Jack & Jill Politics

NEWS FLASH: Blacks Learning
‘Goldwater Girl’ Hillary Was AGAINST
the Civil Rights Act of 1964….Feel Deceived !

A March 12, 2007 article written by acclaimed Washington columnist Robert Novak sheds a very revealing light on the true sentiment of Hillary Clinton during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement. Clinton recently was found to have minimized the great and monumental strides taken by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by stating that it was Lyndon B. Johnson, then president, who should receive the credit for civil rights progress including the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

In an attempt to attract black support Hillary Clinton regularly shares her ‘civil rights experience’ during every speech given to blacks audiences. Novak writes of one such speech at Selma’s First Baptist Church on the 42nd anniversary of the “bloody Sunday” freedom march there, where Sen. Clinton declared: “As a young woman, I had the great privilege of hearing Dr. King speak in Chicago. The year was 1963. My youth minister from our church took a few of us down on a cold January night to hear [King]. . . . And he called on us, he challenged us that evening to stay awake during the great revolution that the civil rights pioneers were waging on behalf of a more perfect union.” But Novak’s article states that there’s a big problem with her statement.

The fact is, in 1963, the same period of time she speeks of at all black church appearances, not only was Hillary Clinton a republican, but she was also a staunch supporter of republican Senator Barry Goldwater, well known as a segregationist and one of the most vocal senators adamently against the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which is why he lost in his presidential bid to Lyndon B. Johnson. Novak writes “…how then could she be a ‘Goldwater Girl’ in the next year’s presidential election?” He continues, “…she described herself in her memoirs as ‘an active Young Republican’ and ‘a Goldwater girl, right down to my cowgirl outfit.’ (Hillary worked on Golwater’s presidential campaign)
Novak adds, “As a politically attuned honor student, she must have known that Goldwater was one of only six Republican senators who joined Southern Democratic segregationists opposing the historic voting rights act of 1964 inspired by King. Hillary headed the Young Republicans at Wellesley College.

The incompatibility of those two positions of 40 years ago was noted to me (Novak) by Democratic old-timers who were shocked by Sen. Clinton’s temerity in pursuing her presidential candidacy.” Novak adds, “What Hillary Clinton said at Selma is significant because it betrays her campaign’s panicky reaction to the unexpected rise of Sen. Obama as a serious competitor for the Democratic nomination.
Clinton’s plans were transformed by the advent of Obama, an African-American threatening the hard allegiance of black voters forged by Bill Clinton. On one hand, the Clinton campaign has attacked Obama and his supporters. On the other hand, she has sought to solidify her civil rights credentials.

While Clinton was re-inventing her past, her road to the White House is not going as planned. Instead of a steady procession to coronation at the Denver convention, she is involved in a real struggle against credible opponents led by Obama. No wonder she and her handlers were tempted to imply the existence long ago of a young lady in Chicago’s suburbs who never really existed.”

Blacks are stating their feeling of betrayment now that these truths are being exposed as they come to the conclusion that the fact is, Hillary was AGAINST the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that Dr. King died for and as a ‘Goldwater Girl’ she was even against Lyndon B. Johnson, the very person she now gives the credit to for Dr. King getting to the mountaintop. !

Greg ‘Peace Song’ Jones

what on earth is Obama doing holding Ronald Reagan up as a progressive model???? does he have a plan with this? what is he doing????

bigassbelle,

Please read what Obama said for yourself, in full and in context, before jumping on (or trying to get others to jump on) the “Obama hearts Reagan” bull shit bandwagon.

The full interview here.

Obama handled this interview incredibly well. I now believe that he is the next President of the United States.

Thought this one should be kicked around before adding it to the Wiki, but that conference call arranged by the Clinton campaign in Vegas today for the purpose of denouncing a Spanish-language anti-Clinton radio ad was sketchy.

You can read more about the ad, paid for by labor union UNITE-HERE, and the conference call, here:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0108/UniteHERE_ad_Hillary_Clinton_does_not_respect_our_people.html

The gist is that the ad hits Hillary in a very negative way vis-a-vis the lawsuit filed to stop the hotel and casino caucuses. The Clinton campaign arranged a conference call press avail, and provided Dolores Hueta to get in some Obama-bashing and spread an utter falsehood… that Obama has absolutely no support in the Latin community.

The money passage in bold:

“It’s pathetic and it’s sad and it’s unfortunate that they have to stoop so low,” said Dolores Huerta, a longtime Hispanic labor leader who supports Clinton. She said she had never met Obama in her years of working on Hispanic causes, and suggested the ad was prompted by his lack of Hispanic support.

“I have yet to find even one worker — a Latino worker — who is supporting Barack Obama,” she said.

@bigassbelle…Folks are really missing out on the value of being “Reaganesque.” even if you disagree with Reagan’s policies that were detrimental to African Americans.

Democrats haven’t really had a “Reagan”-type President since FDR…So 21st Century Democrats don’t know what it’s like to “wax poetic” like Republicans talk about Reagan even since he’s been out of office since 1989 and deceased since 2004.

Obama could be the type of President where long after 2017 (completing two terms) people and future presidential candidates are still waxing poetic in the year 2034…”I voted for Obama. I supported his initiatives. I believed in a United America…I was an Obama Republican.”

There’s a lot of power in this concept if you appreciate the parallelism.

During the 80s, there were Reagan Democrats…that’s partly why he won 48 states and Carter won 2 states.

During the 2000s, there must be Obama Republicans (and independents) to create a real coalition for change.

I’ll be happy with 271 electoral votes for Obama…but if the circumstances are right, he will do much better than that.