DEAR EDITOR:
I don’t understand all the fuss being made over what Trent Lott
said at Strom Thurmond’s birthday celebration.
DEAR EDITOR:
I don’t understand all the fuss being made over what Trent Lott said at Strom Thurmond’s birthday celebration. Perhaps the public has forgotten about the history leading up to this statement.
Way back in the 1960’s, the South was almost all Democrat in fact the party there was known as “Dixie-Crats.”
Then along came Jack Kennedy. He tried to get equal voting rights for black southerners, but ran into great opposition from segregationists in the south, where he was hated for his actions. As a consequence, he was dealt with when he went to Dallas.
The new president, Lyndon Johnson, being a “good old boy” from the south was supposed to put segregation back on track. Johnson decided to pursue Kennedy’s voting rights plans was immediately held in contempt by white southerners. Previous to this, all of the “white sheets” were kept in the Democrat linen closet.
Then, as a protest to the Democrat Party, many white southerners bolted the party, took their white sheets to the Republican linen closet, and joined the Republican Party.
Now it been over 40 years, and the Republicans still control most of the dixie states.
So, what Trent Lott said should be no surprise to anyone. Especially anyone who is old enough to know the history.
Jack Dwan, Gilroy
Submitted Friday, Dec. 13 to ed****@ga****.com
