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Cirque du So-What

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4. Perhaps the greatest example

Reply to liberal N proud (Original post)

Wed Jun 19, 2013, 07:05 AM

Jun 2013

of my assertion that all progress in the area of human rights (among others) has been in spite of regressives who would return all of us to feudalism if it were within their power...and they're still hard at work toward attaining that goal.

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June 19, 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster [View all] liberal N proud Jun 2013 OP

The single most important event in US History, and it was 73-27. graham4anything Jun 2013 #1

Without bruising the brain muscle trying to remember or doing the research madokie Jun 2013 #2

No, Dixiecrats stuckinodi Jun 2013 #3

The Dixiecrats plus Senator Byrd of West Virginia. Nimajneb Nilknarf Jun 2013 #9

LBJ quote: "We have lost the South for a generation" liberal N proud Jun 2013 #5

I'd wager a lot of members of this forum are having the same thought. Nimajneb Nilknarf Jun 2013 #8

A larger percentage of Republican Senators voted for it than Democrats Recursion Jun 2013 #12

Whoa. Brickbat Jun 2013 #14

A couple of notable Republicans opposed it, too. Pab Sungenis Jun 2013 #15

Perhaps the greatest example Cirque du So-What Jun 2013 #4

Damn good thing Harry Reid wasn't Senate majority leader back then. bullwinkle428 Jun 2013 #6

+1 Zorra Jun 2013 #10

+2 progressoid Jun 2013 #11

Oh get off it. You would have been even harder on Mansfield than you are on Reid Recursion Jun 2013 #13

Good old Robert Byrd. The Link Jun 2013 #7