So, Rand Paul says that if he had been in Congress when the Civil Rights Act was being considered he would have had problems with the way it covered one of ten areas related to racism. Now Democrats and The Media are having a field day criticizing Paul for opposing any element of the reforms.
Hey folks! Don't you remember how the voting ACTUALLY went back then on the actual bill? Democrats opposed the Civil Rights Act TWO TO ONE versus Republicans on a percentage basis!
Democrats, especially Southern Democrats, opposed the abolition of slavery. In fact, Southern Democrats so opposed abolition that they were willing to plunge the new republic into a civil war in defense of slavery. Thank God, they finally they relented. Then the Democratic party continued opposing equal rights through most of our history after that, including opposing the Civil Rights Act more than others by two to one. And they've now bestowed on themselves the moral authority to judge harshly someone in another party who says he would have had difficulty with one of ten aspects of that act?
Does ANYONE else recognize the mind-boggling insanity and hypocrisy in this? Good grief!
For anyone interested in actual facts and the truth (how many of you ARE there anyway?), here are the numbers for how the Civil Rights Act voting ACTUALLY went:
House of Representatives:
Dem’s For: 152
Dem’s Against: 96
Repub For: 138
Repub Against: 34
%Dems against: 38.7
%Repub against: 19.8
Senate:
Dem’s For: 46
Dem’s Against: 21
Repub For: 27
Repub Against: 6
%Dems against: 31.3
%Repub against: 18.2
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