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rogressive Democrats in Action of NE Arkansas shared Kurt Sims's photo.
Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, and Ark. Liberal Republican Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller at Cummins prison farm in April 1969
Like we said before it's hard to find a Liberal Republican. Actually it's hard to find even a moderate Republican.
Like we said before it's hard to find a Liberal Republican. Actually it's hard to find even a moderate Republican.
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Bruce Bartlett Interesting, considering how right wing Haggard is. Listen to the lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYFD2-_Xng8
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Charles Brown George Wallace was getting most of the Black votes in Alabama by his last terms. My father went to Alabama to have a business meeting with him in that period. People can change , I guess.- Charles Brown The most important example is Lyndon Baines Johnson. He was a segregationist Senate Majority leader , and ended up leading the Civil Rights charge of the Yankee federal gov'ment.
Bob Wells · Friends with Bruce Bartlett and 1 otherJohnson ran the Senate with an eye to the presidency. He didn't sign the Southern Manifesto. He got two, albeit weak, Civil Rights Acts, passed. It's fairer to say he overcame his personal racism. Robert Caro, no fan of Johnson, paints a very fair picture of Johnson.- Bruce Bartlett Johnson had almost nothing to do with passage of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960 and he worked mightily to water them down. The only reason he didn't sign the Manifesto is because Richard B. Russell gave him a pass because he was majority leader.
Fred Sachs · 5 mutual friendsA parochial senator, LBJ became the best president for Blacks since Lincoln, and he was never the racist Lincoln was.
Steve Atlas · Friends with Bob Robertson and 1 otherChange? How about Robert Byrd?- Fred Sachs · Friends with Deathray Jones and 4 othersBruce, you raise an interesting question. My reading indicates Lincoln always abhorred slavery but thought Blacks were inferior. Can you suggest a source that says he did not judge Blacks harshly?
Kevin Ray · Friends with John Pietaro and 2 othersHaggard is not a right-winger. He's a New Dealer who felt the hippies were indulged children. The song was somewhat tongue in cheek.
In 2008, he campaigned for Clinton. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php...Merle Haggard will vote for Hillary and he's singing about it (lyrics)democraticunderground.com- Bob Wells · Friends with Steve Ellman and 1 otherCharles clearly hates LBJ so to discuss the man with him further is a waste of time. To say the most powerful Senate Majority Leader of all time had nothing to do with passage of the first Civil Rights Acts in nearly 100 years is ludicrous. Why don't you read some Caro, since you clearly have not. Caro cannot stand LBJ but he paints a complete picture of the man.
David Brunori · 6 mutual friendsBruce, I do not think Merle Haggard was a right winger. In fact, I think supported Dems politically. The song you referenced was reportedly written while he and his band mates were getting high on a tour bus!
Richard Lavin · 3 mutual friendsThe last time I saw him on TV, he couldn't sing anymore. But I guess he wants to soldier on.
Blaine Sullivan · 2 mutual friendsJohnny Cash couldn't sing either by the time he recorded his last few albums, yet they were regarded as some of the best he ever made. Listen to his cover of "Hurt" www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go His vocals are pretty ragged, but there's no denying the emotional intensity of his performance.
Johnny Cash hurt video. Yes Trent Reznor wrote the original. Yes its a cover song. But J.R. made it his...youtube.com- Charles Brown Someone said of Haggaard: "He is such an interesting figure though. He claims that this song was written to express his father's point of view. It became a call to arms for reactionaries in the 60s:"
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take10charles.blogspot.com|By cb - Charles Brown Bob Wells ·
Charles clearly hates LBJ so to discuss the man with him further is a waste of time. ////////// Actually, LBJ is one of my greatest political heroes; and I'm serious. So, I'm not sure where you got that thought. I'd even say I'm a Johnson Democrat.
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