1:18 PMKeyser Soze
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I know you were out shooting squirrels and such when it happened...

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You're very perceptive in that order Harry. Yes I was shooting squirrels in 1966 when I was 10 years old, with my own .22 rifle. When I was 13 I bought my own .357 and was in the 8th grade at the time...
:^ )

On Thu, 4 May 2017 14:18:18 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

I know you were out shooting squirrels and such when it happened, Timmy,
but in the mid-1960s, the Democratic Party (the liberals) kicked out the
southern racists and that's when those folks began their takeover of the
GOP, a movement that was enabled by Richard Nixon's "southern strategy."

I don't think it was as much that they were kicked out as that they
just left in disgust.

On 5/4/17 3:44 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 4 May 2017 14:18:18 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

I know you were out shooting squirrels and such when it happened, Timmy,
but in the mid-1960s, the Democratic Party (the liberals) kicked out the
southern racists and that's when those folks began their takeover of the
GOP, a movement that was enabled by Richard Nixon's "southern strategy."

I don't think it was as much that they were kicked out as that they
just left in disgust.


They were kicked out at the '64 Dem convention.

On Thu, 4 May 2017 15:47:15 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

I don't think it was as much that they were kicked out as that they
just left in disgust.


They were kicked out at the '64 Dem convention.

You know Harry, they write this **** down. I was also alive in 64.

There were 50 or 60 deep south delegates who refused to sign the
platform. Two black delegates of over 60 who said they should have won
if they had their voter rights honored were seated as at large
delegates and that ****ed off more southerners but nobody was kicked
out.

On 5/4/17 10:46 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 4 May 2017 15:47:15 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

I don't think it was as much that they were kicked out as that they
just left in disgust.


They were kicked out at the '64 Dem convention.

You know Harry, they write this **** down. I was also alive in 64.

There were 50 or 60 deep south delegates who refused to sign the
platform. Two black delegates of over 60 who said they should have won
if they had their voter rights honored were seated as at large
delegates and that ****ed off more southerners but nobody was kicked
out.


White racist delegates from Mississippi and Alabama refused to sign a
pledge to support the Johnson-Humphrey ticket, were therefore refused
seating as delegates, and walked out. The refusal to sign the pledge
kicked them out. I watched that convention. You may call it what you
like, but the racists were kicked out.

Keyser Soze
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White racist delegates from Mississippi and Alabama refused to sign a
pledge to support the Johnson-Humphrey ticket, were therefore refused
seating as delegates, and walked out. The refusal to sign the pledge
kicked them out. I watched that convention. You may call it what you
like, but the racists were kicked out.
.....

So they voted racists in to replace the racists they voted out. That solved a lot.

On Fri, 5 May 2017 06:44:27 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 5/4/17 10:46 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 4 May 2017 15:47:15 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

I don't think it was as much that they were kicked out as that they
just left in disgust.


They were kicked out at the '64 Dem convention.

You know Harry, they write this **** down. I was also alive in 64.

There were 50 or 60 deep south delegates who refused to sign the
platform. Two black delegates of over 60 who said they should have won
if they had their voter rights honored were seated as at large
delegates and that ****ed off more southerners but nobody was kicked
out.


White racist delegates from Mississippi and Alabama refused to sign a
pledge to support the Johnson-Humphrey ticket, were therefore refused
seating as delegates, and walked out. The refusal to sign the pledge
kicked them out. I watched that convention. You may call it what you
like, but the racists were kicked out.

They still had their credentials. They just did not get to vote. It
was the same with the 60 black delegates who demanded to be seated
because they felt they should have been elected.

You also did not really "watch" the convention unless you were there.
The networks had a little bit of newsreel coverage but nobody really
wanted to miss Bonanza or General Hospital to see these things. They
also soft pedaled the problems at the convention and concentrated on
the speeches coronating LBJ when they did have televised coverage.
I was around then too and my parents were "all the way with LBJ".

Keyser Soze wrote:
On 5/4/17 10:46 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 4 May 2017 15:47:15 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

I don't think it was as much that they were kicked out as that they
just left in disgust.


They were kicked out at the '64 Dem convention.

You know Harry, they write this **** down. I was also alive in 64.

There were 50 or 60 deep south delegates who refused to sign the
platform. Two black delegates of over 60 who said they should have won
if they had their voter rights honored were seated as at large
delegates and that ****ed off more southerners but nobody was kicked
out.


White racist delegates from Mississippi and Alabama refused to sign a
pledge to support the Johnson-Humphrey ticket, were therefore refused
seating as delegates, and walked out. The refusal to sign the pledge
kicked them out. I watched that convention. You may call it what you
like, but the racists were kicked out.


Sounds like a dictatorship not a convention to chose a ticket. My way or
my way.

On 5/5/17 11:21 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 5 May 2017 06:44:27 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 5/4/17 10:46 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 4 May 2017 15:47:15 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

I don't think it was as much that they were kicked out as that they
just left in disgust.


They were kicked out at the '64 Dem convention.

You know Harry, they write this **** down. I was also alive in 64.

There were 50 or 60 deep south delegates who refused to sign the
platform. Two black delegates of over 60 who said they should have won
if they had their voter rights honored were seated as at large
delegates and that ****ed off more southerners but nobody was kicked
out.


White racist delegates from Mississippi and Alabama refused to sign a
pledge to support the Johnson-Humphrey ticket, were therefore refused
seating as delegates, and walked out. The refusal to sign the pledge
kicked them out. I watched that convention. You may call it what you
like, but the racists were kicked out.

They still had their credentials. They just did not get to vote. It
was the same with the 60 black delegates who demanded to be seated
because they felt they should have been elected.

You also did not really "watch" the convention unless you were there.
The networks had a little bit of newsreel coverage but nobody really
wanted to miss Bonanza or General Hospital to see these things. They
also soft pedaled the problems at the convention and concentrated on
the speeches coronating LBJ when they did have televised coverage.
I was around then too and my parents were "all the way with LBJ".



"They just did not get to vote." That says it all.

On Fri, 5 May 2017 12:11:37 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 5/5/17 11:21 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 5 May 2017 06:44:27 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 5/4/17 10:46 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 4 May 2017 15:47:15 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

I don't think it was as much that they were kicked out as that they
just left in disgust.


They were kicked out at the '64 Dem convention.

You know Harry, they write this **** down. I was also alive in 64.

There were 50 or 60 deep south delegates who refused to sign the
platform. Two black delegates of over 60 who said they should have won
if they had their voter rights honored were seated as at large
delegates and that ****ed off more southerners but nobody was kicked
out.


White racist delegates from Mississippi and Alabama refused to sign a
pledge to support the Johnson-Humphrey ticket, were therefore refused
seating as delegates, and walked out. The refusal to sign the pledge
kicked them out. I watched that convention. You may call it what you
like, but the racists were kicked out.

They still had their credentials. They just did not get to vote. It
was the same with the 60 black delegates who demanded to be seated
because they felt they should have been elected.

You also did not really "watch" the convention unless you were there.
The networks had a little bit of newsreel coverage but nobody really
wanted to miss Bonanza or General Hospital to see these things. They
also soft pedaled the problems at the convention and concentrated on
the speeches coronating LBJ when they did have televised coverage.
I was around then too and my parents were "all the way with LBJ".



"They just did not get to vote." That says it all.

They were not kicked out and they were still around to lobby those who
could vote although it was just the coronation of LBJ and any vote was
just going to be ceremonial. Johnson's platform was a pack of lies
anyway and we went back on most of it ... most notably the war. That
is why he kicked himself out of the 68 election before he had the
embarrassment of being only the second sitting president not to get
the nomination of his party.