Monday, June 11, 2012

On This Day in Democrat History.....

Doug Ross


On this day in 1964, Everett Dirksen (R-IL), the Republican Leader in the U.S. Senate, condemned the Democrats' 57-day filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Leading the Democrats in their opposition to civil rights for African-Americans was Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV). Byrd, who got into politics as a recruiter for the Ku Klux Klan, spoke against the bill for fourteen straight hours. Democrats still call Robert Byrd "the conscience of the Senate."

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1 comment:

  1. Funny how all of today's democRats have forgotten that little bit of RACIST history. Funny how the great majority of Blacks have forgotten the democRatic party was the party of the KKK. It helps of course when the print and televised media are both lying shills for the democRatic party.

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