In the last
month or so since the tragedy in Newtown, Ct., I have seen a quote from
President Eisenhower posted all over the web by those who like to call
themselves Liberals, Progressives, and/or Democrats ( I think I got all the
polite ones in there anyway). But let’s take a closer look at this and the hypocrisy
of using this statement out of context.
On September
23, 1957, President Eisenhower gave a speech which included the following Quote
that has suddenly become an out-of-context masterpiece used by the Left for
their ridiculous attempt to place new limits on the 2nd amendment.
Here’s the
story of where this statement comes from.
In 1954 the
U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Brown v. Board of Education and declared laws
establishing school segregation to be unconstitutional. So the school board of
Little Rock, Arkansas, working along with local NAACP, labored to come up with
a plan to peacefully organize the implementation of integrating the schools
starting with Little Rock Central High School. As part of that plan nine black
students were selected for the initial class by the local NAACP based on their
outstanding academic and attendance records.
The nine
students, who became known as the “Little Rock Nine” were admitted to start
school and scheduled to start in September of 1957. On September 4, 1957, the
students attempted to enter the school but were met by troops of the Arkansas
National Guard sent out to stop the students by Governor Orval Faubus, a
DEMOCRAT.
Over the
next few weeks the Little Rock School Board, the NAACP, and Republican President
Dwight Eisenhower tried in vain to reason with the Governor and the DEMOCRAT-controlled
Legislature of Arkansas; but there was no reasoning with these bigots. On
September 24, 1957, as a result of Faubus’s insolence and at the request of the
Mayor of Little Rock, the President was forced to mobilize the 101st
Airborne to escort the Little Rock Nine to school and also to federalize the
entire Arkansas National Guard in order to take them out of the control of the
DEMOCRATS in Arkansas.
On the
afternoon of September 23, 1957, President Eisenhower met with Governor Faubus
to try and talk some sense with the Governor in hopes of averting the
situation; however, that attempt failed. As a result, President Eisenhower preceded
his difficult decision with a public statement explaining why these highly
unusual actions would have to be taken to enforce the Supreme Court’s Decision
and protect the Civil Rights of these nine students from being threatened by bigoted
DEMOCRATS. And as part of the statement
and by way of a warning to other states and other DEMOCRATS contemplating the
same action; the President used the above referenced quote as a sort of warning
about the stupidity of not following the anti-segregation decision of the
Supreme Court.
Of course
there is so much more to this and the entirety of the Civil Rights issues. The DEMOCRATS
take so much credit for Lyndon Johnson’s signature on the Civil Rights Act of
1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but the southern DEMOCRATS never speak
of the obstructions caused by their actions throughout the civil rights process.
LBJ is given credit for signing acts that are effectively the same pieces of
legislation he helped blocked as the Senate Majority Leader in the 1950’s. But let’s
not muddy up the water with facts, after all, they just get in the DEMCORATS
way!!
Whenever you’re
ready!!
Bill
Great job on getting these facts out, Bill!
ReplyDeleteBoth sides like to take things out of context if it fits their needs at the moment, but it is nice to know where the quotes originated and the context in which they were said.
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