To The Bitter End

We will resist to the bitter end any measure or any movement which would have any tendency to bring out social equality and intermingling and amalgamation of the races in our(Southern) states. Richard Russell (D-GA) March 30 1964

This statement, one of many, was part of a 54 day filibuster by the Southern bloc of conservative Democrats during passage of the 1964 Voting Rights Act. Then as now, you have a cadre of senators from the GOP, cut from the same southern racist cloth who want to relive the magic of those days by derailing health care bill.

It is ironic that on this day an African-American president leads this nation while 45 years ago this same president wouldn't have been able to cast a vote because of his skin color. People need to ask the real reason for this protracted war with our president. Yes, we have heard the same worn out mantras about higher taxes, adding to the deficit and our children's future. Yet, it was this same cabal of senators who fell in lock step with the Bush mafia who rammed tax cuts for the wealthy down middle class America's throat.

Every step of the way these senators claim they weren't racists, but sat idly by as their constituents called President Obama a racist, socialist, communist, terrorist, Muslim, monkey, etc. To this ilk they would rather see more than 10 percent of citizens in our nation continue to go without health care than give them the tools to help improve their lives.

Well, just like in 1964, good prevailed over evil. No matter what these senators do this time around it won't matter. The House and Senate Republicans are on the wrong side of history, just like those southern Democrats in 1964. Their votes will forever be linked to their narrow, selfish interests that are as extinct as a quiche eating dinosaur.

Yesterday on C-SPAN, a handful of old, senile, silly looking white men took to the podium to rail against the evils of this bill. So much like 1964, these old 20th century toothless cadavers looked so much like their 1964 inbred cousins. What they fail to grasp is that our nation has changed and moved on. Occupying the White House is an African-American who was in diapers when the first batch of near-do-wells took the podium to rail against evils of race mixing.

Last time I looked our nation still stands as vibrant and prosperous as ever....

I LOVE OBAMA WAFFLES!

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