One of them is Trent Lott.
Trent Lott was not a Dixiecrat.
How do you know?
From Lott's bio -
"LOTT, Chester Trent, a Representative and a Senator from Mississippi; born in Grenada, Grenada County, Miss., October 9, 1941"
" elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1989"
"enate Years of Service: 1989- "
bioguide.congress.gov;
Do you not know the history of your party? The Dixiecrats first came to prominence in 1948. However, they did not start leaving the Dems until the mid 1960s. Trent Lott may not have been an elected official in the 1960s but he well could have been a dixiecrat.
And even if he wasn't, comments he has made suggest that he is in sympathy with them.
""During Sen. Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday celebration last week, Sen. Lott, the incoming Senate Majority Leader, told the gathering: 'I want to say this about my state. When Strom Thurmond ran for president we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had of followed our lead we wouldn't of had all these problems over all these years, either.' Apparently, 54 years later, Trent Lott has not gotten over the defeat of the Dixiecrats.
"In 1948, after the Democrat National Convention adopted a plank favoring civil rights legislation, Democrats from 13 Southern states broke away from the party. Officially called the States Rights Party, but widely known as the Dixiecrats, they nominated Sen. Thurmond to run against incumbent President Harry Truman. The Dixiecrats ran on a segregationist platform that stated, in part: "We stand for the segregation of the races and the racial integrity of each race."
"As the Dixiecrats' standard-bearer, Thurmond took the party's message to the people of the South. During a speech in Jackson, Miss., Thurmond said: "I want to tell you ladies and gentlemen that there's not enough troops in the Army to force the Southern people to break down segregation and admit the Negro race into our theaters, into our swimming pools, into our homes and into our churches.'"
<snip>
""Attempts to explain away this statement are not only shallow, but ridiculous. Sen. Lott clearly identified his feelings about civil rights not only in 1980 and 2002, but in a 1992 speech to the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC), an organization formed to succeed the segregationist White Citizens' Councils of the 1960s. In Greenwood, Miss., Lott told CCC members: 'The people in this room stand for the right principles and the right philosophy. Let's take it in the right direction, and our children will be the beneficiaries.'
"The Republican Leader has a history of not only racist statements, but also of questionable associations. His ties to the CCC, which has filed an Amicus Brief in support of cross burning, should leave no question in anyone's mind as to where Trent Lott's feelings lie."
warriorsfortruth.com
When I read this stuff, it sounds much the way Evangelicals talk about gays today. It seems things don't really change.........just the cast of characters and the necessary scapegoats.
ted
|
