Laird Stabler Brings The Funny
Payday loan lobbyist Laird Stabler has a hilarious op-ed about how inclusive the Republican Party is. Okay, Stabler, , national committeeman for the Delaware Republican Party, is being unintentionally funny, but still the column is a riot. For all intents and purposes, Stabler is complaining about a column from earlier in the month that postalized that the Republican Party is not inclusive.
For example, the column claims it was Democratic principles that led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, yet fails to mention that it was Democrats who were the chief opponents of that landmark legislation and that the Civil Rights Act would not have passed over that Democratic opposition without the strong support of the Republican Party.
LOL. Stabler has to go back 50 years to find a progressive issue that the GOP was on the right side of.
But wait, it gets funnier.
The column also claims that the Democratic Party wants to provide the best public education for every child – as if Republicans do not.
It is this very kind of divisive rhetoric that is making politics so much more disagreeable and ugly today.
It’s as if Stabler hasn’t been paying attention for the last 20 years.
Did you read the earlier column to which he was responding? Apparently not, because it was the D’s who claimed the Civil Rights Act was a triumph of the democratic party. Mr. Stabler was pointing out the hilarity of that claim, since the act faced democratic opposition and wouldn’t have passed without republican support. I think that’s called setting the record straight — a record distorted by the democrats. But then again, this blog is always distorting things, so why should the post about the Stable column be any different.
It faced opposition from racist then-democrats who left the party in protest only to be welcomed with open arms by the republicans…. see Strom Thurmond.
So what he’s saying is that it’s great how progressive the GOP was 45 years ago? No argument there.
I’m waiting for a counter-article from the 9/12ers, “Get these f***ing RINOs outta my party!”
SB,
See Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia…chief Civil Rights Act filibusterer, KKK grand pooba and loud and proud DEMOCRAT until the day he died.
Thanks for trying…
Very sad that Laird is lobbying for loan sharks. His dad, may he RIP, would not be proud of that.
Seriously, Laird, read our blog if you would like tips on how the GOP can become more inclusive. We’ll tell you about marriage equality, the fight against disenfranchisement, fair pay, making non-christian students feel welcome in school, etc. Feel free to adopt our positions anytime.
QP, you mean the guy who learned about tolerance later in life and went on to endorse the first black president? I thought your side loved these born-again redemption stories.
Tolerance, that’s a word you people ought to learn to embrace.
Does that absolve him of his past sins? Actions and votes, not mere words.
If you look at his voting record in the 2000s, yes, in my eyes, sure. But it’s always funny watching a gay bashing Republican take on racist things people did in the 1960’s.
Also, QP is the master of the Chewbacca Defense, never able to address the issue at hand.
Stabler could have cited many post-1964 issues on which local GOP did the right thing. As Joe Biden has publicly noted, the Republican was the more liberal party in Delaware when he got into politics. The neighborhood, however, has changed.
Laird’s one of the good guys. Like many hired guns, he doesn’t always represent fun folks. He is, however, among the kind of people we need more of – Republicans with peripheral vision and conscience.
In other words, the kind of guy that drives the 9/12ers to commit political kamikaze on their own ship.
Perhaps he could have made note of the fact that 90% of Republican votes cast are by whites, but that other 10% is very, very diverse.
@QP “Tolerance, that’s a word you people ought to learn to embrace.”
Sorry. I just can’t find any tolerance in my heart for racism, homophobia, misogyny,…
What’s wrong with me?
Cut Laird a break with the article. Will someone just get Laird a good stiff single malt scotch to drown his sorrows with his poor slate of GOP candidates this year and his Newt Gingrich endorsing close pal Priscilla going down in flames.
The truth is that more Democrats than Republicans voted for the Civil Rights Act. It was a bipartisan bill. Yes, the racist block of Southern Democrats voted no.
Vote count (from Wikipedia)
His father used to run for office back in the early 70’s. Never could get elected.
“The liberal wing of the Democratic Party ended segregation.”–Newt Gingrich when he became Speaker. The vote totals are misleading. The legislative leadership on behalf of the CRA came from liberal Democrats. While Republicans did vote for it, some of them–including GOP Senate leader Everett Dirksen–weakened the bill to appease their business supporters. The one thing Republicans point to on civil rights, albeit from five decades ago, is misleading. It was a bipartisan bill but the leadership came from a Democratic president and Democrats in Congress like Hubert Humphrey.
Laird’s dad was an awesome guy. He was US Attorney under Gerald Ford and was elected Atttorney General of DE back in the day .
and now his sone is lobbying for loan sharks!
Hey Laird, when is the last time the GOP did anything for civil rights?