tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post1395985578392061812..comments2024-03-28T19:41:59.726-05:00Comments on driftglass: David Brooks: If I Forget Thee, O Atwaterdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-19514818799226423042017-09-01T15:12:12.765-05:002017-09-01T15:12:12.765-05:00Very well said. Great breakdown of the Civil Righ...Very well said. Great breakdown of the Civil Rights Act votes to show that it is a lie to suggest that Republicans supported it while Democrats did not.Patricia Kaydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07836381858165025496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-60124593546660934582017-08-31T11:29:19.514-05:002017-08-31T11:29:19.514-05:00Thank you for your documenting of David Brooks'...Thank you for your documenting of David Brooks's apologia project. I've been saying this for years.Brigidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15488151346540058323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-69083834449731347032017-08-30T23:10:09.349-05:002017-08-30T23:10:09.349-05:00Seems the party of Sarah Palin was the party of To...Seems the party of Sarah Palin was the party of Tom Cotton on TeeVee for circa 15 nanoseconds before decaying into the party of Vidkun Quisling.<br /><br />#PutinsWishListjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840719620959481121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-8341476276511993622017-08-30T21:03:27.489-05:002017-08-30T21:03:27.489-05:00I haven't seen any, keith. The most amazing sp...I haven't seen any, keith. The most amazing specimen is a commenter over at <a href="https://duanegraham.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">The Erstwhile Conservative</a> who calls himself ansonburlingame (the actual Anson Burlingame must be busy, or he'd rise from his grave and, as the offended party, challenge him to rifles at 10 paces <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anson_Burlingame#Burlingame_vs._Preston_Brooks" rel="nofollow">the way he did</a> this object's <i>real</i> spiritual ancestor). He insists he didn't vote for, and doesn't support, Him, Trump, and I'm willing to give him credit for the vote, but I've pointed out at least once that, if he voted for Nixon, or Red-Ink Ronnie, or Huge Rebel Gas Work, the only meaningful complaint he can have with Dolt 45 is failure to use his inside voice, and that's using a generous definition of "meaningful".Neo Tuxedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455041641080873400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-6976765537398997042017-08-30T17:27:36.772-05:002017-08-30T17:27:36.772-05:00Enough with the movement conservatives clutching t...Enough with the movement conservatives clutching their pearls. The only beef they have with lil' Donny is that he's vulgar and won't abide by their sacred talking points. I doubt there is a single gooper who, in their heart of hearts, has an issue with any Trumpism. Style, not substance.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06518025949949879535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-72426444082234609922017-08-30T13:44:28.914-05:002017-08-30T13:44:28.914-05:00--ER, Nice breakdown. Breitbart would probably ...<br /><br />--ER, Nice breakdown. Breitbart would probably give you a medal for "Fake News: Never checking the facts before disagreeing and condemning you. Not sure if it is the, "Snow-Fake: award.<br /><br />Nice breakdown all the same.<br />As we watched the Republicans use their power and funding to use the SCOTUS for a case in which they insulated themselves from but not inoculate. A case brought for the 5 conservative justices to legislate from the bench. That in which republicans did not want to be seen publicly with.<br /><br /> A legislating from the 5 activist conservative judges to provide an edge in electioneering to strengthen the GOP's grip on power in congress.<br /><br />That case, gutting section 6 of the Civil Rights Act.<br /><br />Allowing states to suppress the vote without getting approval.<br /><br />Knowing all any state under this provision of approval merely had to go 10 lousey years without any racial election suppression tactics.<br /><br />SCOTUS told Congress to recalculate the provision regulating these states. Have the republican house and senate (to your knowledge) ever mentioned any of it since?<br /><br />SCOTUS was very aware of the republican extreme partisanship employed. Right down to their latest Supreme Gorsuch. Who I call the "Fascist fiddler".. You will see why I call him that as time passes with his rulings.Robthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15736678459663803707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-53919746018123771402017-08-30T07:17:00.277-05:002017-08-30T07:17:00.277-05:00When I read the second paragraph in Brooks comment...When I read the second paragraph in Brooks commentary, namely "A greater percentage of congressional Republicans voted for the Civil Rights Act than Democrats".<br /><br />I knew he was full of shit, brimming over, really.<br /><br />Yes, a greater percentage of NORTHERN DEMOCRATS AND NORTHERN REPUBLICAN politicians voted for the Civil Rights Act.<br /><br />Region, not party affiliation, is the indicator of votes. I found this information a while ago, and cut an paste it, but it is worth pointing out the bullshit behind the GOP's "Democrats are the party of KKK" and "Republicans supported Civil Rights"...<br /><br />"Congressional votes for the Civil Rights Act in 1964 are recorded, so we know which state they represented, and how they voted:<br /><br />For the states that represented the Union in the Civil War, aka, the northern states: 95% (144 out of 152) of House Democratic representatives voted in support of the Civil Rights Act.<br /><br />For the former Confederate States, only 9% (8 out of 91) of House Democratic representatives voted to support it.<br /><br />In the Senate: 98% (45 of 46) of Democratic Senators from the northern states supported it, vs only 5% (1 of 21) of Democratic Senators from the southern states.<br /><br />Overall, Republican support by region was even clearer. Senate Republicans from northern states voted 84% (27 of 32) in support of the Civil Rights Act<br /><br />ZERO Republicans from the southern states serving in either the House or Senate voted in favor of it.<br /><br />It is a pretty clear picture that South vs North was the primary determining factor, not political party, unless you see how clearly southern Republicans felt about it (it looks like at least one party hasn’t changed much -- that would be the Republicans).<br /><br />Not to mention the KKK seemed to not show up to support our Democratic candidate this round (or ever, can’t remember them supporting Bill Clinton, or President Obama, weirdly), while they did show up to openly support Trump, a Republican (weird, it makes no sense, since us ‘Democrats’ are the true party of the KKK, according to their revisionist history). "<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15608034318206875869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-54446612252945021002017-08-29T19:55:44.251-05:002017-08-29T19:55:44.251-05:00Imagine if the Democratic Party had ever proffered...Imagine if the Democratic Party had ever proffered a candidate as wretched as Nixon, Agnew, Bush, Cheney or Trump. Some demagogic purveyor of lies about how the wealthy will be shot and their riches distributed, how the Christians will be burnt and the children forced into gay abortions with Muslims, and how the gunowners will be sodomized with their weapons and imprisoned among swarthy trangendered pacifists. If any candidate had ever risen from the Democratic ranks, the and only then could the Brookses of this world have claimed "both sides do it."Dr.BDHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16967210861668606959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-33052887438576824902017-08-29T16:22:03.824-05:002017-08-29T16:22:03.824-05:00Actually, Tom, until further notice the Intellectu...Actually, Tom, until further notice the Intellectual Conservative and/or Both Sider Centrist is the <a href="http://driftglass.blogspot.com/2010/11/beast-that-shouted-love-at-heart-of.html" rel="nofollow">same as it ever was</a>:<br /><br />"every time a Republican assaults someone, somewhere out there is a Liberal who is at least equally to blame for it[, and] every time a Liberal does something wrong Conservatism is vindicated and Ronald Reagan smiles down on us from Heaven."<br /><br />(Same as it ever was, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98AJUj-qxHI" rel="nofollow">look where my hand was</a>...)Neo Tuxedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455041641080873400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-8887739431301588582017-08-29T15:29:27.702-05:002017-08-29T15:29:27.702-05:00Ok...ok...I get it Beltway Punditry!
Until furth...Ok...ok...I get it Beltway Punditry! <br /><br />Until further notice the Intellectual Conservative and/or Both Sider Centrist stance is: <br /><br />Trump Sucks, You (whomever wrote the piece) and Conservatism had NOTHING to with it, and the Left, as a monolithic whole with NO EXCEPTIONS!!, is as violent and illogical as any MAGA hat wearing Trump voter, only acting this way for relief from their economic anxiety and the opioid problem, cheering status to white supremacy and Presidential pardons for a bigot with a badge who murdered and tortured brown people. trgahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04718897286384990852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-36067902655044184802017-08-29T14:47:09.813-05:002017-08-29T14:47:09.813-05:00Thank you Mr. Driftglass. Behold....Hope.Thank you Mr. Driftglass. Behold....Hope.freshsideofhellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151548706617565682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-72228651282476596372017-08-29T14:40:26.671-05:002017-08-29T14:40:26.671-05:00"Each individual Republican is now compelled ..."Each individual Republican is now compelled to embrace this garbage or not."<br /><br /> Actually David, each individual human being has always been compelled thus, only your goddamn Republicans by the numbers are far more likely buy it than anyone else, and have been for my entire lifetime.<br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-3542962259290524152017-08-29T14:22:17.133-05:002017-08-29T14:22:17.133-05:00Blessed art thou who takes his little brain farts ...Blessed art thou who takes his little brain farts and dashes them against the rocks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925526279555855125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-43021647852747011092017-08-29T14:08:37.929-05:002017-08-29T14:08:37.929-05:00But there were problems,
some republican muts beca...But there were problems,<br />some republican muts became immune or deaf to the Dog Whistles. The Dog whistles only heard by the now Rabid dogs only and never reached the ears of others to answer the call or bring in new muts.<br /><br />Besides the 3 corner hats with tea bags hanging from the rims how do they differ from the white sheered hood people?<br />The John Birch Society? Alt Right" Republicans are very good at cutting of the bottom of a blanket, sewing it to the top of the blanket and marketing how it is new and improved and raise sales revenue.<br /><br />Just as the pat Roberston Prophecy of God punishing Texans for their sins and lack of repentance to the religious conservative Piety. As these rugged conservative cowboy self sufficient reach out for the Socialism life preserver. As Ted Cruz and Cornyn get jelly in the conservative Knees. Should we hold strong in the Free market "sink or swim" ideology when they are so weak. Or do we stay out of the way of God's wrath?<br /><br />But there again, it could be the price of Climate Change denial.<br />"<br />To be sure, Brooks "doesn't" write of his findings of the mystical Many, many sides of bothsiderisms for the Alt Right crowd to read. He is paid to fluff the pillows of those that pay to fund these hate groups of the party he subscribes (for a nice fee). It is their primary voter base is distracts and layers with frosting.<br />That Robthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15736678459663803707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-91470347715295683782017-08-29T12:23:07.284-05:002017-08-29T12:23:07.284-05:00By the title I was expecting something different. ...By the title I was expecting something different. What you gave us was Brooks, Trump and Poe. Damn fine writing. Otto66https://www.blogger.com/profile/00611759968727703572noreply@blogger.com