A good con has several key elements to it; first you plan, then you pitch, then you take, and last you deny. You never give up the con. You just keep denying any wrong-doing and never give up the con.
I was surprised at what I discovered, and further wondered if Republicans and Democrats today are even aware of heir party roots. The oldest party, the Democratic Party, today claims that they are the party of economic opportunity, social justice and racial equality, however let's examine that claim in the light and facts of history... they were formed out of a political rift of Jefferson's party, the Democratic Republican party, and out of that split the Democratic party was born. In the 1820's Andrew Jackson was elected and was championed as good for the common man. How did he do it? In violation of treaties, he slaughtered the Indian, the native Americans, forced them onto reservations, and confiscated their lands, which he sold to poor white men for next to nothing with their promise to vote for him. He was responsible for the infamous "Trail of Tears". The National Republican party, later to become the Republican party under Lincoln, fought the Democrats, trying to uphold Indian rights, but to no avail.
But the injustice doesn't stop there. Jackson, who called Indians "inferior humans" in his 1833 speech to Congress, felt the same about blacks. Jackson was a major slave holder, owning hundreds of slaves, and a proponent of slavery, believed in "ruling with the rawhide". Jackson once placed ads in Northern newspapers for the return of a runaway slave, offering $50 for his return, and a bonus of $10 per one hundred lashes, up to 300 lashes, which was, in essence, a death sentence... Jackson was also infamous for his trysts with his young black female slaves...
As the country grew more and more uneasy over slavery, and with the election of Lincoln, it looked like the political winds were shifting. Lincoln's original stand was to curb the growth of slavery, and not to allow it to spread west, however, with the growing unrest, and subsequent civil war, he emancipated all slaves. The Democrats were violently opposed to it, both southern and northern Democrats. From physically attacking Republicans who spoke out on the Congress floor, to the formation of vigilante groups, the most common being the KKK, the Democrats fought against the rights of the black man. As a matter of record, not one Republican ever owned a slave. You could say that the Civil War was every bit a fight of Republicans against the Democrats as it was the North against the South.
It is interesting to note that it was not the Democrats of the 1960s who championed civil rights, rather the Republicans of 1860s. The Republicans championed the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to our Constitution, forever banning slavery, defining citizenship, and giving citizens the right to vote despite race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Of these, only the 13th garnered a couple Democratic votes- the 14th and 15th were carried by strictly Republican votes, with no Democrat voting for these rights. The Civil Rights Acts of the 1960s, signed by President Johnson, merely guaranteed the rights already afforded blacks under the Constitution would be enforced.
As previously mentioned, the KKK was formed and became the enforcing arm of the Democratic party. General Nathan Bedford Forrest was the first Grand Wizard, as well as a Democratic representative. What also is interesting is that the very first meeting of Planned Parenthood, founded by Margaret Sanger, was pitched to "The Wives of the KKK".Her pitch was that humanity could be improved via selective breeding, and killing weaker or lesser ones was actually a blessing... that should be an affront to all who hold humanity precious. But it was a plank of the Democratic party...
Now I checked all this, because I hear all the politicians calling Trump and Republican followers racists, among other things, and it turns out that it is the Democratic party that has its roots and platform deep in racism. However, they have somehow pulled off one of the biggest con jobs on the American people- making them believe they are the party economic opportunity, social justice, and racial equality, when their entire history has been to subjugate or destroy minorities. Plan, pitch, take, and deny. We've seen the plan and pitch, and they're currently taking with both hands, and the denials have begun. But some are seeing through them. Recently Quanell X, leader of the New Black Panther Party, said blacks need to re-examine their relationship with the Democratic party that they've had for decades because "for 54 years we have been voting for the Democratic party like no other race in America. And they have not given us the same loyalty and love that we've given them... we are being pimped out like prostitutes, and they're the big pimps pimping us politically, promising us everything and we get nothing in return". Take and deny... but truth is truth.
One last claim... Democrats claimed that "racist" leaders switched to the Republican party, mainly to appeal to blacks to get them to switch allegiances in the 1930s, when many were looking to the Democratic party promises during the great depression. Of those leaders of the KKK and other racist organizations, Democratic Congressmen and Senators, from 1860 to 2000, all those who voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964- over 1600 total people, and less than 1% switched parties from Democrat to Republican (12 people). Plan, pitch, take, and deny. Truth has no place in a con. Never give up the con. Fact checked and verified...
Food for thought...
