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Originally posted by Mr. Mojo
One of those Democrats was Strom Thurmond who set a record for a Filibuster. After that he switched sides to the Republicans.
Strom Thurmond in your party minus 100 points (his age)
Having Robert Byrd, a former KKK member being 4th in line for President minus a million points
Honesty, 65% of West Virginia needs to be smacked out of their 1860 lifestyle.
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One of the Democrats voting against it was Al Gore Sr. (and Al Gore said his father was a strong champion of Civil Rights- SURE)
"Al Gore, Sr. did not stop at simply voting against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In addition, Congressional Quarterly reported that Gore attempted to send the Act to the Senate Judiciary Committee with an amendment to say "in defiance of a court desegregation order, federal funds could not be held from any school districts." Gore sought to take the teeth out of the Act in the event it passed."
http://www.youdebate.com/DEBATES/al_...vil_rights.HTM
Oddly enough, 80% of the Republicans in the House and 82% of them in the Senate voted for the Civil Rights Act. The Democrats were only 61% for in the House and 69% in the Senate