Torrance, watching bits and pieces of the Senate confirmation hearings, I am struck how all the “senior” senators and specifically the Democratic senators are out-of-touch on reality. Questions are gotcha phrased questions or inane inquiries about hypothetical what-ifs. What I have not heard is in-depth serious questions regarding government and policy. Republican Senators placate as the Democrats condemn. As it all relates to your article it is the same BS. No serious honest discussion. I do not believe there has been one Dem that has come forward and succinctly and honestly stated why they opted for open borders…votes? I am hopeful that the cadre of new younger cabinet members can reform our government to what it is suppose to be.
I am 75 years old. as a young boy in upstate NY, in the "summer fruit" growing region, picking fruit paid good money. the pickers were paid according to how many pieces they plucked. I saw the pay checks. A 375 dollar weekly pay check in 1963, 64, was huge money. I worked union construction as a laborer, 2-3 YEARS LATER and I made about half of that amount. It was enough for a grown man to be able to support a wife and children in the middle class. Many of the pickers were black, from the south. local white boys worked those jobs too. the money was good. Food was more affordable then, than it is now. The United States was prosperous. There was money everywhere, and fruit pickers were well paid. Go figure!!
I agree; the Democrats are the longest standing monument to slaveholding, confederacy, and segregation... As well as eugenics. Only problem is that DJT is a Democrat plant! (See momanddadmatters.substack.com for more)
You seem to have left out the fact that many white southernern democrats switched to the republican party in the 1960's for a variety of reasons but mainly because they could not stomach the Kennedy's and the liberal, more inclusive stance that northern Democrats were adopting at the time.
Essentially what has happened over the ensueing decades has been Democrats became Repulicans in the south and across the rest of the nation. Prior to and up to the 60"s the majority of white southernerners who were democrats followed a racist "concervative" ideology. Licoln, a who had his own reasons for wanting to free the enslaved peoples of color was a staunch republican. As the Democatic party became increasingly more liberal southerners rejected and abandoned the democratic party..... Ah, but a rose is a rose, by any other name. Especially when you're talking politics.
If you are attempting to assert that the Repulican party is now somehow the champion of civil rights, inclusion or anything else related to the acknowlegement and acceptance of a diverse populace, you are WRONG! Your entire arguement is nonsence. Yes the republican party was, indeed, the anti-slavery party back in the 1800's and the Democratic party played the role of the villan up until the 1960's when the ideology of the parties was essentially reversed as the Northern segment of the party became more and more liberal in response to the fallout from the Vietnam War and the mil. The same people that perpetuated hate and called themselves Democrats prior to the 1960's are the same ones that fly the rebel flag and wear the moniker of Rebublican today!
PS did I see that you have a PHD or something? if that is the case then I can only conclude or assume that you are intentionally attempting to distort the facts and rewrite history because any third grader could have done the work need to discover what I have said as being the truth.
Governor of Alabama (1963–1967, 1971–1979, 1983–1987).
Strom Thurmond (South Carolina)
Herman Talmadge (Georgia): Herman Talmadge, a prominent political figure in Georgia, served as governor (1948–1955) and later as a U.S. senator (1957–1981). Talmadge was an outspoken advocate of racial segregation. As governor, he strongly opposed desegregation efforts and worked to maintain the system of "separate but equal" in Georgia’s schools and public facilities. After the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education (1954) decision, which declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional, Talmadge resisted its implementation. He championed "massive resistance" strategies to prevent integration.
Russell B. Long (Louisiana): Long was part of the "Southern bloc," a group of Southern senators who worked to delay or block civil rights progress during the mid-20th century. long opposed key civil rights bills, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Which landmark legislation ended segregation in public spaces and banned employment discrimination, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965: Which act aimed to eliminate racial discrimination in voting. Russell B. Long served as a U.S. Senator from Louisiana for nearly four decades, from December 31, 1948, to January 3, 1987.
John Stennis (Mississippi): Stennis opposed landmark civil rights bills, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, both of which sought to end racial segregation and ensure voting rights for African Americans. He defended segregationist practices and was part of the "Southern bloc" of senators who worked to obstruct civil rights advancements. He signed the 1956 "Southern Manifesto," which condemned the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the case that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional—remained a Democrat into the 1980s.
I won't go into state-level politics. Even today, Democrats think blacks are too stupid to get ID.
Torrance, watching bits and pieces of the Senate confirmation hearings, I am struck how all the “senior” senators and specifically the Democratic senators are out-of-touch on reality. Questions are gotcha phrased questions or inane inquiries about hypothetical what-ifs. What I have not heard is in-depth serious questions regarding government and policy. Republican Senators placate as the Democrats condemn. As it all relates to your article it is the same BS. No serious honest discussion. I do not believe there has been one Dem that has come forward and succinctly and honestly stated why they opted for open borders…votes? I am hopeful that the cadre of new younger cabinet members can reform our government to what it is suppose to be.
I am 75 years old. as a young boy in upstate NY, in the "summer fruit" growing region, picking fruit paid good money. the pickers were paid according to how many pieces they plucked. I saw the pay checks. A 375 dollar weekly pay check in 1963, 64, was huge money. I worked union construction as a laborer, 2-3 YEARS LATER and I made about half of that amount. It was enough for a grown man to be able to support a wife and children in the middle class. Many of the pickers were black, from the south. local white boys worked those jobs too. the money was good. Food was more affordable then, than it is now. The United States was prosperous. There was money everywhere, and fruit pickers were well paid. Go figure!!
Spot on!!!!!!
You took my comment!
I agree; the Democrats are the longest standing monument to slaveholding, confederacy, and segregation... As well as eugenics. Only problem is that DJT is a Democrat plant! (See momanddadmatters.substack.com for more)
You seem to have left out the fact that many white southernern democrats switched to the republican party in the 1960's for a variety of reasons but mainly because they could not stomach the Kennedy's and the liberal, more inclusive stance that northern Democrats were adopting at the time.
Essentially what has happened over the ensueing decades has been Democrats became Repulicans in the south and across the rest of the nation. Prior to and up to the 60"s the majority of white southernerners who were democrats followed a racist "concervative" ideology. Licoln, a who had his own reasons for wanting to free the enslaved peoples of color was a staunch republican. As the Democatic party became increasingly more liberal southerners rejected and abandoned the democratic party..... Ah, but a rose is a rose, by any other name. Especially when you're talking politics.
If you are attempting to assert that the Repulican party is now somehow the champion of civil rights, inclusion or anything else related to the acknowlegement and acceptance of a diverse populace, you are WRONG! Your entire arguement is nonsence. Yes the republican party was, indeed, the anti-slavery party back in the 1800's and the Democratic party played the role of the villan up until the 1960's when the ideology of the parties was essentially reversed as the Northern segment of the party became more and more liberal in response to the fallout from the Vietnam War and the mil. The same people that perpetuated hate and called themselves Democrats prior to the 1960's are the same ones that fly the rebel flag and wear the moniker of Rebublican today!
PS did I see that you have a PHD or something? if that is the case then I can only conclude or assume that you are intentionally attempting to distort the facts and rewrite history because any third grader could have done the work need to discover what I have said as being the truth.
No I did not because they did not.
Example:
George Wallace (Alabama)
Governor of Alabama (1963–1967, 1971–1979, 1983–1987).
Strom Thurmond (South Carolina)
Herman Talmadge (Georgia): Herman Talmadge, a prominent political figure in Georgia, served as governor (1948–1955) and later as a U.S. senator (1957–1981). Talmadge was an outspoken advocate of racial segregation. As governor, he strongly opposed desegregation efforts and worked to maintain the system of "separate but equal" in Georgia’s schools and public facilities. After the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education (1954) decision, which declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional, Talmadge resisted its implementation. He championed "massive resistance" strategies to prevent integration.
Russell B. Long (Louisiana): Long was part of the "Southern bloc," a group of Southern senators who worked to delay or block civil rights progress during the mid-20th century. long opposed key civil rights bills, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Which landmark legislation ended segregation in public spaces and banned employment discrimination, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965: Which act aimed to eliminate racial discrimination in voting. Russell B. Long served as a U.S. Senator from Louisiana for nearly four decades, from December 31, 1948, to January 3, 1987.
John Stennis (Mississippi): Stennis opposed landmark civil rights bills, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, both of which sought to end racial segregation and ensure voting rights for African Americans. He defended segregationist practices and was part of the "Southern bloc" of senators who worked to obstruct civil rights advancements. He signed the 1956 "Southern Manifesto," which condemned the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the case that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional—remained a Democrat into the 1980s.
I won't go into state-level politics. Even today, Democrats think blacks are too stupid to get ID.