Not since Michele Bachmann stood on the House floor and waxed
eloquently (meaning, ignorantly) about the Hoot-Smalley Act (known to people who at least graduated from high school as Smoot-Hawley) and how FDR was the one who signed it into law (when in fact, he was the one who signed it out of law), have I seen such complete and utter nonsense from one individual.
Let's take just one nugget of fantasy from the Philbert's foolish & "fact filled" diatribe:
The whole prohibition thing was massively supported by the Dems...
In point of
fact (something that is apparently lost on people below a certain IQ), the Volstead Act was sponsored by Andrew Volstead (a Republican from Minnesota) and authored by Wayne Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League (also a firm Republican). President Woodrow Wilson (a Democrat) vetoed the Volstead bill and his veto was overridden by the Republican controlled House. Republicans controlled the House of Representatives from 1917 thru 1933. The proposed 18th Amendment was supported in roughly equal numbers by both parties in the House: 69% of Democrats and 68% of Republicans. It was mostly southern Democrats, who were not well aligned with Wilson, who supported it the most. Who supported this naive and foolish law included (but not only) social conservatives, evangelicals, feminists and various other social engineers, whatever party one wants to claim they belonged to. Democrats and Republicans. Basically, it was the same crowd that is working to ruin our country up to this day!
...and among many their greatest adherents the Klu Klux Klan, which was 100% Democrat.
People who have actually cracked open an American History book at some point in their lives know that this ranks in the Top 10 of incorrect and stupid statements made by this poster (an amazing feat... even for him).
The two major political parties in existence in the United States now share very little in common, philosophically and/or ideologically, with the parties, by the same names, that existed 50, 75 and (certainly) 150+ years ago. Only a complete moron would suggest otherwise The Ku Klux Klan was about race and culture, not about political parties. Although in the south, being a Republican immediately after the Civil War was all but illegal. It's really only been in the last 50 years or so that White conservatives felt the need to move from the party of Jefferson Davis (Democrat Party) to Lincoln's party (Republican) - and have pretty much now made it their own. The KKK was born in Pulaski, TN (there is an odd reason why I know this). And yes, its founder was a Democrat. In the south, every voting age White man who believed in the Confederacy was a Democrat. But since Philbert brought up the era of the 1920's, I will mention one simple fact to blow his claim, that the Klan was 100% Democrat, completely out of the water: Warren G. Harding (a Republican the last time I checked) was sworn into the
2nd Ku Klux Klan in the White House. Clarence Morley, Republican governor of Colorado, was a public member and supporter of the KKK. Edward L. Jackson, Republican governor of Indiana, was also a member of the Klan. Around that time, it's estimated that 1 in 8 (White) Americans was a member of the Ku Klux Klan... and it had not a thing to do with which political party a person was aligned with!
Now, I apologize to Jagger for taking his thread off-topic once again. But there are certain things that are just
so completely stupid that I can't stop myself from responding. But as we can see from so much of what is posted by Philbert that the old saying is true:
better to remain silent and have people *think* that you are a fool, than open your mouth and give (firm) confirmation.
Thanks for the confirmation, Mr. Philbert. We all appreciate it. But you should have probably quit while you were just a little bit behind. Have a pleasant afternoon. :hatsoff:
