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One of biggest reasons why Southern whites vote republican is based on racism. When LBJ signed the civil rights act he was heard to say, "I just signed away the south (to the Republicans) for a generation." It's been two generations now and counting....
One of the reasons John McCain lost to GWB in the S. Carolina primary is racism. W's campaign advisor Carl Rove instituted a "push poll" (pretend poll) in which whites were called and asked something to the effect of, "If you knew John McCain had an out of wedlock black child, would you be more likely to vote for him...or less likely?"
John and his wife had adopted a dark skinned child giving this sinister tactic an air of believability.
The recent elections in Georgia:
| quote: | Cleland loses Senate seat to Chambliss
By JEFFREY McMURRAY
Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia defied its traditions of long-tenured senators and Democratic governors, replacing Sen. Max Cleland after just one term in a Republican landslide that also swept Gov. Roy Barnes from office. Rep. Saxby Chambliss' victory Tuesday over Cleland helped the GOP recapture the Senate, while Barnes' stunning defeat at the hands of a former legislator cleared the way for Georgia's first Republican governor in more than 130 years.
Cleland's loss came despite widespread popularity that dated to his days as an Army captain in Vietnam, where a grenade blew away his legs and right arm. He later served in the Legislature and led the Veterans Administration during the Carter administration.
"We knew early on we couldn't win if we ran against Cleland," Chambliss said, "so we ran against his record and his lack of leadership."
Chambliss hammered Cleland on a key vote on the Department of Homeland Security, which was deadlocked in the Senate. Although Cleland supported the concept of the department, he insisted a worker's rights provision be part of it. Cleland supporters blamed the loss on President Bush's visits on Chambliss' behalf, including two stops Saturday.
Barnes, meanwhile, had been widely expected to hold on to the governorship. He outspent former state Sen. Sonny Perdue 6-1, but couldn't secure a second term. The Legislature remains under Democratic control, but Perdue becomes the first Republican elected governor of Georgia since 1872.
Perdue attacked the governor as dictatorial and insisted his education reform efforts had failed. He also promised a public referendum on one of Barnes' most controversial moves -- changing the state flag to all-but eliminate the Confederate fighting banner.
"We won the hearts of the people by going into their communities all over the state, looking them in the eye, sharing our ideas for a better Georgia but listening to their hopes and dreams," Perdue said in declaring victory.
Tuesday night, a somber Barnes said his loss probably was linked to a nationwide Republican surge election night, but he added, "The flag did have something to do with it. I think it brought out a white rural vote." |
"The flag" this article reffers to is the confederate flag. The GOP in Georgia ran with the message that the democrats were destroying the state's "heratage" by calling for the confederate battle emblem to be removed from the state's flag. We all know what kind of "heratage" Georgia had as symbolized by that flag; torturing, raping, exploiting, and killing black people.
I'm also an undercover member of a conservative gun nut community, and what I read there only further validates my opinion about the GOP being the home of racism since 1964...
That being said, there are some Republicans who have my respect; John McCain is one of them. He couldn't win in Arizona without running as a Republican I'm sure.
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