Reagan lauded Jefferson Davis, hadn't heard that before.
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>...History is your best source for understanding the transformation
of the bigoted Jim Crow Democratic south to the bigoted Jim Crow
Republican south after the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Facts? For
example, why did Thurgood Marshall call Reagan the most racist
president in history? Well, let me start you out. Reagan began his
1980 campaign in Philadephia, Mississippi (where, Cheney, Goodman and
Schwerner were murdered, M.P.) on the grounds of an old KKK meeting
place where he talked about 'state's rights,' then a code word for
segregation. Then he went to Stone Mountain, Georgia, where he stated
that Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, was his greatest
hero. Then he went to Charlotte, North Carolina, which at the time had
one of the most successful busing programs to achieve integration in
the country, and stated that he was against busing. Then he went to
Bob Jones University in South Carolina, a Biblical college which is
based on teaching that Bible is against the mixing of the races and
miscegenation, and spoke before the Confederate flag. Need I say more.
Reagan more than any candidate before him solidified the Jim Crow base
of the Republican party, and while Bush attempted to do the same with
his trip to Bob Jones to defeat McCain, what he actually did was to
repeat the Reagan call to racism. Want more facts? Read.
by joeg on 2004-08-28 21:05:02
-- Michael Pugliese