Waging War Against the Right-Race Baiting

According to the world renowned “expert” on Stockholm Syndrome, Janeane Garofalo speaking on the Keith Olbermann Show about the tea parties—giving us a glimpse into the mental madness of liberalism— says "tea parties" are all about hatred for a black president.

Of course nothing can be further from the truth.

The “Tea Parties” are about protesting government overspending, overtaxing, threatening hyperinflation and the devaluation of the dollar. It’s about the government usurping the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

But, the left isn’t going to listen to that...They'll just spew out the same old rhetoric against anyone (or movement) that challenges their world view.

None the less, conservatives are just supposed to shut up because Janeane Garofalo—a failed comic and movie actress, who has never done anything worth while—says so?

It’s simply crazy that the tea party oppositionists see the parties as white extremist whine fests protesting a black president.

The question I have, why is it that conservatives take such a bad rap on racism?

History shows a different story.

Here are some facts:

In 1898, white democrats angry over Republican politics during the reconstruction, in perhaps the nation’s first coup d'etat, burned the printing press of a black newspaper. The violence spread leading to the deaths of over 60 people, resulting in an exodus of 2,100 blacks from Wilmington, N.C.

Moreover, the Ku Klux Klan was founded by a small group of democrats who opposed equality for blacks. A number of prominent democrats since then have been members of the KKK in good standing. One such person is none other than democrat Senator Robert Byrd, the "conscience of the Senate" was a recruiter for the Klan and was promoted to the rank of Exalted Cyclops.

David Barton, a historian and author, observed, "Of all forms of violent intimidation, lynchings were by far the most effective.” "Republicans often led the efforts to pass federal anti-lynching laws and their platforms consistently called for a ban on lynching. Democrats successfully blocked those bills and their platforms never did condemn lynchings."

Not only were blacks targeted by the KKK, so were white republicans. Between 1882 and 1964 an estimated 3,446 blacks and 1,297 whites died at the hands of the KKK. Interesting enough, in 1922, Democrats in the Senate filibustered a Republican attempt to make lynching a federal crime, and again in 1935 Democrats defeated an Anti-Lynching Bill put forward by Republicans.

It was democrats who in 1868 honored the Grand Wizard of the KKK at their National Convention. Furthermore democrats overwhelmingly opposed the Republican led 14th Amendment which granted citizenship to former slaves and required that the states provide equal protection under the law to all people within their jurisdictions. It was the 14th Amendment that was sighted in the 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education that led to the dismantling of racial segregation.

The 1924 Democrat National Convention, in New York City, was dubbed the “Klanbake convention” because it played host to the largest Klan gathering in American history.
FDR nominated former Klansman Hugo Black to the Supreme Court, although not all reports agree that FDR knew this at the time. Remember George Wallace, "segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever" was a democrat. Bull Connor, in case you have forgotten, ordered the water hoses and dogs to be turned on civil rights protesters, was also a democrat.

Now contrast those Democrats to Republicans:

Here are some facts about the Republican Party many might not know about. Just prior to the Civil War the Republican Party was formed by anti-slavery activists to combat the pro-slavery Democrats.

As everyone knows it was Republican President Abraham Lincoln, who led the North to victory in the Civil War and freed the slaves.

It was Republicans throughout the 50's and 60's who championed Civil Rights Reform. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 past with 82% Republican support compared to only 64% of Democrats.

In the 26 major civil rights votes after 1933, a majority of Democrats opposed civil rights legislation in over 80 percent of the votes. By contrast, the Republican majority favored civil rights in over 96 percent of the votes.

See article: An Analysis of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Legislated Response to Racial Discrimination in the U. S.

It was a Republican President who nominated Clarence Thomas who became the first black American on the Supreme Court. It was a Republican President who appointed the first black Secretary of State, Colin Powell. It was a Republican President who appointed the first black woman to be Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice.

It is apparent that the idea of conservatives are racist is a myth propagated by the opportunistic left to adorn themselves as champions of civil rights and portray the right as evil wrongdoers.

In upcoming blogs I’ll discuss these myths in greater detail.