Friday, September 5, 2008

Day 4 of RNC features speech by Sen. Brownback

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Web-extended video: Sen. Sam Brownback addresses the Republican National Convention

It wasn't the speech he'd hoped to give, but see for yourself whether Sen. Sam Brownback, a former presidential candidate, has fully thrown his support behind John McCain.

St. Paul, Minn. — It's not the acceptance speech he once hoped to give, but Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback addressed delegates for a few minutes on the final night of the Republican National Convention.

It was the same night, Sen. John McCain accepted the presidential nomination and vowed that as president he would end the "constant partisan rancor" in

Washington. He said he'll reach out his hand to any who'll help him "get this country moving again."

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Brownback, once a presidential candidate, endorsed McCain just days after abandoning his own White House bid. He played a key role in helping McCain reach out to social conservatives who were skeptical about McCain's views on issues like abortion.

Brownback also said McCain was the candidate to get things done and to help win the war in Iraq and paid respect to McCain's military service.

"He'll put his left hand on the Bible and raise his right hand only about this high. He can't raise it any higher because of the broken bones he suffered in Vietnam serving his country and standing up for his man. I don't know about you, but where I come from that's called true grit," Brownback said. "And, he'll give that same level of commitment, courage and true grit to being the next president of the United States."

The Kansas senator scolded the Democrats for their message of change by saying their voting records don't match their voices.

"The other party was encouraging us to believe and they told America over and over, 'yes we can.' But when you look at the past two years controlling the House and the Senate, all we've seen is no we can't. John McCain says 'yes we will,'" Brownback said.

Kansan in the spotlight: Gov. Kathleen Sebelius addressed the Democratic National Convention. If you are interested, check out extended video of her speech here.

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brotherx (anonymous) says...

An Open Letter to Senator John McCain and the Republican National Committee:

September 2, 2008

Dear Senator McCain and Mike Duncan, Chairman, Republican National Committee:

"Dear" is all you will get from me. By now you all should be in Minneapolis for your shindig that you call a "convention."

I am an African-American, and I cannot hold back my anger any longer. It is a documented fact that the Republican Party before and during the Civil War supported and benefited from slavery. As a matter of fact, the Republican Party was started for the express purpose of defending slavery and holding down black people.

It is also a matter of record that the Ku Klux Klan was started by Republicans after the Civil War to terrorize and murder black and white Democrats in the South.

The Republicans historically have been bitter opponents of the following Democratic initiatives:

• The 13th Amendment that abolished slavery in 1865
• The 1866 Civil Rights Act
• The First Reconstruction Act of 1867
• The 14th Amendment in 1868 that made all persons born in the U.S., including former slaves, U.S. citizens.
• The 15th Amendment in 1870 that give every citizen the right to vote
• The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 which was to stop Republican Klansmen to terrorized white and black Democrats
• The 1875 Civil Rights Act
• The 1957 Civil Rights Act
• The 1964 Civil Rights Act
• The 1965 Voters Rights Act

For these reasons, we black people deserve an apology from the Republican Party for the following:

• support of slavery, on record in their platforms
• support of the Dred Scott decision
• support of segregation and Jim Crow prejudice
• opposition to anti-lynching laws
• attempts to destroy black schools and colleges, and the burning of black churches
• efforts to defeat the Reparation Bill of 1866
• efforts to defeat every piece of Civil Rights legislation from 1863 to 1964
• efforts to have the 1875 Civil Rights Act declared unconstitutional
• support of the Ku Klux Klan, composed of entirely Republicans, and its vile and violent racist agenda:
• Republican participation in the lynchings of thousands of blacks.

History will also show the following:
• Eugene "Bull" Conner (the poster boy of American racism) was a Republican.
• The poll tax was a Republican institution.
• Black codes and Jim Crow laws were instituted by Republicans.

You Republicans have been very slick in ignoring and even hiding your racist past from black people. It is time for the Republican Party to come clean, tell the truth, and settle the debt.

Sincerely,

Brother X

http://republicansmustapologize.weebl...

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