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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (358490)	11/14/2007 2:39:54 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572207

"Only the most biased of liberals think that accusation can stand on its own." Sorry, Tench. That is exactly how that phrase was used for decades. Because many states, and not just in the South, had laws on the books which restricted where blacks could live, work and other things. And when Ike started to change things, the defense was always he was interfering with "states' rights". Outside of the South, deed restrictions that didn't allow a property to be sold to blacks were common. Many still exist, but haven't been enforceable in decades.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (358490)	11/14/2007 2:42:14 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572207

Bob Herbert claims that the statement "I believe in states' rights" is a code phrase for the endorsement of racial crimes and the KKK. Only the most biased of liberals think that accusation can stand on its own. From the op-ed: To see Reagan’s appearance at the Neshoba County Fair in its proper context, it has to be placed between the murders of the civil rights workers that preceded it and the acknowledgment by the Republican strategist Lee Atwater that the use of code words like “states’ rights” in place of blatantly bigoted rhetoric was crucial to the success of the G.O.P.’s Southern strategy. It was a Republican that said it Ten so it must be true.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (358490)	11/14/2007 3:16:54 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572207

>I don't see anything to refute. Bob Herbert claims that the statement "I believe in states' rights" is a code phrase for the endorsement of racial crimes and the KKK. In Philadelphia, MS? It does. It still does today -- I have friends who live in Jackson who were there for a fair the day before I visited them last year. These issues still resonate. >Only the most biased of liberals think that accusation can stand on its own. Only someone who is uninformed as to the history of the Deep South can think that talking about states' rights in Neshoba County means anything else... I'm not saying Reagan endorsed racial crimes -- he just pandered to those who did. -Z