The New GOP

I own about 10-12 books on the civil rights movement.

My favorite is a book that won the Pulitizer Prize titled;

Parting The Waters; America In The King Years 1954-63.

My favorite chapter in that book is chapter 15; Hoover Triangle And King's Machine.

That chapter details the political battles that took place between Dr. King and the leader of the FBI, J.Edgar Hoover.

In shows in depth the moves that Hoover tried to make, politically, to not only destroy Dr. King, but to set in motion events that would ultimately lead to something more sinister.

Although it took place over 50 years ago, that chapter mirrors what's taking place in this country right now.

The effort to destroy President Barack Obama has gone from just making sure he's not re-elected, to creating an environment of hatred that's unlike anything this country has seen since those turbulent times.

Today's GOP reminds me of the old dixiecrat party.

The dixiecrats were a mixture of democrats and republicans who thought both of their parties were too soft on integration. In a sense, today's GOP could be called the offspring of those dixiecrats.

Their fear and intimidation tactics are the same today as they were then.

 

Just the other day, a Connecticut firefighter attacked a man for wearing a pro-Obama t-shirt.

There have been numerous reports of police officers pulling over people with pro-Obama bumper stickers on their cars.

Some employers have fired some employess for being supporters of the President.

It's crazy!

I listen to a lot of talk radio;

(POTUS, Sirius Left, The Power, NPR and maybe 2-3 minutes of conservative talk radio)

I watch a lot of cable news;

(CNN, MSNBC, and C-SPAN)

The language and rhetoric that's taking place in this country right now is very similiar to the language and rhetoric that took place in the 1960s.

At some point, things will come to a tipping point.

Let's just pray that when it does, we won't have to re-live some of the horrific events that took place back then.