KKK Byrd. Ring a bell? This guy wasn't in the KKK but is racist. Reverend Racist Jackson.
2006-08-14 09:46:37 · 18 answers · asked by Ah Ha 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Don't forget, it's Grand Dragon Byrd!
2006-08-14 09:51:51 · answer #1 · answered by gunsandammoatwork 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm pretty sure that there were at one time or another Republican KKK members as well, not just Democrats. The Liberals who say these things are the ignorant ones. They are the ones FOX shows to get you to hate the Dems. Corruption and evil run all around...they don't just play along party lines.
Also, blasting Rev. Jesse Jackson...not a good way to prove that your party is not racist. I don't like him much either, but you will probably be yelled at for this.
2006-08-14 16:55:49 · answer #2 · answered by bluejacket8j 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The old southern democrats, the solid south, switched to the republican party beginning in the 1960's because they opposed the civil rights movement which was led by the Democrats. Lyndon Johnson, a Democrat, pushed the Voting Rights and Civil Rights acts through Congress in 1964 and 1965, further alienating southern racists from the Democrat party. This is how the southern states got to be primarily Republican today. They switched for racial reasons.This is why most American blacks are Democrat, the Democrats stood for racial equality.
David Duke, a former grand dragon who once thought of running for president is Republican for example.
2006-08-14 17:04:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well former is the key word, people can change. The Republicans have current KKK members in their ranks, anybody remember good ole' boy David Duke?
2006-08-14 16:53:28 · answer #4 · answered by vertical732 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't really see Republicans coming to bat for the Blacks. Why is it that when the Voting Rights Act of 1965 came up for renewal, However, a number of Republican lawmakers acted to amend, delay or defeat renewal of the Act.
One group of lawmakers led by Georgia congressman Lynn Westmoreland, came from some pre-clearance states, and claimed that it is no longer fair to target their states given the passage of time since 1965 and the changes that have taken place since then.
Another group supported an amendment offered by Steve King of Iowa, seeking to strip provisions from the Act that require that translators or multilingual ballots be provided for U.S. citizens who do not speak English.
2006-08-14 16:53:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
IN THE EARLY 1900'S THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ELECTED 9 DIFFERENT KKK OFFICIALS TO CONGRESS OVER A PERIOD OF 30 YEARS.
2006-08-14 16:54:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hug a liberal. Save a tree. Join the Libertarial Party !!
2006-08-14 16:51:35 · answer #7 · answered by Suspended 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
because all the liberals are is a bunch of ****ers looking for a way to poke at the white people saying that theres alot of racisim in the u.s there all full of it
2006-08-14 16:54:25 · answer #8 · answered by crazyj 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, and Cynthia McKinney is basically a Black Panther member who can get away with her guards calling white people, "crackers". Don't forget that damned Demonazi bigot witch.
2006-08-14 16:51:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
well most of the kkk are republicans.
2006-08-14 17:02:35 · answer #10 · answered by tbone 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋