Pin the Blame on the Donkey
By Brian Campbell
I’m from a New York school-teacher family, brought up as a Democrat. My father retired from the military after Vietnam and became an elementary school teacher; he won numerous awards for his instructions in New York State throughout his career. He taught his students to think, to problem solve, to question, and seek answers.
As I got older and paid more attention, I was able to remember when certain political officials didn’t deliver on their promises or completely changed their stance years later just to garner votes.
Their supporters knew they didn’t mean it and voted accordingly.
I realized most career politicians – and particularly Democrat politicians – had no moral compass. I watched as Democrat-run areas continued to spiral downwards in education, and promised humanitarian aid to veterans and homeless were never forthcoming.
It finally dawned on me that the “Party of the People” had been lying.
I was ignorant of what the Democratic Party really stood for, so I began looking into its voting history. What I learned was never taught in school, in fact, today most teachers purposely ignore or teach the opposite of what is truly occurring.
As a parent, it troubles me to listen to what some Democrat teachers say in our SBUSD high schools. They do not teach facts. They preach their personal limited opinion by regurgitating the latest CNN headline and don’t actually research issues or listen to the candidate debates. These Substitutes, English, Math teachers, etc., are ignorant to both sides and are not teaching, they are indoctrinating youth by regurgitating their biased, uneducated opinions.
A Short History of the Democratic Party
In 1793, politicians promoted small government and had a distrust in a national government, believing the states should remain separate. After all, they just finished a bloody war with a tyrannical government, and they knew how corrupt government could be.
Along the way two parties developed, Democrats and Republicans.
An 1857 Supreme Court case (Dred Scott v. Sandford) ruled that slaves aren’t citizens; they are property. The seven justices who voted in favor of slavery were all Democrats.
In the North, a new conservative anti-slavery party was formed: the Republicans. In 1860, the Republicans nominated Abraham Lincoln as the first Republican President.
In 1861, after Lincoln was sworn in as President, Southern Democrats seceded from the Union, kicking off the Civil War.
It’s strange how Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, Jerry Nadler, Jimmy Carter, Dianne Feinstein – Democrats all – can challenge an election but are never arrested or boycotted by corporate media. But as soon as Republicans question an election they are boycotted by the media, sued in court, and/or thrown in jail,
The Confederates (Democrats) lost the war. Six days after the Confederates surrendered, Republican President Abraham Lincoln was murdered by John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate.
Lincoln’s Vice President, Andrew Johnson stepped in as President. Johnson, a Democrat, and the Democratic Party went on to oppose the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery; the 14th Amendment, which gave blacks citizenship; and the 15th Amendment, which gave blacks the vote. All three passed only because of universal Republican support.
1865 Democrats created the Ku Klux Klan. The group employed violence as a means of pushing back Reconstruction and its enfranchisement of former Black slaves. Democratic historian Eric Foner wrote, “In effect, the Klan was a military force serving the interests of the Democratic Party." Much like Antifa and BLM today.
The 1866 Civil Rights Act was vetoed by Democratic President Andrew Johnson twice.
The act had three primary objectives:
1) a definition of American citizenship
2) the rights which come with this citizenship, and
3) that no person could be deprived of citizenship rights “on the basis of race, color, or prior condition of slavery or involuntary servitude.”
In 1867, Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Confederate General who massacred hundreds of unarmed black and white POWs, became the Klan's first Grand Wizard.
The Klan, with Forrest as its head, suppressed voting rights of blacks in the Southern United States through violence and intimidation during the election of 1868.
In 1868, however, Republican Ulysses S Grant was elected President.
In 1871, a Republican-led Congress passed the Ku Klux Klan Act, authorizing President Grant to use military force against domestic terrorists.
The 1875 Civil Rights Act made segregation illegal in most public accommodations. However, Democratic states still segregated bathrooms, public transportation, and other facilities.
In 1882, a Democrat-run Supreme Court declared the Ku Klux Klan Act unconstitutional.
1913, President Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat, shared many views with the Klan. He re-segregated many federal agencies, and even screened the first movie ever played at the White House – “The Birth of a Nation,” originally entitled “The Clansman.” It has been called “the most controversial film ever made in the United States” and “the most reprehensibly racist film in Hollywood history.” The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is portrayed as a heroic force, necessary to preserve American values, protect white women, and maintain white supremacy.
In 1913, the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage was formed to campaign for a Constitutional Amendment guaranteeing women's suffrage.
March 3, 1913, the day before Woodrow Wilson's inauguration, a women’s suffrage demonstration attracted a crowd of half a million people; this was the first demonstration of its kind and warranted national media attention, but Wilson took no action to promote women’s rights.
Five years later in 1918, President Wilson facing a tight midterm election was forced to confront the issue of women's suffrage directly. Between January 1918 and June 1919, the House and Senate voted on the federal amendment five times. Southern Democrats continued to oppose giving women the vote. The amendment finally passed the House as a direct result of Republicans leading the charge for women’s rights.
1956, many Southern Democrats in Congress, signed the “Southern Manifesto,” voicing their opposition to the ruling of the 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, which declared that segregated public schools were unconstitutional.
The 1960 Civil Rights Act established federal inspections of local voter registration polls and introduced federal penalties for anyone or any organization that tries to obstruct a person's attempt to register to vote. 100% of Republicans supported the Act; Democrats opposed it.
1964 Cvil Rights Act passed with 93% of Republican support. Democratic senators filibustered the bill for 75 days,
Democrats finally realized they needed a new strategy: They decided then they were going to lie to the people about who they really are.
But that was then, you say?
Well, yes. Democratic voters have been lied to for decades. Most politicians say what they think you want to hear and will flip on a dime on any issue.
Do Your Own Research
My first challenge to you is to read past the headlines, look somewhere besides corporate media or social media “fact checkers.”
My second challenge is for you to have a calm conversation with your neighbors, friends, and coworkers about the issues they are facing.
Santa Barbara, Californians you have been lied to. And shame on you for blaming those who have not been in control for decades. It is the Democratic endorsed officials who have created the mess we’re in with your vote. Perhaps you are happy paying through the nose to maintain the worst schools in the country, paying the highest amount for gas and utilities, having the largest number of homeless and illegals, sorry “newcomers”, etc. Perhaps you enjoy knowing that half of your car insurance premium is to pay for those who choose not to carry (or pay for) auto insurance, despite it being required by law.
Maybe you are okay with an impending $78-billion state deficit.
Perhaps you’ll vote more Democrats like Adam Schiff into office.
I hope not.
I sincerely hope not.
I agree with Brian's assessment of the democratic party. It's become very difficult to even discuss these issues with lots of people, that I also call the deniers or the brainwashed. I like to consider opposing opinions to see if my opinion might be wrong. Most of the people with opposing opinions refuse to be open minded and even consider that they might be wrong. Sad. I encourage everyone to be open minded and as Brian says, do your homework.
Excellent factual article! But remember what Mark Twain said, "It is easier to fool someone, than to convince someone that they have been fooled". So very True.