Dear Fellow Republican,
On this 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, we pause to reflect on the “greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.”
As Americans of many different colors began to gather in Washington, DC to advocate for racial equality, a bomb exploded in Columbia, SC near the home of Henri Montheith, one of three African Americans who was planning to enroll that year at the University of South Carolina. While she and her family were unharmed, the struggle remained very real and even dangerous for those who sought equal rights for their people.
From the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. predicted that 1963 would not be “an end, but a beginning.” Although today there are still challenges to be solved, our state is a much better place because of those who worked so peacefully and diligently, often risking their lives, to bring about so many important changes to our state and nation.
My friend Senator Tim Scott, the first African American U.S. Senator in South Carolina history, wanted to share the following thought with you on this 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington.
“Our nation and our state remain grateful for the strength and dedication of civil rights leaders like Dr. King and those who participated in the March on Washington,” Scott said. “Their efforts opened opportunities for generations that followed, and continue to provide inspiration as we work to defend those who can’t defend themselves.”
Please join me and all Republicans across our state as we recommit ourselves to the founding ideals of our party and our nation.
Sincerely,
Glenn McCall
Republican National Committeeman for South Carolina
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What a pandering biatch. The whole dang thing was about jobs, not civil rights. That’s what the self serving pols turned it into based on 1 fracking sentence. What a butt.
Yeah, whatever! The outcome of the civil rights movement was essentially a caricature of stupidity. Sure, equal rights and freedom are great… and obviously should be promoted, just not by government. (Yep, the government should not be involved in either segregation or desegregation). Think Affirmative Action is equality? (And particularly when applied in locations/areas where white folks are already a minority and at a disadvantage?). Also, how did the loss of property rights by individuals/businesses at the expense of the advancement of civil rights (often, to people who were non-property owners) through the civil rights laws of the 1960’s not constitute a radical – and frankly, a much more socialist – rethinking of freedom from what the Founders envisioned? So yeah, what Frank said… what a pandering Biatch!
Not sure what you mean by “property rights”, but if you’re referring to the sections in the Civil Rights Act that forbid lodging and dining facilities from discriminating against patrons based on race, then you clearly don’t understand the Constitutional justification for that standard. If you’re referring to the fair housing act, then you also do not understand that you can sell your property to anyone you want; however, if your building or premises received a nickel of federal support, you do not have the right to discriminate.
I normally abhor interference from big government, but I can clearly see the constitutional arguments made by those who wrote and upheld these laws. As the great Harvey Gantt once said: “If you cannot appeal to the morals of South Carolinians, then you can at least appeal to their manners.”
The “founders” envisioned a country controlled by rich white male land owners with slaves working in the fields. So yes, I’d say our current vision of freedom is quite different from the vision of the “founders”.
Shallow self-serving palaver by GOPer big shots plus a few tokens, some merely appointed, are not going to fool anyone, surely no black American. They know who still disdains them when it comes to the voting . . . and the hiring.
What dream? A doctoral graduate of Harvard University, Alan Keyes began his
diplomatic career in the U.S. Foreign Service in 1979 at the United States
consulate in Bombay, India, and later in the American embassy in
Zimbabwe. He ran for President in 1996, 2000, and 2008. He was put down by his own race. What dream?
He grew up in Georgia and graduated from Morehouse College in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics. He pursued graduate
studies at Purdue University, and graduated with a Master of Science in
computer science in 1971, while also working full-time for the U.S.
Department of the Navy. In 1977, he joined Pillsbury Company in Minneapolis
where he later became vice president. During the 1980s, his success as a
business executive at Burger King prompted Pillsbury Company to appoint him as
chairman and CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, in which capacity he served from 1986 to
1996. Herman Cain ran for President in 2012. Much more qualified than a community organizer from Illinois, his own race disowned Herman Cain. What dream?
What dream? A doctoral graduate of Harvard University, Alan Keyes began his
diplomatic career in the U.S. Foreign Service in 1979 at the United States
consulate in Bombay, India, and later in the American embassy in
Zimbabwe. He ran for President in 1996, 2000, and 2008. He was put down by his own race. What dream?
In 1976, he earned a Doctor of Education degree from the
University of Massachusetts Amherst. His dissertation discussed the use of Fat
Albert and the Cosby Kids as a teaching tool in elementary schools. During the 1980s, Bill Cosby produced and starred in one of the decade’s defining sitcoms, The Cosby Show, which aired eight seasons from 1984 to 1992. It was the number one show in America for five straight years (1985–89). The sitcom highlighted the experiences and growth of an affluent African-American family. He also produced the spin-off sitcom A Different World, which became second to The Cosby Show in ratings. He starred in the sitcom Cosby from 1996 to 2000 and hosted Kids Say the Darndest Things for two seasons. He says blacks think they are victims because they drop out of school, smoke crack, get drunk, treat their women like whores, have children with multiple unwed women, do not raise their children, and his race shouted him down for daring to tell it like it is. What dream?
So your argument is black people should support Keyes, Cain, and Scott whether they agreed with them or not because they are black?
I’m not sure what your point is with Cosby?