What'a Load'a Crap!!
The Cracker Media (not the Respected Media) is in high gear spreading the theme that both "sides" are to blame for the miserable excuse we have for government in the United States today. This is blazoned on the Republican shield, as they go down to resounding defeat on issue after issue, and is their only defense for their deeds over the past 13 years! After losing the election in 2012, they are now dedicated to destroying President Obama's second term and regaining national power.
But, let's just consider their deeds since 2008; since the election of the first black President of the United States: Who represented the other "side" of Rush Limbaugh? Who was the other "side" opposing Mitch McConnell?
What was the other "side" opposing Donald Trump? John Boehner? Eric Cantor? Paul Ryan? Can we get serious, here?? If you're trying to make the case that the Democrats were largely absent in their role as "loyal opposition", -- to just about anything --; Touche!! The President won re-election with little support from his Party. Bill Clinton, at the midnight hour, proved to be the only exception. What's up with Harry Reid?? Fixing the 60-vote-rule in the Senate was a "no-brainer". What castrated him?? Thank God for computer-savvy kids!
So, where are we? Amazon sells Black Voices From Reconstruction, by John David Smith. This 1997 book prints the words of emancipated slaves at the end of the Civil War; their first experiences with "freedom" (with whites from North and South); their understanding of "freedom"; and the general attitude of the winning North and losing South toward black people; are there to read.
Most importantly, however, you will see the blueprint the Republicans are following today in their fight against President Obama. It is strangely the reverse of what the Republican Party of that day did in Congress, and to President Johnson, as they rammed through the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to our Constitution.
That period in our history from 1865-1877, represents 12 years of Congressional response to the defeated South, and strangely defines the mind-set of the Republican Party today -- in reverse! What the Republican Party of today is up to, is the fashioning of a 21st century Jim Crow. One that is sized to handle the global economy we find ourselves in. In the new Jim Crow, not only black Americans, but young women of all colors, Hispanics (who can't "pass" for white), poor whites, all other non-whites (regardless of income class), and gays; will be included among those "out of power"! Read the book and see if you see what I see. You may see your own "dog" in this fight!
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