Liberals? Why did MORE republicans vote to pass civil rights then Liberals back in '64?

Question

just curious? especially because you seem to think we don't want the black to vote now? Is that it? We support the Civil Rights more than the liberals.....

You can go back and could the vote...

Answer 1

well... you're confusing DEMOCRAT with LIBERAL... you clearly do not know the history of the party or the history of the Republican party...

the Democratic party at the time was the conservative party... wanting to keep "traditional ideas" like segregation alive... but if you look at the supporters of each party today, the parties have clearly switched...

the red states are now the blue states and the blue states are red... if you look at a "political" map from the period

Answer 2

the same reason that Republicans look at the Goldwater Conservatives of the 90s as left of center, now. Because the Bush administration is taking the conservative party to a place that allows them to put their humanity aside. Most conservative politicians are disenfranchised by the Bush administration. That's how only a handful of conservatives were able to derail the attempt to pass it again this year. There decision in no way represents the majority of conservatives, or as we like to call the administration these days, proto-fascists.

Answer 3

"Passage of the act was not easy. House opposition bottled up the bill in the House Rules Committee. In the Senate, opponents attempted to talk the bill to death in a filibuster. In early 1964, House supporters overcame the Rules Committee obstacle by threatening to send the bill to the floor without committee approval. The Senate filibuster was overcome through the floor leadership of Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota, the considerable support of President Lyndon Johnson, and the efforts of Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois, who convinced REPUBLICANS to support the bill." (emphasis mine)

Answer 4

Actually I recall that being Lyndon Johnson's doing and he was a democrat.

Answer 5

the South was Democratic at the time.

Answer 6

Do the republicans regret it now?

Answer 7

They were "southern Democrats" who were in fact racist and not at all liberal.

Answer 8

Good question

Answer 9

I don't know. I wasn't alive.