on November 6, 2008 at 10:42 PM
2010 and 2012 elections — Change we can believe in
jonkk on November 6, 2008 at 10:43 PM
The media won’t allow that.
OneGyT on November 6, 2008 at 10:44 PM
True dat
kingsjester on November 6, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Jim Crow laws, those would be the segregation laws put in place by none other than the Democrat party. The KKK was the Democrats ‘enforcer terror wing’.
Reject Obamunism
tarpon on November 6, 2008 at 10:45 PM
We’ll know that we have really moved past racism in this country when the media is actually able to criticize him for doing a crappy job as president (not that I’m prejudging!)
Dudley Smith on November 6, 2008 at 10:45 PM
Change!!!! I love me some changes!!!!
Palinpuma on November 6, 2008 at 10:45 PM
And what a great nation it will be when the color of skin does not influence one’s vote.
sheesh on November 6, 2008 at 10:47 PM
This is progress?
kingsjester on November 6, 2008 at 10:47 PM
The University of Texas at Austin removed a football player from the team because he posted something unbecoming about Obama on his own MyFace webpage. He removed the insult, and left a written apology for his lack of good taste. But the coach kicked him off the team all together.
I don’t know what exactly was written. But short of a death threat, it would not rate being kicked off the team when bashing Bush never amounted to diddlysquat and was a regular part of campus dialogue. Also, players dealing drugs get a pass to play again after a private reprimand.
maverick muse on November 6, 2008 at 10:47 PM
crr6 on November 6, 2008 at 10:48 PM
If JFK were alive today,
Obama would never have been nominated.
If Martin Luther King were alive today,
Obama would call him Uncle Tom.
maverick muse on November 6, 2008 at 10:50 PM
I think any Democrat would have won. Things happen in cycles. When was the last time a party ruled longer than 8 years?
Marcus on November 6, 2008 at 10:51 PM
FIFY.
Enoxo on November 6, 2008 at 10:52 PM
Matthews will see to that!
Weight of Glory on November 6, 2008 at 10:52 PM
Do not underestimate Obama. And don’t underestimate the damage he can cause to this country.
dugan on November 6, 2008 at 10:53 PM
ASTONISHING HISTORY OF DEMOCRAT RACISM
Democrats have ALWAYS been the Party of Slavery and Racism
United States History of Racism Against Blacks
The Republican Party was formed in 1854 specifically to oppose the Democrats, and for more than 150 years, they have done everything they could to block the Democrat agenda. In their abuses of power, they have even used threats and military violence to thwart the Democrat Party’s attempts to make this a progressive country. As you read the following Republican atrocities that span three centuries, imagine if you will, what a far different nation the United States would be had not the Republicans been around to block the Democrats’ efforts.
March 20, 1854 Opponents of Democrats’ pro-slavery policies meet in Ripon, Wisconsin to establish the Republican Party
May 30, 1854 Democrat President Franklin Pierce signs Democrats’ Kansas-Nebraska Act, expanding slavery into U.S. territories; opponents unite to form the Republican Party
June 16, 1854 Newspaper editor Horace Greeley calls on opponents of slavery to unite in the Republican Party
July 6, 1854 First state Republican Party officially organized in Jackson, Michigan, to oppose Democrats’ pro-slavery policies
February 11, 1856 Republican Montgomery Blair argues before U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of his client, the slave Dred Scott; later served in President Lincoln’s Cabinet
February 22, 1856 First national meeting of the Republican Party, in Pittsburgh, to coordinate opposition to Democrats’ pro-slavery policies
March 27, 1856 First meeting of Republican National Committee in Washington, DC to oppose Democrats’ pro-slavery policies
May 22, 1856 For denouncing Democrats’ pro-slavery policy, Republican U.S. Senator Charles Sumner (R-MA) is beaten nearly to death on floor of Senate by U.S. Rep. Preston Brooks (D-SC), takes three years to recover
March 6, 1857 Republican Supreme Court Justice John McLean issues strenuous dissent from decision by 7 Democrats in infamous Dred Scott case that African-Americans had no rights “which any white man was bound to respect”
June 26, 1857 Abraham Lincoln declares Republican position that slavery is “cruelly wrong,” while Democrats “cultivate and excite hatred” for blacks
October 13, 1858 During Lincoln-Douglas debates, U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas (D-IL) states: “I do not regard the Negro as my equal, and positively deny that he is my brother, or any kin to me whatever”; Douglas became Democratic Party’s 1860 presidential nominee
October 25, 1858 U.S. Senator William Seward (R-NY) describes Democratic Party as “inextricably committed to the designs of the slaveholders”; as President Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of State, helped draft Emancipation Proclamation
June 4, 1860 Republican U.S. Senator Charles Sumner (R-MA) delivers his classic address, The Barbarism of Slavery
April 7, 1862 President Lincoln concludes treaty with Britain for suppression of slave trade
April 16, 1862 President Lincoln signs bill abolishing slavery in District of Columbia; in Congress, 99% of Republicans vote yes, 83% of Democrats vote no
July 2, 1862 U.S. Rep. Justin Morrill (R-VT) wins passage of Land Grant Act, establishing colleges open to African-Americans, including such students as George Washington Carver
July 17, 1862 Over unanimous Democrat opposition, Republican Congress passes Confiscation Act stating that slaves of the Confederacy “shall be forever free”
August 19, 1862 Republican newspaper editor Horace Greeley writes Prayer of Twenty Millions, calling on President Lincoln to declare emancipation
August 25, 1862 President Abraham Lincoln authorizes enlistment of African-American soldiers in U.S. Army
September 22, 1862 Republican President Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
January 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, implementing the Republicans’ Confiscation Act of 1862, takes effect
February 9, 1864 Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton deliver over 100,000 signatures to U.S. Senate supporting Republicans’ plans for constitutional amendment to ban slavery
June 15, 1864 Republican Congress votes equal pay for African-American troops serving in U.S. Army during Civil War
June 28, 1864 Republican majority in Congress repeals Fugitive Slave Acts
October 29, 1864 African-American abolitionist Sojourner Truth says of President Lincoln: “I never was treated by anyone with more kindness and cordiality than were shown to me by that great and good man”
January 31, 1865 13th Amendment banning slavery passed by U.S. House with unanimous Republican support, intense Democrat opposition
March 3, 1865 Republican Congress establishes Freedmen’s Bureau to provide health care, education, and technical assistance to emancipated slaves
April 8, 1865 13th Amendment banning slavery passed by U.S. Senate with 100% Republican support, 63% Democrat opposition
June 19, 1865 On “Juneteenth,” U.S. troops land in Galveston, TX to enforce ban on slavery that had been declared more than two years before by the Emancipation Proclamation
November 22, 1865 Republicans denounce Democrat legislature of Mississippi for enacting “black codes,” which institutionalized racial discrimination
December 6, 1865 Republican Party’s 13th Amendment, banning slavery, is ratified
February 5, 1866 U.S. Rep. Thaddeus Stevens (R-PA) introduces legislation, successfully opposed by Democrat President Andrew Johnson, to implement “40 acres and a mule” relief by distributing land to former slaves
April 9, 1866 Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Johnson’s veto; Civil Rights Act of 1866, conferring rights of citizenship on African-Americans, becomes law
April 19, 1866 Thousands assemble in Washington, DC to celebrate Republican Party’s abolition of slavery
May 10, 1866 U.S. House passes Republicans’ 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the laws to all citizens; 100% of Democrats vote no
June 8, 1866 U.S. Senate passes Republicans’ 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the law to all citizens; 94% of Republicans vote yes and 100% of Democrats vote no
July 16, 1866 Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Andrew Johnson’s veto of Freedman’s Bureau Act, which protected former slaves from “black codes” denying their rights
July 28, 1866 Republican Congress authorizes formation of the Buffalo Soldiers, two regiments of African-American cavalrymen
July 30, 1866 Democrat-controlled City of New Orleans orders police to storm racially-integrated Republican meeting; raid kills 40 and wounds more than 150
January 8, 1867 Republicans override Democrat President Andrew Johnson’s veto of law granting voting rights to African-Americans in D.C.
July 19, 1867 Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Andrew Johnson’s veto of legislation protecting voting rights of African-Americans
March 30, 1868 Republicans begin impeachment trial of Democrat President Andrew Johnson, who declared: “This is a country for white men, and by God, as long as I am President, it shall be a government of white men”
May 20, 1868 Republican National Convention marks debut of African-American politicians on national stage; two – Pinckney Pinchback and James Harris – attend as delegates, and several serve as presidential electors
September 3, 1868 25 African-Americans in Georgia legislature, all Republicans, expelled by Democrat majority; later reinstated by Republican Congress
September 12, 1868 Civil rights activist Tunis Campbell and all other African-Americans in Georgia Senate, every one a Republican, expelled by Democrat majority; would later be reinstated by Republican Congress
September 28, 1868 Democrats in Opelousas, Louisiana murder nearly 300 African-Americans who tried to prevent an assault against a Republican newspaper editor
October 7, 1868 Republicans denounce Democratic Party’s national campaign theme: “This is a white man’s country: Let white men rule”
October 22, 1868 While campaigning for re-election, Republican U.S. Rep. James Hinds (R-AR) is assassinated by Democrat terrorists who organized as the Ku Klux Klan
November 3, 1868 Republican Ulysses Grant defeats Democrat Horatio Seymour in presidential election; Seymour had denounced Emancipation Proclamation
December 10, 1869 Republican Gov. John Campbell of Wyoming Territory signs FIRST-in-nation law granting women right to vote and to hold public office
February 3, 1870 After passing House with 98% Republican support and 97% Democrat opposition, Republicans’ 15th Amendment is ratified, granting vote to all Americans regardless of race
May 19, 1870 African-American John Langston, law professor and future Republican Congressman from Virginia, delivers influential speech supporting President Ulysses Grant’s civil rights policies
May 31, 1870 President U.S. Grant signs Republicans’ Enforcement Act, providing stiff penalties for depriving any American’s civil rights
June 22, 1870 Republican Congress creates U.S. Department of Justice, to safeguard the civil rights of African-Americans against Democrats in the South
September 6, 1870 Women vote in Wyoming, in FIRST election after women’s suffrage signed into law by Republican Gov. John Campbell
February 28, 1871 Republican Congress passes Enforcement Act providing federal protection for African-American voters
March 22, 1871 Spartansburg Republican newspaper denounces Ku Klux Klan campaign to eradicate the Republican Party in South Carolina
April 20, 1871 Republican Congress enacts the Ku Klux Klan Act, outlawing Democratic Party-affiliated terrorist groups which oppressed African-Americans
October 10, 1871 Following warnings by Philadelphia Democrats against black voting, African-American Republican civil rights activist Octavius Catto murdered by Democratic Party operative; his military funeral was attended by thousands
October 18, 1871 After violence against Republicans in South Carolina, President Ulysses Grant deploys U.S. troops to combat Democrat terrorists who formed the Ku Klux Klan
November 18, 1872 Susan B. Anthony arrested for voting, after boasting to Elizabeth Cady Stanton that she voted for “the Republican ticket, straight”
January 17, 1874 Armed Democrats seize Texas state government, ending Republican efforts to racially integrate government
September 14, 1874 Democrat white supremacists seize Louisiana statehouse in attempt to overthrow racially-integrated administration of Republican Governor William Kellogg; 27 killed
March 1, 1875 Civil Rights Act of 1875, guaranteeing access to public accommodations without regard to race, signed by Republican President U.S. Grant; passed with 92% Republican support over 100% Democrat opposition
September 20, 1876 Former state Attorney General Robert Ingersoll (R-IL) tells veterans: “Every man that loved slavery better than liberty was a Democrat… I am a Republican because it is the only free party that ever existed”
January 10, 1878 U.S. Senator Aaron Sargent (R-CA) introduces Susan B. Anthony amendment for women’s suffrage; Democrat-controlled Senate defeated it 4 times before election of Republican House and Senate guaranteed its approval in 1919
July 14, 1884 Republicans criticize Democratic Party’s nomination of racist U.S. Senator Thomas Hendricks (D-IN) for vice president; he had voted against the 13th Amendment banning slavery
August 30, 1890 Republican President Benjamin Harrison signs legislation by U.S. Senator Justin Morrill (R-VT) making African-Americans eligible for land-grant colleges in the South
June 7, 1892 In a FIRST for a major U.S. political party, two women – Theresa Jenkins and Cora Carleton – attend Republican National Convention in an official capacity, as alternate delegates
February 8, 1894 Democrat Congress and Democrat President Grover Cleveland join to repeal Republicans’ Enforcement Act, which had enabled African-Americans to vote
December 11, 1895 African-American Republican and former U.S. Rep. Thomas Miller (R-SC) denounces new state constitution written to disenfranchise African-Americans
May 18, 1896 Republican Justice John Marshall Harlan, dissenting from Supreme Court’s notorious Plessy v. Ferguson “separate but equal” decision, declares: “Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens”
December 31, 1898 Republican Theodore Roosevelt becomes Governor of New York; in 1900, he outlawed racial segregation in New York public schools
May 24, 1900 Republicans vote no in referendum for constitutional convention in Virginia, designed to create a new state constitution disenfranchising African-Americans
January 15, 1901 Republican Booker T. Washington protests Alabama Democratic Party’s refusal to permit voting by African-Americans
October 16, 1901 President Theodore Roosevelt invites Booker T. Washington to dine at White House, sparking protests by Democrats across the country
May 29, 1902 Virginia Democrats implement new state constitution, condemned by Republicans as illegal, reducing African-American voter registration by 86%
February 12, 1909 On 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, African-American Republicans and women’s suffragists Ida Wells and Mary Terrell co-found the NAACP
June 18, 1912 African-American Robert Church, founder of Lincoln Leagues to register black voters in Tennessee, attends 1912 Republican National Convention as delegate; eventually serves as delegate at 8 conventions
August 1, 1916 Republican presidential candidate Charles Evans Hughes, former New York Governor and U.S. Supreme Court Justice, endorses women’s suffrage constitutional amendment; he would become Secretary of State and Chief Justice
May 21, 1919 Republican House passes constitutional amendment granting women the vote with 85% of Republicans in favor, but only 54% of Democrats; in Senate, 80% of Republicans would vote yes, but almost half of Democrats no
April 18, 1920 Minnesota’s FIRST-in-the-nation anti-lynching law, promoted by African-American Republican Nellie Francis, signed by Republican Gov. Jacob Preus
August 18, 1920 Republican-authored 19th Amendment, giving women the vote, becomes part of Constitution; 26 of the 36 states to ratify had Republican-controlled legislatures
January 26, 1922 House passes bill authored by U.S. Rep. Leonidas Dyer (R-MO) making lynching a federal crime; Senate Democrats block it with filibuster
June 2, 1924 Republican President Calvin Coolidge signs bill passed by Republican Congress granting U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans
October 3, 1924 Republicans denounce three-time Democrat presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan for defending the Ku Klux Klan at 1924 Democratic National Convention
December 8, 1924 Democratic presidential candidate John W. Davis argues in favor of “separate but equal”
June 12, 1929 First Lady Lou Hoover invites wife of U.S. Rep. Oscar De Priest (R-IL), an African-American, to tea at the White House, sparking protests by Democrats across the country
August 17, 1937 Republicans organize opposition to former Ku Klux Klansman and Democrat U.S. Senator Hugo Black, appointed to U.S. Supreme Court by FDR; his Klan background was hidden until after confirmation
June 24, 1940 Republican Party platform calls for integration of the armed forces; for the balance of his terms in office, FDR refuses to order it
October 20, 1942 60 prominent African-Americans issue Durham Manifesto, calling on southern Democrats to abolish their all-white primaries
April 3, 1944 U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Texas Democratic Party’s “whites only” primary election system
August 8, 1945 Republicans condemn Harry Truman’s surprise use of the atomic bomb in Japan. The whining and criticism goes on for years. It begins two days after the Hiroshima bombing, when former Republican President Herbert Hoover writes to a friend that “[t]he use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.”
February 18, 1946 Appointed by Republican President Calvin Coolidge, federal judge Paul McCormick ends segregation of Mexican-American children in California public schools
July 11, 1952 Republican Party platform condemns “duplicity and insincerity” of Democrats in racial matters
September 30, 1953 Earl Warren, California’s three-term Republican Governor and 1948 Republican vice presidential nominee, nominated to be Chief Justice; wrote landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education
December 8, 1953 Eisenhower administration Asst. Attorney General Lee Rankin argues for plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education
May 17, 1954 Chief Justice Earl Warren, three-term Republican Governor (CA) and Republican vice presidential nominee in 1948, wins unanimous support of Supreme Court for school desegregation in Brown v. Board of Education
November 25, 1955 Eisenhower administration bans racial segregation of interstate bus travel
March 12, 1956 Ninety-seven Democrats in Congress condemn Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, and pledge to continue segregation
June 5, 1956 Republican federal judge Frank Johnson rules in favor of Rosa Parks in decision striking down “blacks in the back of the bus” law
October 19, 1956 On campaign trail, Vice President Richard Nixon vows: “American boys and girls shall sit, side by side, at any school – public or private – with no regard paid to the color of their skin. Segregation, discrimination, and prejudice have no place in America”
November 6, 1956 African-American civil rights leaders Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy vote for Republican Dwight Eisenhower for President
September 9, 1957 President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republican Party’s 1957 Civil Rights Act
September 24, 1957 Sparking criticism from Democrats such as Senators John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, President Dwight Eisenhower deploys the 82nd Airborne Division to Little Rock, AR to force Democrat Governor Orval Faubus to integrate public schools
June 23, 1958 President Dwight Eisenhower meets with Martin Luther King and other African-American leaders to discuss plans to advance civil rights
February 4, 1959 President Eisenhower informs Republican leaders of his plan to introduce 1960 Civil Rights Act, despite staunch opposition from many Democrats
May 6, 1960 President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republicans’ Civil Rights Act of 1960, overcoming 125-hour, around-the-clock filibuster by 18 Senate Democrats
July 27, 1960 At Republican National Convention, Vice President and eventual presidential nominee Richard Nixon insists on strong civil rights plank in platform
May 2, 1963 Republicans condemn Democrat sheriff of Birmingham, AL for arresting over 2,000 African-American schoolchildren marching for their civil rights
June 1, 1963 Democrat Governor George Wallace announces defiance of court order issued by Republican federal judge Frank Johnson to integrate University of Alabama
September 29, 1963 Gov. George Wallace (D-AL) defies order by U.S. District Judge Frank Johnson, appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower, to integrate Tuskegee High School
June 9, 1964 Republicans condemn 14-hour filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Act by U.S. Senator and former Ku Klux Klansman Robert Byrd (D-WV), who still serves in the Senate
June 10, 1964 Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) criticizes Democrat filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Act, calls on Democrats to stop opposing racial equality
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was introduced and approved by a staggering majority of Republicans in the Senate. The Act was opposed by most southern Democrat senators, several of whom were proud segregationists—one of them being Al Gore Sr. Democrat President Lyndon B. Johnson relied on Illinois Senator Everett Dirkson, the Republican leader from Illinois, to get the Act passed.
June 20, 1964 The Chicago Defender, renowned African-American newspaper, praises Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) for leading passage of 1964 Civil Rights Act
March 7, 1965 Police under the command of Democrat Governor George Wallace attack African-Americans demonstrating for voting rights in Selma, AL
March 21, 1965 Republican federal judge Frank Johnson authorizes Martin Luther King’s protest march from Selma to Montgomery, overruling Democrat Governor George Wallace
August 4, 1965 Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) overcomes Democrat attempts to block 1965 Voting Rights Act; 94% of Senate Republicans vote for landmark civil right legislation, while 27% of Democrats oppose
August 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965, abolishing literacy tests and other measures devised by Democrats to prevent African-Americans from voting, signed into law; higher percentage of Republicans than Democrats vote in favor
July 8, 1970 In special message to Congress, President Richard Nixon calls for reversal of policy of forced termination of Native American rights and benefits
September 17, 1971 Former Ku Klux Klan member and Democrat U.S. Senator Hugo Black (D-AL) retires from U.S. Supreme Court; appointed by FDR in 1937, he had defended Klansmen for racial murders
February 19, 1976 President Gerald Ford formally rescinds President Franklin Roosevelt’s notorious Executive Order authorizing internment of over 120,000 Japanese-Americans during WWII
September 15, 1981 President Ronald Reagan establishes the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, to increase African-American participation in federal education programs
June 29, 1982 President Ronald Reagan signs 25-year extension of 1965 Voting Rights Act
August 10, 1988 Republican President Ronald Reagan signs Civil Liberties Act of 1988, compensating Japanese-Americans for deprivation of civil rights and property during World War II internment ordered by FDR
November 21, 1991 Republican President George H. W. Bush signs Civil Rights Act of 1991 to strengthen federal civil rights legislation
August 20, 1996 Bill authored by U.S. Rep. Susan Molinari (R-NY) to prohibit racial discrimination in adoptions, part of Republicans’ Contract With America, becomes law
April 26, 1999 Legislation authored by U.S. Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) awarding Congressional Gold Medal to civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks is transmitted to President
January 25, 2001 U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee declares school choice to be “Educational Emancipation”
March 19, 2003 Republican U.S. Representatives of Hispanic and Portuguese descent form Congressional Hispanic Conference
May 23, 2003 U.S. Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) introduces bill to establish National Museum of African American History and Culture
February 26, 2004 Hispanic Republican U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla (R-TX) condemns racist comments by U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL); she had called Asst. Secretary of State Roger Noriega and several Hispanic Congressmen “a bunch of white men…you all look alike to me”
I should also point out that The Klu Klux Klan was created by the democrats for the express reason of terrorizing blacks and republicans in the south to prevent them from voting, and that every known Klansman that were members of congress have been democrats.
FreeThinkerNYC on November 6, 2008 at 10:53 PM
I admit, that as much as I loathe Obama, the sense of the history and accomplishment is not lost to me. The day after the election, while having lunch at a South Dallas restaurant, there were two separate tables where black people were eating. At one of the tables a woman wore an Obama T-shirt. At another, one woman wore an Obama T-shirt while another wore an Obama campaign button. The looks on their faces really moved me. It was a feeling of the score being settled and not feeling any perceived tension that is usually present when interaction between disparate races occurs. It was cute, for the lack of a better word.
But later I was thinking just where were this people when Clarence Thomas was selected and approved to the Supreme Court? Where were they when Condi Rice become Secretary of State? It dawned on me that partisanship will always trump race, and sex.
carbon_footprint on November 6, 2008 at 10:53 PM
Let’s just really hope it is not too late to come back from it.
Grafted on November 6, 2008 at 10:54 PM
Racism as a institution and a business is over. We all are indeed now equal. No more excuses. Find another line of work Jesse and Rev. Al. The arguement about America is unfair no longer fly’s. No more having to listen to Spike Lee say “massah” and “we ain’t on the plantation anymore”, an obvious point, we ain’t been on the plantation for over 100 years. Whoopi doesn’t have to worry about “becoming a slave again”, even though she was never a slave in the first place, at least in the United States.
No more playing on white guilt about slavery or the civil rights movement, which Democrats blocked for several decades. Yes Dr. King, we have arrived. We all are indeed equal. Now let’s level the playing field by ditching affirmative action, hate crimes, and life long welfare recieptiants.
Hog Wild on November 6, 2008 at 10:54 PM
crr6 is in denial.
DEMOCRAT KKK SEGREGATED JIM CROW BIRCH thrived stronger in the Midwest than the South. But as ever, the media focused its magnifying glass on the South for easy pickings. And like the North, the South was and is imperfect.
maverick muse on November 6, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Awesome list.
carbon_footprint on November 6, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Really? You post on HotAir and you don’t remember Reagan, Reagan, then Bush Sr.?
FLcapitalistthug on November 6, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Longest comment ever.
sammypants on November 6, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Yeah, she’s acting like she’s still speaking truth to power.
Jim Treacher on November 6, 2008 at 10:57 PM
OMG, time for bed.
Marcus on November 6, 2008 at 10:58 PM
I agree, the Democrats were the party of Jim Crow. But why did Southern racists shift their support to the GOP in the 60’s? And why did the list FreethinkerNYC posted thin out considerably after 1965?
crr6 on November 6, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Naw, guys – She’s just in love with those great Democrats like Robert “KKK” Byrd.
kingsjester on November 6, 2008 at 10:59 PM
What kind of university neglects to instruct its students about the consequences of violating the first commandment of Obamaic law in the A.B. (After Bush) era?
Andrew D on November 6, 2008 at 10:59 PM
That was actually mildly funny. Congrats.
crr6 on November 6, 2008 at 11:04 PM
1980 – 1992 – Reagan, Reagan, Bush
HawaiiLwyr on November 6, 2008 at 11:04 PM
I think it just must be my age or where I grew up but who the hell cares who brought about the Jim Crow laws or where they were enacted. They are no more. They will never be again. They will never be again because all Americans, no matter which party they prefer, are for equality.
sammypants on November 6, 2008 at 11:05 PM
We know.
Jim Treacher on November 6, 2008 at 11:05 PM
Once this fool wrecks our economy, attacks our liberty, eradicates our borders, greatly diminishes our quality of life, weakens and embarrasses our military and exposes us and our allies to terrorists threats, I’ll be hoping that people will finally understand that Dr. King was right when said he dreamed of a time when men are judged on the content of their character and not the color of their skin. On Tuesday, the American electorate judged a man on the color of his skin, despite his striking lack of character.
Of course the real racists tend to be liberals. They don’t believe that all men have innate ability and they believe the good of the “collective” trumps the rights of individuals. If that is the basis of one’s political philosophy of course you’re going to use superficial things like race to define groups of people.
Sign of the Dollar on November 6, 2008 at 11:07 PM
I’ve said this from the begining. Everybody loves the idea of an Obama but he doesn’t live up to the expectations.
America was over only voting for white people for President some time ago. The problem is that these things take time because a legitimate non-white non-male candidate has to pay his/her dues before being taken seriously. We are close to that point but really not yet. Obama has jumped some of those hurdles and I think it will come back to haunt him. He’s not white but he is also utterly unqualified for the job he just got. IMO his administration will go down in flames because it is more focused on the “historic” idea of the first multi-racial president than on the policy.
highhopes on November 6, 2008 at 11:08 PM
Good comment. Runs against the Narrative, but facts are nice to see:)
Is the media going to interrupt the distribution of pink slips or keep people from looking at their 401ks?
Spirit of 1776 on November 6, 2008 at 11:09 PM
For America,
Barack Obama is a divider
not a
uniter!
And now that the Lefty MSM and the DNC have Hopey
as President,Pelosi and Emmaneul will soon tell
Changey who really is in charge!
And when Obama finds that out,sh#t will hit the
fan in the White House!
And wait till all the idiots wake up and find
out everything will be the same,and that Hopey
has drove America into the ground!
Imagine,2 words put an unfit person in the White
House!
HOPE CHANGE.
canopfor on November 6, 2008 at 11:09 PM
I know. I know. I hereby sentence myself to detention for a week at the EIB Institute.
Marcus on November 6, 2008 at 11:09 PM
I am blown away! Our PR sucks!
HawaiiLwyr on November 6, 2008 at 11:15 PM
After this week: Can’t think of a better place to be. I’ll bring the champagne…
HawaiiLwyr on November 6, 2008 at 11:16 PM
Sidewinder.
Diamondback.
Timber.
Does it matter?
Limerick on November 6, 2008 at 11:16 PM
FLcapitalistthug on November 6, 2008 at 11:17 PM
Great post! Is Sign Of The Dollar a reference to Atlas Shrugged?
FLcapitalistthug on November 6, 2008 at 11:18 PM
Iowahawk is brilliant. In this piece, he reminds me a little bit of Mark Steyn.
Great stuff.
capitalist piglet on November 6, 2008 at 11:20 PM
George Wallace ran in the Demoractic primaries in 1972 and came third with 23.48% of the popular vote.
aengus on November 6, 2008 at 11:21 PM
Oh, if only that were true.
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/11/06/new-national-anthem-my-president-is-black/
The race-baiting business is not over.
Far, far from it.
It will only intensify, and be focused like a laser on what remains of the Republican Party in power.
Every time the Republicans oppose what Obama wants, it will be because they are racist.
I’d love to be wrong. I really would.
I’m pretty sure I’m not.
What a cruel fate for the party that has done more for African Americans throughout its existence than it is ever given credit for.
Hawkins1701 on November 6, 2008 at 11:23 PM
I watched the latest Prime Minister’s Questions (featuring our jolly mates from across the pond) from yesterday, and both Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Leader of the Opposition (Conservative!) David Cameron were drooling over Obama’s win. The world is all swept up in the symbolism of electing a black man; we are not moving forwards. Cameron was a bit more subdued in his salivation, he mainly stuck to the trumping segregation idea, but was also quite laudatory. Brown rightly smacked him down by opining that the American people had voted in tax credits, more governmental control, etc.; he even went so far as to say Conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic were out of ideas. We’ve gotta act fast and stand tall. Our principles will endure.
FLcapitalistthug on November 6, 2008 at 11:24 PM
I can’t stand this constant narrative about how Obama’s election is an historic moment because he’s “breaking the color barrier”. Using that sort of language and all the Civil Rights imagery is really going to backfire because Obama is quite likely going to be the worst president in generations – and one whose policies will actually harm most Americans, to varying degrees.
So many people on the Left love to hate George W. Bush, but have you ever tried asking them what Bush has every done that has caused real harm to their lives? They never have an answer to that because under George Bush’s rule, we’ve recovered remarkably well from a horrifying terrorist attack on our soil (which has not been replicated, thanks in large part to Bush’s policies), we’ve had tax cuts and a booming economy for most of his time in office, and anything worth complaining about has been pretty superficial. The issue that causes the most anger in his detractors is the Iraq War and the idea that we were purposely led into it under false pretenses. But even so, everyone who has fought in that war enlisted during a time of war and global instability.
Obama’s policies will almost definitely directly lead to people losing a lot of their wealth. We’re likely in for high unemployment rates, booming gas prices, high prices for consumer goods and high energy prices. And if that’s not bad enough, there’s the looming possibility of a disarmed, underfunded military having to fight foreign wars (and even a national draft), and a weak leader inviting terrorist strikes against US interests.
If we’re going to make this election all about how a “racial barrier” was broken, we chose the wrong man for the job. Having skin color – and not the facts of his policies and decision making – on so many people’s minds during his presidency is going to lead to disunity when he fails. When Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, he was the right man for the job because he was a good enough player to handle it. I imagine things would have gone differently if he were Mario Mendoza.
Sign of the Dollar on November 6, 2008 at 11:27 PM
To you mildly funny.
To the rest of us – very funny.
By the way, why are you going to subject yourself to a future of insult and umbrage to your Messiah here at Hot Air? Unless he pulls out a miracle and actually rises to the occasion of being POTUS, the daily comments here might raise your blood a bit.
But relax, we all intend to give him the same amount of respect that your side did to GWB.
carbon_footprint on November 6, 2008 at 11:30 PM
It was trime for an unqualified Empty Suit of the right color to be given the ultimate in Reparations so that unhistorically minded could cry and think something other than the weakening of their country -to the joy of all on the globe who despise American strength- had happened.
If only Obama had some character.
Instead of mere tone.
profitsbeard on November 6, 2008 at 11:30 PM
I keep telling all the stupid lefties that in 2.5 years they will deny their vote. I do not waste time trying to explain why. I expect that unexplained statement will stick in their craw and in about 1.5 years they may start to figure it out. Too late for them then.
allrsn on November 6, 2008 at 11:30 PM
+ 1
Hawkins1701 on November 6, 2008 at 11:30 PM
In addition to the Reagan/Bush 12 years, you also forgot:
FDR, FDR, FDR, FDR/Truman, Truman — that was not a good streak for the Republicans or the country.
AZfederalist on November 6, 2008 at 11:31 PM
It Begins
The Obama Administration will call on Americans to serve in order to meet the nation’s challenges. ………..
Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by developing a plan to require 50 hours of community service in middle school and high school and 100 hours of community service in college every year. Obama will encourage retiring Americans to serve by improving programs available for individuals over age 55, while at the same time promoting youth programs such as Youth Build and Head Start.
With the appropriate veneration of Dear Leader and re-eduction guidelines
Beto Ochoa on November 6, 2008 at 11:32 PM
Thank you and yes…. Unfortunately, Rand’s looking like a seer these days.
Sign of the Dollar on November 6, 2008 at 11:33 PM
Obama mania alert.
Photo included.
Buy Danish on November 6, 2008 at 11:33 PM
It only stings if you let it sting.
Limerick on November 6, 2008 at 11:33 PM
Funny – a conservative friend of mine has two very lovely teen daughters. They sometimes come home from school with liberal ideas that they’re definitely not picking up from their dad.
One evening, after the second debate, one of them said, “Did you HEAR what John McCain said about Obama??? It was totally RACIST!”
As the conversation unfolded, it was clear she was talking about McCain’s reference to Obama as “that one”. I asked her why she thought that was “racist”, and she couldn’t really articulate why, she just knew that it was, and everyone she knew was talking about John McCain’s “racist” remark.
(I still have not figured that one out, except that the media started that meme and it just took on a life of its own.)
It dawned on me tonight that these two girls will most likely be obligated to serve in Obama’s civilian programs; I was reading about Rahm Emmanuel’s book (”The Plan: Big Ideas for America”), where he supposedly talks about a period of mandatory civil service for people between something like the ages of 18 and 25.
Their teachers and peers fed them full of distortions about John McCain, but I’ll bet they never mentioned that.
capitalist piglet on November 6, 2008 at 11:35 PM
So this old fart will hold a youth camp on weapon zeroing for enlightenment.
Limerick on November 6, 2008 at 11:36 PM
God will not be mocked. There are too many people who are taking this worship too far.
capitalist piglet on November 6, 2008 at 11:37 PM
Republicans suck at PR.
carbon_footprint on November 6, 2008 at 11:37 PM
Sigh. Where is Henry Rearden when you need him? I swear I had many moments during this campaign when I thought I was Dagny while hearing Obama speak.
Like during his acceptance speech, when he said Americans need to serve and they need to sacrifice…if that’s not straight out of the Kremlin, I don’t know what is.
FLcapitalistthug on November 6, 2008 at 11:38 PM
I just looked at the photo. It’s possible I’m missing something, but it doesn’t look like they’re calling Obama “God”, really…is it me?
capitalist piglet on November 6, 2008 at 11:40 PM
Come Ninevah, Come Tyre – Allen Drury
Vintage….but worth every word on every page.
Limerick on November 6, 2008 at 11:40 PM
Actual racism is deplorable. But we are dealing with a different animal: politicized accusations of racism. See, this is not really about facing real problems or coming up with ways to heal, it’s about power and control. Until we find a way to wrest that weapon out of our enemies hands, we’ll be beaten to a pulp with it. And not just us. Our kids and our grandkids too.
RushBaby on November 6, 2008 at 11:40 PM
This reminds me so much of the Titanic, “God himself could not sink this ship.”
Seriously, I know we all joke and whatnot, but that the real crazy is rolling out this quickly makes me terrified of what America will be like in four years.
haikusrock on November 6, 2008 at 11:41 PM
If I were African American I would be so profoundly embarrassed that THIS unaccomplished man is the best we could offer up for the Presidency. I would be embarrassed that he and his Black Panther, Angry, Nasty, Bitchy wife are going to represent this country.
And this from the same crowd that had the nerve to accuse George W. Bush of being stupid. Bush had held real jobs and flew real planes and made real money.
Obama has not so mush a completed knitting a blanket before becoming President of The United States.
Elizabetty on November 6, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Ayers 21:3 “The ONE heard the voice of Amerika and delivered up the McCanaanites; then they utterly destroyed them and their cities. Thus the name of the place was called Obamah.”
aengus on November 6, 2008 at 11:43 PM
And this is the bonus in being a Christian. We look forward to the rapture and if this is, indeed, the end times, our eternity is just beginning.
carbon_footprint on November 6, 2008 at 11:44 PM
Yeah, but remember Clinton’s roll out of National Health Care. The American people knocked it out of the sky with nothing more then a rock and a slingshot.
Limerick on November 6, 2008 at 11:44 PM
MLK shouldn’t be proud. We’ve elected a man to the Presidency for the color of his skin, not for the content of his character.
i b squidly on November 6, 2008 at 11:46 PM
BTW, kudos to iowahawk. Snicker-snack!
RushBaby on November 6, 2008 at 11:46 PM
C’mon people…C”MON
You are talking 50 years ago, Obama was not even born yet ..
Surely those things that happened 50 years ago dont matter.. Just ask an Obama supporter They agree with Obama that things that happened 40 years ago when Obama was 8 don’t matter, So gee 50 years ago well .. OOPs wait talking about racism 50 years ago helps Obama, so i guess it does matter LOL … the let is unhnged ..
dugbru on November 6, 2008 at 11:46 PM
“It dawned on me tonight that these two girls will most likely be obligated to serve in Obama’s civilian programs”
do u really think they are going to try to propose MANDATORY programs?
/and IF they do, do u think they will actually become law?
Buckaroo on November 6, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Not exactly, but it’s pretty darn close.
Buy Danish on November 6, 2008 at 11:46 PM
If I were African American I would be so profoundly embarrassed that THIS man is the best we could offer up for the Presidency. I would be embarrassed that he and his Black Panther, Angry, Nasty, beyotchey wife are going to represent this country.
And this from the same crowd that had the nerve to accuse George W. Bush of being stupid. Bush had held real jobs and flew real planes and made real money.
Obama has not so mush a completed knitting a blanket before becoming President of The United States.
Elizabetty on November 6, 2008 at 11:48 PM
When the checks do not come, I don’t think there is a thing that the press can say that will make people pissed off. The people expect their homes and gas to be paid when they go to the mailbox expecting a check and it never comes things might get ulgy for the dems.
Wait til people find out that Obama is bringing back the draft. They were scared that Bush was going to do it, wonder what they will think when Obama does it. Oh little do the people know they will have to suffer he already stated so in his address on Tues. There was no applause to that statement. I don’t think the press can shield him when the checks do not come.
Brat4life on November 6, 2008 at 11:48 PM
heh — for the person who quoted Dr. King above, here is how iowahawk ended the piece — “Dr. King said “I have a dream that one day my children will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Let us now take pride that Tuesday we Americans proved that neither thing matters anymore.”
Buckaroo on November 6, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Oh, as a Christian, I believe the end is coming sooner rather than later.
I know every generation says that, but if you look at the progression over the last even 10 years, it’s astounding. And compelling.
The whole “President of the World” meme that is floating around today makes an even more compelling case for Christians that believe we are coming up on the end times. Who knows if it will be in my lifetime, because time is relative to God’s plan, but yeah, I really believe that God has finally, after all these years, removed his protective hand from America.
haikusrock on November 6, 2008 at 11:49 PM
I’m right with you there. Wouldn’t it have been nice if someone hacked into the broadcasts of Obama’s acceptance speech on Tuesday night and fed them Galt’s speech?
But if there are enough fools willing to buy into, or at least look past Obama’s Marxist proposals and clearly stated desire to bankrupt industries, I don’t think the most logical and rationally-stated words could have swayed them. They’ll have to suffer the results of his policies before they’ll learn to reject collectivism.
Sign of the Dollar on November 6, 2008 at 11:49 PM
Boston Democrats openly attack Blacks in race riots in 1974. That would be Boston, Athens of America, where in 1974 one was more likely to encounter a unicorn than a Southerner or a Republican. Whatever. Keep refining your formula and maybe you’ll get it right.
shazbat on November 6, 2008 at 11:51 PM
When the Party finished removing impediment to full citizenship for the black man and woman, it got out of their way (as it should have). Unfortunately, the Democrat Party slipped into that gap, fashioning itself as the supplier of a black America’s needs–like a slave master.
Now the master will be black.
baldilocks on November 6, 2008 at 11:51 PM
Horrible editing, but you get the idea.
baldilocks on November 6, 2008 at 11:52 PM
“haikusrock on November 6, 2008 at 11:49 PM”
can we PLEASE stop ascribing supernatural powers to an empty suit one term senator?! yer embarrassing most people of faith …
Buckaroo on November 6, 2008 at 11:52 PM
Iowahawk rules!
UltimateBob on November 6, 2008 at 11:52 PM
Um, it sounds rather mandatory to me:
(From Obama’s president elect website)
The Obama Administration will call on Americans to serve in order to meet the nation’s challenges. President-Elect Obama will expand national service programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will create a new Classroom Corps to help teachers in underserved schools, as well as a new Health Corps, Clean Energy Corps, and Veterans Corps. Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by developing a plan to require 50 hours of community service in middle school and high school and 100 hours of community service in college every year. Obama will encourage retiring Americans to serve by improving programs available for individuals over age 55, while at the same time promoting youth programs such as Youth Build and Head Start.
Emphasis mine.
haikusrock on November 6, 2008 at 11:52 PM
I don’t know, and I agree that it’s extremely hard to imagine this actually happening – but Obama and his new Chief of Staff have both got this idea…he’d have to get some resistance for it, from somewhere.
I guess my point is that the guy wouldn’t be president-elect without the youth vote, and I’ll bet they’re in for one hell of a shock. Many of them don’t want to do anything but eat Cheetos and play Rock Band.
capitalist piglet on November 6, 2008 at 11:53 PM
That ‘railroad’ of ideas has are great engineer.
Beer, brauts, and the key to the bunker on their way to you.
Limerick on November 6, 2008 at 11:53 PM
You aren’t banking on that are ya? Unless you are, there’s no reason to stop planning for the future.
Sign of the Dollar on November 6, 2008 at 11:53 PM
“Now the master will be black.”
IIIII-RONYYYYY!
Buckaroo on November 6, 2008 at 11:53 PM
has a (Lim strikes again)
Limerick on November 6, 2008 at 11:53 PM
The media can hide progress in Iraq.
They won’t be able to hide businesses going bust, jobs being lost, the stock market reaching bankruptcy, and people’s wallets emptying.
I don’t want it to happen, but it will be the only thing that will snap all the Obamabots out of their HopeNChange trance and realize they need conservatives back in power.
MadisonConservative on November 6, 2008 at 11:54 PM
“capitalist piglet on November 6, 2008 at 11:53 PM”
hillary clinton was going to institute a national single payer health care system on or before 12/31/93 — how’d that work out for her?
Buckaroo on November 6, 2008 at 11:55 PM
Thanks for the list, Free. Anybody interested in this oughta read “Unfounded Loyalty”.
Tony737 on November 6, 2008 at 11:56 PM
I’m a Christian offering an opinion. I’m not hiding in a bunker, or canning tomatoes. Heck, I don’t even own a gun. I’m not quaking in my boots, either. But, as a Christian, I have an opinion. It won’t really change much for me because I can’t worry about what may or may not happen.
I try to enjoy life, and live the best way I can. The thing is, there were a couple of criticisms right off the bat about me saying that this might be the end times, but people come to this site, comment, and don’t hesitate to worry that socialism is upon us. I’m just offering an opinion like anyone else. I don’t get why it’s such a big deal. Half the people hear have predicted that Obama’s presidency will bring an end to America as we know it, but Christians aren’t allowed to wonder how that fits in with Biblical prophecy?
haikusrock on November 6, 2008 at 11:57 PM
hear = here
haikusrock on November 6, 2008 at 11:59 PM
Today I told a coworker that the last time someone with that many Jew hating friends won an election in a democratic nation, 72 million people died in a world war and people with my particular heritage ended up in camps and mass graves with numbers on their arms.
The response was “Well, aren’t you a ray of sunshine?” Mine to that was “No, I’m realistic. Welcome to the new world.”
mjk on November 7, 2008 at 12:01 AM
Don’t get me wrong, guys. I’m not saying I know for a fact he’s going to get this done, but the country has lurched left to the point (we’re pretty much completely out of power at the federal level) where his party will have to oppose him if they want to stop it.
That’s if he’s serious about wanting it, and not just blowing smoke – but his selection of Rahm Emmanuel makes it look that much more possible.
I have no idea whether this will become reality or not. Again, my point is – would young people have supported him so strongly had they realized he planned to require them to perform mandatory civil service?
capitalist piglet on November 7, 2008 at 12:01 AM
Galt’s speech would do Obama supporters a world of good. Or maybe it wouldn’t – as you stated – rational thinking has been displaced: a bit by idolatry, a bit by fatuousness.
It’s getting late, the markets should be another wild ride tomorrow; I can’t wait for my clients screaming at me about these markets so confident in Obama. Good night everyone.
FLcapitalistthug on November 7, 2008 at 12:01 AM
Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are
MB4 on November 7, 2008 at 12:04 AM
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