Ohio Dems Hit New Low, Keep Digging: Run Radio Ad Accusing Republicans Of Bringing Back “Jim Crow”…
With the supreme irony being it was the Democrats who fought tooth and nail to keep the Jim Crow laws on the books.
(Columbus Dispatch) — As Democrats work to place Ohio’s Republican-backed elections law on hold through a referendum, they’re arguing that the measure is akin to poll taxes, grandfather clauses and other footnotes from America’s Jim Crow past.
But does the same argument apply to Senate Bill 5, the GOP-sponsored limits on collective bargaining for public employees that is currently subject to a referendum as state Issue 2 on the November ballot?
Democratic, labor and African-American leaders say yes.
We Are Ohio, the organized labor coalition seeking to repeal Senate Bill 5, is airing a radio ad that says “Gov. John Kasich and the Columbus politicians have passed two laws to take us back to the days of Jim Crow.”
The ad, airing in six urban markets, including Columbus, then mentions both the elections law — House Bill 194 — and Senate Bill 5, and encourages listeners to sign a petition to place the elections law on the 2012 ballot and to vote to repeal Ohio’s new collective bargaining laws in November.
“It’s harsh wording, but it’s not necessarily inaccurate,” said professor Horace Newsum, chairman of the African-American and African studies department at Ohio State University. “It’s hard to swallow when you hear Jim Crow, but what the ad is really saying is, don’t take us backwards to a moment in history none of us are proud of.”
Jason Mauk, spokesman for Building a Better Ohio, the Republican group trying to defend Senate Bill 5, said “it’s one thing to argue that Issue 2 takes Ohio back.
“But it’s another thing entirely to argue that Ohio would resort to racism if Issue 2 succeeds,” Mauk said. “Ohio deserves better than race baiting and ads like this have no place in Ohio politics. They should be ashamed to put an ad like that on the air.”
Posted by ZIP on Wednesday, September 28, 2011, at 10:19 am | 
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Separate water fountains just mean shorter lines for everyone, right?
This is from TN but it applies here, too.
MURFREESBORO — State Sen. Bill Ketron contends a critic of his voter ID law proved the legislation is needed by being a convicted felon who fraudulently voted for several years.
“This is about following the laws we have on the books,” said Ketron, a Murfreesboro Republican who sponsored the voter ID law. “He disenfranchised my rights.”
Democratic Party Vice Chairman Tony Pegel as a former convicted felon who they contend was allowed to vote from 1992 through 2010 even though Pegel failed to provide required details about his conviction to the Rutherford County Election Commission.
http://www.dnj.com/article/20110927/NEWS01/109270320/1002/rss
Demolynchers, the party of slavery KKK and Jim Crow…all they can do is try to pin it on Republicans whose party was created to end slavery and it was Republicans who demolynchers lynched with their KKK, both black and white!
I should have one in the middle…
OsamaHusseinIslamObama 2012′ (WTF)
(the terrorist-Uighur-ACORN-media choice)
-It’s never too early to campaign-
Not only was the KKK a Democrat terrorist wing like the NBPP today but they want to bring back Nazism..
‘Not quite two weeks ago, but noticed only today because of a link from Drudge–which, unlike the New Republic, lots of people read–President Obama’s former budget director, Peter Orszag, explained that “we need to counter the gridlock of our political institutions by making them a bit less democratic.” Just a bit? Orszag provides a valuable window into the thinking of the Obama administration when he writes that we–who, exactly, is “we?”–need to “jettison the Civics 101 fairy tale about pure representative democracy” and find “ways around our politicians.”’
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2011/09/democrats-emerge-from-closet-oppose-democracy.php
Related (different rules for different people):
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Racist Cupcakes? Berkeley Erupts over Affirmative Action Satire
http://pajamasmedia.com/zombie/2011/09/27/racist-cupcakes-berkeley-erupts-over-affirmative-action-satire/?singlepage=true
The U.C. Berkeley College Republicans struck a national nerve today by holding a bake sale with racially discriminatory pricing: Higher prices for white and Asian students, lower prices for black, Hispanic and female students. Why the intentional discrimination? To protest a pending new statewide law which attempts to re-introduce Affirmative Action into university admission standards, something that was been banned years ago with California’s popular Constitutional amendment requiring race-neutral admissions.
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The demacRATS will they be recreating the notoroius daisiechain ads that the infamous LBG put on? Dont put it past the dirty demcRATS
You are a liar! It’s the Tea Party Extremists who were racists in the south in the 60′s. And they were the ones with the white sheets and hoods. (sarc)
“It’s hard to swallow when you hear Jim Crow, but what the ad is really saying is, don’t take us backwards to a moment in history none of us are proud of.”
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They put forth a claim, but offer no argument.
How does protecting the individual rights of workers, who are themselves no distinct RACIAL group, an act of racism? Is ‘union member’ now it’s own race?
The freedom to assemble will never be taken away. But the political authority of people to form a group and to vote-away the rights of a minority (or an individual), must never be respected! In a Republic, the rights of the many DO NOT outweigh the rights of the few. (no offense to Mr. Spock)
Adding a new political structure to our system changes the very nature of our system. An arbitrarily formed group of people, whatever it’s motivation, is NOT an elected body of the WHOLE population. There is no accountability to people who are not members of their union.
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Still don’t understand how they can rationalize their hypocracy.
Any group of people who assemble for a common idea expect to receive SPECIAL RECOGNITION, and SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS from government, simply because they choose to identify as a group. They expect those accommodations to be payed for by individuals who are not in any way accountable to their group. (non-union members don’t get to vote in union elections) That union has been granted the power to raise taxes on a community, without representation!
They are demanding a privileges for their own group. They are demanding DIFFERENT RULES FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE. By forming a group, they not only classify themselves, which is OK to do, but they classify (stereotype) everyone who is not a member of their group. Why isn’t that ‘profiling’?
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I’m so dang racist that I’m voting for Herman Cain. Take THAT.
libs have caused more damage to blacks than any KKK or democratic jim crow laws
“They should be ashamed to put an ad like that on the air.” INDEED. Hmmm, and let’s see, isn’t the T.Party that has been accused of wanting to bring upon the heads of America a Civil War? Nahhhhhhh, it isn’t looking that way from my perspective.
@gastograb….YA, why the H#!! is it NOT considered profiling? Wow. Unreal.
BTW, why-the-world is it that “they” think there is only 2 races that exist? As in either Black or White? Man, last time I looked around America we’ve got every type there is, and all kinds of newly developed races (mixtures). So overwhelmingly is America mixed!
All this talk, “they” who all ever is complicit with this line of thinking….”they” are putting us right over the endless sinkhole!
The Dems didn’t just keep Jim Crowe on the books, they “”PUT”" Jim Crowe on the books.
How many demacrats owned slaves in pre civil war america?
Which party is against the black man…. some interesting FACTS:
October 13, 1858
During Lincoln-Douglas debates, U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas (D-IL) states: “I do not regard the Negro as my equal, and positively deny that he is my brother, or any kin to me whatever”; Douglas became Democratic Party’s 1860 presidential nominee
April 16, 1862
Republican President Lincoln signs bill abolishing slavery in District of Columbia; in Congress, 99% of Republicans vote yes, 83% of Democrats vote no
July 17, 1862
Over unanimous Democrat opposition, Republican Congress passes Confiscation Act stating that slaves of the Confederacy “shall be forever free”
January 31, 1865
13th Amendment banning slavery passed by U.S. House with unanimous Republican support, intense Democrat opposition
April 8, 1865
13th Amendment banning slavery passed by U.S. Senate with 100% Republican support, 63% Democrat opposition
November 22, 1865
Republicans denounce Democrat legislature of Mississippi for enacting “black codes,” which institutionalized racial discrimination
February 5, 1866
U.S. Rep. Thaddeus Stevens (R-PA) introduces legislation, successfully opposed by Democrat President Andrew Johnson, to implement “40 acres and a mule” relief by distributing land to former slaves
April 9, 1866
Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Johnson’s veto; Civil Rights Act of 1866, conferring rights of citizenship on African-Americans, becomes law
May 10, 1866
U.S. House passes Republicans’ 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the laws to all citizens; 100% of Democrats vote no
June 8, 1866
U.S. Senate passes Republicans’ 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the law to all citizens; 94% of Republicans vote yes and 100% of Democrats vote no
January 8, 1867
Republicans override Democrat President Andrew Johnson’s veto of law granting voting rights to African-Americans in D.C.
July 19, 1867
Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Andrew Johnson’s veto of legislation protecting voting rights of African-Americans
March 30, 1868
Republicans begin impeachment trial of Democrat President Andrew Johnson, who declared: “This is a country for white men, and by God, as long as I am President, it shall be a government of white men”
September 12, 1868
Civil rights activist Tunis Campbell and 24 other African-Americans in Georgia Senate, each one a Republican, expelled by Democrat majority; would later be reinstated by Republican Congress
October 7, 1868
Republicans denounce Democratic Party’s national campaign theme: “This is a white man’s country: Let white men rule”
October 22, 1868
While campaigning for re-election, Republican U.S. Rep. James Hinds (R-AR) is assassinated by Democrat terrorists who organized as the Ku Klux Klan
December 10, 1869
Republican Gov. John Campbell of Wyoming Territory signs FIRST-in-nation law granting women right to vote and to hold public office
February 3, 1870
After passing House with 98% Republican support and 97% Democrat opposition, Republicans’ 15th Amendment is ratified, granting vote to all Americans regardless of race
May 31, 1870
President U.S. Grant signs Republicans’ Enforcement Act, providing stiff penalties for depriving any American’s civil rights
June 22, 1870
Republican Congress creates U.S. Department of Justice, to safeguard the civil rights of African-Americans against Democrats in the South
September 6, 1870
Women vote in Wyoming, in FIRST election after women’s suffrage signed into law by Republican Gov. John Campbell
February 28, 1871
Republican Congress passes Enforcement Act providing federal protection for African-American voters
April 20, 1871
Republican Congress enacts the Ku Klux Klan Act, outlawing Democratic Party-affiliated terrorist groups which oppressed African-Americans
October 10, 1871
Following warnings by Philadelphia Democrats against black voting, African-American Republican civil rights activist Octavius Catto murdered by Democratic Party operative; his military funeral was attended by thousands
October 18, 1871
After violence against Republicans in South Carolina, President Ulysses Grant deploys U.S. troops to combat Democrat terrorists who formed the Ku Klux Klan
November 18, 1872
Susan B. Anthony arrested for voting, after boasting to Elizabeth Cady Stanton that she voted for “the Republican ticket, straight”
January 17, 1874
Armed Democrats seize Texas state government, ending Republican efforts to racially integrate government
September 14, 1874
Democrat white supremacists seize Louisiana statehouse in attempt to overthrow racially-integrated administration of Republican Governor William Kellogg; 27 killed
March 1, 1875
Civil Rights Act of 1875, guaranteeing access to public accommodations without regard to race, signed by Republican President U.S. Grant; passed with 92% Republican support over 100% Democrat opposition
January 10, 1878
U.S. Senator Aaron Sargent (R-CA) introduces Susan B. Anthony amendment for women’s suffrage; Democrat-controlled Senate defeated it 4 times before election of Republican House and Senate guaranteed its approval in 1919. Republicans foil Democratic efforts to keep women in the kitchen, where they belong
February 8, 1894
Democrat Congress and Democrat President Grover Cleveland join to repeal Republicans’ Enforcement Act, which had enabled African-Americans to vote
January 15, 1901
Republican Booker T. Washington protests Alabama Democratic Party’s refusal to permit voting by African-Americans
May 29, 1902
Virginia Democrats implement new state constitution, condemned by Republicans as illegal, reducing African-American voter registration by 86%
February 12, 1909
On 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, African-American Republicans and women’s suffragists Ida Wells and Mary Terrell co-found the NAACP
May 21, 1919
Republican House passes constitutional amendment granting women the vote with 85% of Republicans in favor, but only 54% of Democrats; in Senate, 80% of Republicans would vote yes, but almost half of Democrats no August 18, 1920
Republican-authored 19th Amendment, giving women the vote, becomes part of Constitution; 26 of the 36 states to ratify had Republican-controlled legislatures
January 26, 1922
House passes bill authored by U.S. Rep. Leonidas Dyer (R-MO) making lynching a federal crime; Senate Democrats block it with filibuster
June 2, 1924
Republican President Calvin Coolidge signs bill passed by Republican Congress granting U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans
October 3, 1924
Republicans denounce three-time Democrat presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan for defending the Ku Klux Klan at 1924 Democratic National Convention
June 12, 1929
First Lady Lou Hoover invites wife of U.S. Rep. Oscar De Priest (R-IL), an African-American, to tea at the White House, sparking protests by Democrats across the country
August 17, 1937
Republicans organize opposition to former Ku Klux Klansman and Democrat U.S. Senator Hugo Black, appointed to U.S. Supreme Court by FDR; his Klan background was hidden until after confirmation
June 24, 1940
Republican Party platform calls for integration of the armed forces; for the balance of his terms in office, FDR refuses to order it
August 8, 1945
Republicans condemn Harry Truman’s surprise use of the atomic bomb in Japan. The whining and criticism goes on for years. It begins two days after the Hiroshima bombing, when former Republican President Herbert Hoover writes to a friend that “The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.”
September 30, 1953
Earl Warren, California’s three-term Republican Governor and 1948 Republican vice presidential nominee, nominated to be Chief Justice; wrote landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education
November 25, 1955
Eisenhower administration bans racial segregation of interstate bus travel
March 12, 1956
Ninety-seven Democrats in Congress condemn Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, and pledge to continue segregation
June 5, 1956
Republican federal judge Frank Johnson rules in favor of Rosa Parks in decision striking down “blacks in the back of the bus” law
November 6, 1956
African-American civil rights leaders Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy vote for Republican Dwight Eisenhower for President
September 9, 1957
President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republican Party’s 1957 Civil Rights Act
September 24, 1957
Sparking criticism from Democrats such as Senators John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, Republican President Dwight Eisenhower deploys the 82nd Airborne Division to Little Rock, AR to force Democrat Governor Orval Faubus to integrate public schools
May 6, 1960
Republican President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republicans’ Civil Rights Act of 1960, overcoming 125-hour, around-the-clock filibuster by 18 Senate Democrats
May 2, 1963
Republicans condemn Democrat sheriff of Birmingham, AL for arresting over 2,000 African-American schoolchildren marching for their civil rights
September 29, 1963
Gov. George Wallace (D-AL) defies order by U.S. District Judge Frank Johnson, appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower, to integrate Tuskegee High School
June 9, 1964
Republicans condemn 14-hour filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Act led by U.S. Senator and former Ku Klux Klansman Robert Byrd (D-WV), who served in the Senate until his death in 2010. At Byrd’s funeral, former Democrat President Bill Clinton said, “He once had a fleeting association with the Ku Klux Klan, what does that mean? I’ll tell you what it means. He was a country boy from the hills and hollows from West Virginia. He was trying to get elected. And maybe he did something he shouldn’t have done come and he spent the rest of his life making it up. And that’s what a good person does. There are no perfect people. There are certainly no perfect politicians.”
June 10, 1964
Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) criticizes Democrat filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Act, calls on Democrats to stop opposing racial equality. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was introduced and approved by a staggering majority of Republicans in the Senate. The Act was opposed by most southern Democrat senators, several of whom were proud segregationists—one of them being Al Gore Sr. Democrat President Lyndon B. Johnson relied on Illinois Senator Everett Dirksen, the Republican leader from Illinois, to get the Act passed.
August 4, 1965
Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) overcomes Democrat attempts to block 1965 Voting Rights Act; 94% of Senate Republicans vote for landmark civil right legislation, while 27% of Democrats oppose. Voting Rights Act of 1965, abolishing literacy tests and other measures devised by Democrats to prevent African-Americans from voting, signed into law; higher percentage of Republicans than Democrats vote in favor
February 19, 1976
Republican President Gerald Ford formally rescinds Democrat President Franklin Roosevelt’s notorious Executive Order authorizing internment of over 120,000 Japanese-Americans during WWII
September 15, 1981
Republican President Ronald Reagan establishes the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, to increase African-American participation in federal education programs
June 29, 1982
Republican President Ronald Reagan signs 25-year extension of 1965 Voting Rights Act
August 10, 1988
Republican President Ronald Reagan signs Civil Liberties Act of 1988, compensating Japanese-Americans for deprivation of civil rights and property during World War II
90% of libs couldn’t explain what a “jim crow” law even is.
What the republicans should be ashamed of is being lapdogs for a few rich ceos and putting ohios public employees in the crosshairs. Do whats best for the people of ohio, not your crony ceos Kasich!