Originally Posted By: rocky mtn bill
You have to be kidding. You're old enough to remember the civil rights movement. It wasn't Young Republicans who road buses to Mississippi to register voters. Strom Thurmmond was a Democrat until Democrats passed the Civil Rights Act. He then switched to the Republican Party to oppose the new law.


Rocky mtn bill is telling lies again. Democrats did not pass the 1964 Civil. Rights Act. The House and Senate votes are a matter of public record, and Billy has been caught in this same lie in the past. The vote was first held up by a record setting 60 day filibuster led by DEMOCRAT Senator Robert Byrd, who had been a high ranking KKK Leader. When the filibuster ended, it passed mainly because of support from Republicans. 82% of Republicans in the Senate voted to pass it while only 69% of Democrats voted yes. The amended Senate bill was then sent back to the House where it got 76% support from House Republicans and 60% support from Democrats. The earlier Civil Rights Act of 1957 numbers were even lower for Democrats with only 51% support versus 84% for Republicans.

Republicans also were much stronger supporters of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and it was Republicans who outnumbered Democrat support for the later 1968 Civil Rights Act also known as the Fair Housing Act, with 81% of Republicans in favor compared to 59% of Democrats.

It was even worse back in the 1920's when the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. 12 States, all Republican had granted women full suffrage prior to the vote on the Amendment. When the vote was submitted to the states, 8 of the 9 States that voted against giving women the right to vote were Democrat.

Billy has been informed about these things in the past, but like many Liberals, he ignores the truth and keeps on repeating lies.

Voting for anti-gun Democrats is dumber than giving treats to a dog that shits on a Persian Rug