Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) today quoted Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest in a speech on military spending in Iraq. General Forrest was the first Grand Dragon and one of the original founders of the KKK.
2007-05-07 10:13:36 · 15 answers · asked by markjd4469 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Quoting someone isn't the same as endorsing everything they've ever said or done. You can quote Karl Marx or Adolf Hitler, if you like - it doesn't make you a commie or a Nazi, just well-read.
Though, of course, how you use the quote, rhetorically, might reveal you as such. What was the actual quote, and the context?
2007-05-07 10:34:09 · answer #1 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah yet he's a socialist. The blacks do no longer suggestions a former radical KKK member being the third in command interior the Senate as long is he's a democrat and passes adequate socialism.
2016-10-30 14:04:50 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forrest was, of course, a Democrat, as was the Confederacy, the KKK, Sheriff Bull Conner, and George "Segregation Forever!" Wallace.
Let's not leave out KKK Grand Kleagle Senator Robert Byrd [D-WV].
2007-05-07 10:35:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
If the quote had nothing to do with the KKK and what they stand for there may be nothing wrong in quoting Gen. Forrest. If it has to do with a military matter maybe a general is who one wants to quote.
2007-05-07 11:04:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Did you know that the Ku Klux Klan was originally created to fight Republicans, not just blacks? I'm not justifying it, but just making a point that this Ted Poe guy might've not been necessarily a bigot.
2007-05-07 10:21:48 · answer #5 · answered by Siervocal 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Darn, I thought your question was going to be about people quoting from the Koran.
2007-05-07 10:17:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would think he took the wrong speech out of his pocket
most of the members of the KKK are now sitting somewhere in the American government
2007-05-07 10:18:59 · answer #7 · answered by pam28 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Nothing until I knew what he said - just because someone may be a scumbag doesn't make everything they say or do invalid.
2007-05-07 10:17:27 · answer #8 · answered by Ben 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the KKK was started by a known Freemason , look into if the U.S. Representative is a Freemason as well and you will have your answer to why he quoted .
2007-05-07 10:22:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well, it probably wasn't the smartest move. But he could just be ignorant and not racist.
2007-05-07 10:16:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋