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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Vendit™ who wrote (1843)	11/11/2000 4:58:38 PM
From: TraderGreg	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6710

Just to clarify, it was Northern Moderate Republicans and mostly Northern Democrats who got the Civil Rights act through the Congress. But make no mistake about it...those were far different Republicans back in 1964 than the ones today...far different. TG

To: Vendit™ who wrote (1843)	11/11/2000 5:08:58 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6710

I'm not sure about the cold hard facts that you relate, but the legislation was proposed by JFK and signed into law during the Johnson administration. You can get access to the LBJ tapes and listen to him, fundamentally, extort votes for the Civil Rights Act. Pretty much the same tactic used by George Washington to get the 13th state to ratify the Constitution. No vote...no money. Regards, jttmab