Yet again, the Republican Party is attempting to "rebrand" themselves as a more tolerant party by looking at the (ancient) history of the two parties. Just last night, I saw this post on Facebook:
"Quick history lesson:
13th Amendment: Abolished slavery
100% Republican Support
23% Democratic Support
14th Amendment: Gave citizenship to freed slaves
94% Republican support
0% Democratic support
15th Amendment: Right to vote for all
100% Republican support
0% Democratic support"
For the record, the 13th Amendment passed in 1865, which was 148 years ago. The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868, or 145 years ago. Lastly, the 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870 - 143 years ago. Let's look at these three years, shall we?
1865
- Abraham Lincoln was president, and later assassinated
- The New York Stock Exchange opened its first permanent headquarters
- The Salvation Army was founded
- The first edition of Alice in Wonderland was published
- Great Britain delegated the worlds first maximum speed laws
- Patrick Francis Healy became the first black person to be awarded a PhD.
- The Civil War ended
1868
- The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson.
- The University of Illinois opened.
- The opera Hamlet premiered.
- The first professional woman's club (Sorosis) formed in New York City.
- The University of California was founded.
- The city of Reno, Nevada was founded.
- Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina were readmitted to the United States.
- Golf recorded its first hole-in-one.
- The first traffic lights were installed in London.
1870
- Construction began on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.
- Donkey was first used as the symbol of the Democratic Party.
- Virginia was readmitted to the United States.
- The first sorority was established (Kappa Alpha Theta).
- The first motion picture was shown to a theater audience.
- Mississippi was readmitted to the United States.
- Texas was readmitted to the United States.
- The Christmas holiday is declared as a federal holiday in the United States.
- Postcards were first used in the United States.
Quick history lesson - these three amendments were passed a long time ago. A few things have changed in the past 143+ years. Then again, this is recent history to many of these far-right conservatives. They attain many of their beliefs from a book which was written over 3,000 years ago. When a party attempts to rebrand themselves with events that took place nearly 150 years ago, even the chiefest among them has to know they're in trouble.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/14thamendment.html
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/15thamendment.html
"Quick history lesson:
13th Amendment: Abolished slavery
100% Republican Support
23% Democratic Support
14th Amendment: Gave citizenship to freed slaves
94% Republican support
0% Democratic support
15th Amendment: Right to vote for all
100% Republican support
0% Democratic support"
For the record, the 13th Amendment passed in 1865, which was 148 years ago. The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868, or 145 years ago. Lastly, the 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870 - 143 years ago. Let's look at these three years, shall we?
1865
- Abraham Lincoln was president, and later assassinated
- The New York Stock Exchange opened its first permanent headquarters
- The Salvation Army was founded
- The first edition of Alice in Wonderland was published
- Great Britain delegated the worlds first maximum speed laws
- Patrick Francis Healy became the first black person to be awarded a PhD.
- The Civil War ended
1868
- The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson.
- The University of Illinois opened.
- The opera Hamlet premiered.
- The first professional woman's club (Sorosis) formed in New York City.
- The University of California was founded.
- The city of Reno, Nevada was founded.
- Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina were readmitted to the United States.
- Golf recorded its first hole-in-one.
- The first traffic lights were installed in London.
1870
- Construction began on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.
- Donkey was first used as the symbol of the Democratic Party.
- Virginia was readmitted to the United States.
- The first sorority was established (Kappa Alpha Theta).
- The first motion picture was shown to a theater audience.
- Mississippi was readmitted to the United States.
- Texas was readmitted to the United States.
- The Christmas holiday is declared as a federal holiday in the United States.
- Postcards were first used in the United States.
Quick history lesson - these three amendments were passed a long time ago. A few things have changed in the past 143+ years. Then again, this is recent history to many of these far-right conservatives. They attain many of their beliefs from a book which was written over 3,000 years ago. When a party attempts to rebrand themselves with events that took place nearly 150 years ago, even the chiefest among them has to know they're in trouble.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/14thamendment.html
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/15thamendment.html
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