Dean wants to be the candidate for those flying the Confederate Flag

[Ned]

MtG, the Republican Party voted heavily in favor of the Civil Rights legislation. Their votes were need for passage even though they were the minority party.

As to the rest of your filth, of course there are complete idiots in the Republican Party. Being a religious extremist does not translate into bigotry given that these same extremists once were responsible for abolition and the 13th and 14th amendments.

As to the crash of '29, crash from what? A boom? Don't the people responsible for the boom get some credit for it?

Clearly Roosevelt brought necessary reforms. I and many other Republicans give credit where credits is due. That makes us different from the Democrats of this forum.

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Funny how the Democrats have a collective memory block of their party before FDR.

And yes Lincoln and the Abolutions were Racists by todays standard. During that time it was commonly held belief, just like the moon was made of cheese. As times change people mature. Well, except for the Democrats........


I am somewhat confused, on the one hand MTG seems to be pro-Democrat, yet MTG also seems to have military experience.

Those are a VERY rare combination of traits.

[Theben]

Originally posted by Ned
The Democrats strut and puff that they are the party of equal rights. But it was the Republican Party that passed the civil rights legislation in the 50's and 60's. It was Eisenhower who sent in the troops to support Brown v. Board of education.

Yes, and I realize how often the name Eisenhower comes up when the repugs mention their favorite presidents.

The slanders and smears of the Democrats are shamless.

Without sham? So you're saying they're honest?

It is amazing than any minority supports that party since it is the Republican Party that truly is the party of equal opportunity.

Yeah, the equal opportunity to be dirt poor!

[Dis]

you're not poor if you're smart and work hard.

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Originally posted by Dissident
you're not poor if you're smart and work hard.

Wow, Diss is a Republican.

[Theben]

Originally posted by Dissident
you're not poor if you're smart and work hard.

I thought you weren't poor if you had lots of money.

[Dis]

that too.

and I'm not a republican. I'm an economic conservative. I believe in capitalism

[Theben]

And embarrassed by it?

If one is truly smart they don't have to work hard.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by OzzyKP


If you are talking about Liberia, I believe Frederick Douglas was a huge proponent of that. Himself a black ex-slave, abolitionist.

I'm talking about the creation of a Central American colony (advocated by Lincoln, but without specifics - Stanton advocated both the location (Granada, modern-day Nicaragua) and the method of acquisition (invasion)) for the purposes of wholesale removal of slaves, as it was recognized both that Liberia had limited resources and that many slaves were generations removed from Africa and would in theory be more able to function in a "familiar" semi-tropical agrarian situation.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by GhengisFarb

I am somewhat confused, on the one hand MTG seems to be pro-Democrat, yet MTG also seems to have military experience.

Those are a VERY rare combination of traits.

Ask Wesley Clark.

I'm an economic semi-rightwinger, socially a mix of "that government governs best which stays out of my effective range" and centrist, and "pro-military but believe in a little intellienge in how, when and why they're employed" southern Democrat. My position vis-a-vis the "mainstream" (i.e. vocally whiny welfare state liberal) Democratic party is that I'm on an OP a bit outside the far right flank of the party.

I'm an anti-Federal government, anti-religious conservatives in government, pro "gun contol is hitting the target", "pro DP if you fry the worthy and don't screw up and get the wrong guy" Democrat.

When Reagan lied about getting rid of the Departments of Commerce, Energy and Education, I was all for it, except for the part that it was a lie. When George II talks about the Feds imposing standards in education, I ask myself "OK, Georgie, who are you really pandering to, because you and I both know that education is none of the feds' damn business, and if "you people" (recall Gen'l Lee) would **** off with your unfunded mandates, I'm sure the states could manage their education funding (and most everything else) just fine.

I loathe most of the liberal whiny pukes in the Democratic party, and I think Barbara Boxer is our collective gift to the RNC, which is why they never try real hard to defeat her. But I loathe the RNC leadership, Bush, Ashcroft, Cheney, Wolfie, DeLay and the religious right social conservatives even more.

[The Mad Monk]

Don't pull any punches, Mike -- tell us how you really feel.

[SlowwHand]

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

My, my MTG.

That's a lot of loathing.

But then again, being both Military and Democrat probably generates some sort of unnatural chemical reaction to fuel it.

Oh, and Wes Clark only turned Democrat a few months ago.

[SlowwHand]

Bottom-line, Michael thinks everyone sucks, except for him.

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Bottom-line, Michael thinks everyone sucks, except for him.

And once again probably a by product of the unnatural chemical reaction.