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**antilt** · 01-25-2006, 07:25 PM

They were idiots for their bigotry, and idiots again for thinking that joining the GOP would help their cause. Or perhaps you don't know the whole story. Either way, they're a small minority, and we'll take votes wherever we can get 'em.

The ones you need to worry about are the smart ones like "Sheets" Byrd. He's done more damage to blacks by his liberal views than all of his Clan buddies combined. Plus, Byrd's got loads more money and power, all kinds of buildings named for him and shit, and can laugh at the fool blacks who think he's doing them good.

Affirmative Action has decimated black families. About 2/3 of black families have one female parent, and something like 32% of black males will end up in prison.

West Virginia is still the poorest and worst educated of all states (probably the whitest, BTW), and those dummies keep voting for Sheets because of all the Pork he brings in.

I dearly wish Byrd had followed the rest of them to the republican side. The fact that he's considerred a respected member of the party makes me gag just like the time when they let sharpton talk at the convention.

And you're partly right about the white southerners not getting what they wanted from the national republican leadership. At least you were right before w came along. Nixon, Reagan and bush senior played bait and switch on them, promising socialy reactionary poilicies and delivering favors to big business and the 2% instead. With w in charge we get it all. The traditionally republican pro business pro wealth agenda but with candy for the fundamentalists too. Now we have socially conservative courts, national level politicians who lobby for creationism and prayer in the schools, anti gay initiatives integrated into the platform of the party, the choking off of affirmative action for blacks, and religious organizations receiving government money.

I don't know if they would have gotten those things by staying with the dems or not. I guess we'll never know.

01-25-2006, 07:25 PM	#20
antilt Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 338 Senior Member	They were idiots for their bigotry, and idiots again for thinking that joining the GOP would help their cause. Or perhaps you don't know the whole story. Either way, they're a small minority, and we'll take votes wherever we can get 'em. The ones you need to worry about are the smart ones like "Sheets" Byrd. He's done more damage to blacks by his liberal views than all of his Clan buddies combined. Plus, Byrd's got loads more money and power, all kinds of buildings named for him and shit, and can laugh at the fool blacks who think he's doing them good. Affirmative Action has decimated black families. About 2/3 of black families have one female parent, and something like 32% of black males will end up in prison. West Virginia is still the poorest and worst educated of all states (probably the whitest, BTW), and those dummies keep voting for Sheets because of all the Pork he brings in. I dearly wish Byrd had followed the rest of them to the republican side. The fact that he's considerred a respected member of the party makes me gag just like the time when they let sharpton talk at the convention. And you're partly right about the white southerners not getting what they wanted from the national republican leadership. At least you were right before w came along. Nixon, Reagan and bush senior played bait and switch on them, promising socialy reactionary poilicies and delivering favors to big business and the 2% instead. With w in charge we get it all. The traditionally republican pro business pro wealth agenda but with candy for the fundamentalists too. Now we have socially conservative courts, national level politicians who lobby for creationism and prayer in the schools, anti gay initiatives integrated into the platform of the party, the choking off of affirmative action for blacks, and religious organizations receiving government money. I don't know if they would have gotten those things by staying with the dems or not. I guess we'll never know.
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