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07.11.2008 4:02 pm

The many ways liberals have protected America

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In regard to James D. Klauke’s letter, “Forgot to say thanks”, Friday, July 11, 2008, I would like to remind Mr. Klauke and like minded people, that thanks to the liberals there was a Boston Tea Party and America’s freedom from the British.  Thanks to the liberals slavery was abolished, (not to forget the conservatives who seceded from the United States and caused the American Civil War),  and thanks to the liberals Black people and women were given the right to vote.  Thanks to the liberals we no longer have separate water fountains and separate rest rooms and separate schools.  We have a black man running for President;  we have women in government and other high positions and the list could go on and on, all thanks to the liberals. That is called protecting America.

As far as George W. Bush protecting America, I have many more reasons to be afraid of him than I have reasons to be afraid of terrorists.

Charles Parrish

St. Louis County

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That may be true of liberals past, but sure hell not the way it is now. Deocrats have done nothing but obstruct since JFK.

Nancy Pelosi’s number is 202-225-0100. Call her and say drill, drill, drill. She will not le a bill go to the floor on drilling, because she knows it would pass.

Obstruct, obstruct, obstruct, that is what liberalism is now days.

— JD
4:17 pm July 11th, 2008

Charles Parrish:

“As far as George W. Bush protecting America, I have many more reasons to be afraid of him than I have reasons to be afraid of terrorists.”

Fear not Charlie, processing warrants for pederasty in Scotland is very low on both the Bush and Brown priority lists.

— Iconoclastic Sage
4:19 pm July 11th, 2008

So JD Liberals have done nothing since JFK? IS that from JFK on or after JFK?

JFK started the space exploration, which advanced computer and other electronic expansion.

As for social have we forgotten Poll Taxes being outlawed?

Have you forgotten getting colleges to open to minorities? I am not talking about quotas, I am talking about situations when the Governor of Alabama standing in doorway trying to bar entrance to minorities.

Have you forgotten about people charged with a crime having the right to representation? Before Gideon only time an indigent in Florida was entitled to a lawyer was in a trial that could end in a death sentence. So if you were poor and charged with a crime that could end in 30 years in prison if you could not afford a lawyer then you defended yourself.

There is more however these are just a few indication that your statement that liberals have not done nothing but obstruct since JFK.

Do not use the Republican record in the 1960’s to point out that more Republicans voted for Civil Rights than Democrats (at least has a percentage). You have to remember that in the 1960’s the Republicans were the party of the center. You had your strong left and right wings in the Democratic party, they dominated what we today refer to the far left and far right. The right wing of the Democrats fled to the Republicans in the late 70’s and early 80’s. It was the right wing of the Democrats in the 1960’s that kept the Democrats from having a higher percentage voting for
Civil Rights and I am sure they would do the same for the Republicans if done today.

Yes in area’s liberals have gone to far, but they are also the ones pushing the country into the new century.

— Bob
4:42 pm July 11th, 2008

Bob

Read my post. It says SINCE. In other words, SINCE hid untimely death. Understand now?

— JD
5:03 pm July 11th, 2008

JD,

Read my response, I quote events that started at or happened since JFK. For instance out lawing of Poll Taxes came during the Johnson. It was in the 960’s,for another example that a person charged with a crime, got the right to consult an attorney before going to court.

So maybe I am not the only one that needs to read statements. The use of SINCE can mean “from then until now” or “between then and now”. One definition excludes the period that include JFK and the other definition excludes the period that JFK was in office. I hope this clears up the issue.

Funny how you got hung up on the definition of “Since” and not ready to recognize that out lawing Poll Taxes was a liberal achievement SINCE JFK, thus showing your earlier posting was incorrect.

— Bob
5:19 pm July 11th, 2008

Typical Obamamessiah voter, the greatest evil in the world is not al-Qaeda, not islamofascism, but America and george Bush. These people are demented.

— tim jones
5:21 pm July 11th, 2008

Look who’s in the school door now. The libs refuse to give vouchers to minority students so they can go to the same elitist school their kids go to. The libs demand that blacks stay in run-down inner-city schools, while sending their kids to elite private schools.

— tim jones
5:43 pm July 11th, 2008

tim jones,

There you go lying again and again and again. Because a group opposes vouchers does not mean that they are standing in the door ways. They might oppose vouchers because they oppose vouchers to schools run by a church or they might do so because they feel that by letting others go outside the public system then you slow down the process of fixing the public system. Arguments on both sides can be valid. But you just say it is libs wanting to bar blacks, instead of giving solid reasons to allow this.

At the moment I oppose vouchers. However, I am willing to reconsider but I need answers, such has does the voucher cover only tuition. Many of these schools that are desirable are not in poor neighborhoods. How do we get the kids to the schools? Do we cover the new schools uniforms for the poor? Do vouchers include school supplies?

Anyhow tim try the truth and reasoned arguments you might even someday grow to like it.

— Bob
6:05 pm July 11th, 2008

Bob

I did read your post, and I answered your question.

The liberals abolished slavery? I always thought it was President Lincoln, a Republican. Guess libs are trying to change history again.

— JD
8:37 pm July 11th, 2008

JD, the Republicans were not always conservative. Consider that the Andrew Johnson impeachment was led by the “Radical Republicans”. At the time of the civil war, the Republicans were the radical liberals. Abraham Lincoln was considered a dangerous radical by many.

You might try actually reading history.

— hs
10:14 pm July 11th, 2008

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