The Obamanation

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Redux

I agree the Civil Rights Act of 1964 had bi-partisan support, with majorities of both parties supporting the legislation, and Southern Democrats voting against it.

However, it would never have happened w/o a Democrat (LBJ) in the White House.

Eisenhower had the opportunity to lead such an initiative and chose not to do so.

I would add that with the most recent reauthorization of the act in 1990, every vote against it was Republican.

All I am pointing out is that you can't rewrite history and you should be careful to draw to many comparisons between the Democratic party of old and the Democratic party of the last two decades.

FDR was a racist. The list of racist Dems is long and solid.