Any one who cares to open a real history book will see, Repubes don't and never have liked the idea of keepin' slaves.

The Demonrats lost 'em once and then got 'em back.

Who was that who said he'd have the colored folks voting Demoncrat for the next 200 years?

Guess, it'll take 'em that long to realize the Libs are screwin' them as well.

The intelligent coloreds have already gone Repube.

TOO bad Repubs are not the racist party in this country.

They should have held to their original values, maybe.

Your right, were not the racist party.

there isnt a racist party,, there are racists in both parties,,,

Yea but up until the 60's-70's the was a party that publically pushed a racist agenda, the Democrats.

if it was , it hasnt been in my lifetime

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=29602

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States%27_Rights_Democratic_Party

1940 and 1950 are well before my lifetime

I was posting the democratic party platform from 1960

dixicrats are not a current political party and seems from wikipedia they actually were formed because the democrats WERENT supporting racists,,,, kind of like how tea party came out of disapproval of republican representation

Hell just look at Ross Barnett

During his time as governor, Barnett, a staunch segregationist, became noted for his tumultuous clashes with the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. While this approach was popular in the state, it was done in part to blunt the criticism he was receiving for a variety of reasons: failing to follow through with promises of jobs for office-seekers; filling those jobs with acquaintances, and attempting to wrest control of state agencies from the legislature.

In 1962, he actively opposed James Meredith's efforts to desegregate his alma mater, the University of Mississippi. As a result, Barnett was fined $10,000 and sentenced to jail for contempt but never paid the fine or served a day in jail. This was because the charges were terminated (civil) and dismissed (criminal) by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, due to "substantial compliance with orders of the court," and "in view of changed circumstances and conditions."

Barnett gave his famous fifteen-word "I Love Mississippi" speech at the University of Mississippi football game in Jackson. Ole Miss Rebels were playing Kentucky Wildcats. 41,000 fans cheered at the stadium waving thousands of Confederate flags. At halftime, a gigantic Confederate flag was unvelied on the field. The crowd shouted "We want Ross"! Barnett went to the field, grabbed the microphone at the 50-yard line and said:

"I love Mississippi! I love her people! Our customs. I love and respect our heritage."

The crowd went wild. This occurred the night before the riots at Ole Miss' Oxford campus over the admission of Meredith to the university.

The following year, he also actively tried to prevent the Mississippi State University basketball team from playing an NCAA Tournament game against the racially integrated team from Loyola of Chicago. The team defied Barnett by sneaking out of the state and playing the game, which they lost to the eventual national champions.

Barnett's looming presence was clearly evident at the first trial of white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith in February 1964. De La Beckwith was on trial for the murder of African American civil rights activist Medgar Evers, but an all-white jury was unable to agree on a verdict in both this and a subsequent re-trial. In the second subsequent re-trial, former Governor Ross Barnett interrupted the proceedings—while Myrlie Evers was testifying—to shake hands with Beckwith. De La Beckwith was eventually convicted at a subsequent trial three decades later, a case that was chronicled in the movie Ghosts of Mississippi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Barnett

This was the common attitude of Democrats in that day and age.

according to whom....? its really not an issue for me.

Im just curious of what facts support the conclusion about what was COMMON amongst democrats,,,what constitutes what was common
and
is it possible that it was common amongst SOUTHERN democrats and probably amongst southern americans at large?

Just look at the masses of Democrats that were racist and supported racist laws. Hell up until his death a couple months back the Democrats had a Klansman that was 4th in line to the Presidency.

Let's look at some of HIS famous letters and sayings..........

In 1946 or 1947 Byrd wrote a letter to a Grand Wizard stating, "The Klan is needed today as never before, and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia and in every state in the nation.".

I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side ... Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds. ”
— Robert C. Byrd, in a letter to Sen. Theodore Bilbo (D-MS), 1944

Here's a little bit about the Democrat he sent that letter to.

Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (October 13, 1877 – August 21, 1947) was an American politician. Bilbo, a Democrat, twice served as governor of Mississippi (1916–20, 1928–32) and later became a U.S. Senator (1935–47).

A master of filibuster and scathing rhetoric, a rough-and-tumble fighter in debate, he made his name a synonym for white supremacy. Proud of being a racist, Bilbo believed in the natural inferiority of black people, was a fiery defender of segregation, and was a member of the Ku Klux Klan.

there was enough racist attitude to go around

still is

those who would own slaves lived ALL OVER AMERICA

Yes there still is and a lot of it comes from the direction of the Democrats.

and republicans, and independents,,,