• RIP Edward Brooke (first black senator) - October 26, 1919 - January 3, 2015
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[url]http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/01/03/edward-brooke-obituary/21236067/[/url] [quote=USA Today/AP]Former Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Edward Brooke, the first black to win popular election to the Senate, has died. He was 95. Ralph Neas, a former aide, said Brooke died Saturday of natural causes at his Coral Gables, Florida, home. Brooke was a liberal Republican elected to the Senate in 1966 and served two terms. The only blacks to serve in the Senate before him were two men in the 1870s when senators were still chosen by state legislatures.[/quote]
First [B]elected*[/B] black senator. [QUOTE]Brooke was a liberal Republican elected to the Senate in 1966[/QUOTE] How I wish that today you could be "a liberal Republican" without the dichotomization from the media.
[QUOTE=Bradyns;46851172]First [B]elected*[/B] black senator. How I wish that today you could be "a liberal Republican" without the dichotomization from the media.[/QUOTE] Massachusetts and California have examples of liberal republicans.
[QUOTE=darunner;46851181]Massachusetts and California have examples of liberal republicans.[/QUOTE] They exist, but if you said you were liberal most would assume you were a democrat.
Massachusetts does all the good stuff first [editline]4th January 2015[/editline] Bastards
[QUOTE=Bradyns;46851172]First [B]elected*[/B] black senator.[/QUOTE] How the fuck else do you become a US senator without being elected
[QUOTE=Code3Response;46851473]How the fuck else do you become a US senator without being elected[/QUOTE] By becoming a Senator prior to the ratification of the 17th Amendment in 1913, which moved the Senate from being appointed by the states to elected by the people
[QUOTE=smurfy;46851488]By becoming a Senator prior to the ratification of the 17th Amendment in 1913, which moved the Senate from being appointed by the states to elected by the people[/QUOTE] Is it bad that a brit knows this, but most Americans don't even know shit the government works
[QUOTE=smurfy;46851457]Massachusetts does all the good stuff first [editline]4th January 2015[/editline] Bastards[/QUOTE] No, we were guinea-pigs for obamacare, AKA Romneycare.
[QUOTE=Bradyns;46851448]They exist, but if you said you were liberal most would assume you were a democrat.[/QUOTE] Democrats are barely liberal in the US.
There weren't any black senators during the Reconstruction Period? I remember an illustrated newspaper coverage of black elected officials. Maybe they were congressmen then.
[QUOTE=LoganIsAwesome;46852205]Democrats are barely liberal in the US.[/QUOTE] Dunno why the disagrees. The majority of the world look like left-wing extremists compared to the US.
[QUOTE=LoganIsAwesome;46852205]Democrats are barely liberal in the US.[/QUOTE] lol at the disagrees. Seriously, the Dems are very conservative. Just not AS conservative. Sometimes.
[QUOTE=Intoxicated Spy;46852161]Is it bad that a brit knows this, but most Americans don't even know shit the government works[/QUOTE] Nah I study politics [editline]4th January 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=redsoxrock;46852196]No, we were guinea-pigs for obamacare, AKA Romneycare.[/QUOTE] You were the first US state and the sixth jurisdiction in the world to legalise same-sex marriage though
[QUOTE=Bradyns;46851172]First [B]elected*[/B] black senator. How I wish that today you could be "a liberal Republican" without the dichotomization from the media.[/QUOTE] I don't think you have a very good understanding of the history of either party and are looking at it through the lens of the current political climate. Republicans have historically been the more liberal party, they were Abraham Lincoln's party. Southern Democrats largely were the faction that pushed for segregation in the south after the civil war. It was only after the civil rights movement that the Republicans became more conservative. [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCrxD19DHA8"]This video sums it up OK.[/URL] This is basic shit that anyone who took a competent American history class should know.
[QUOTE=smurfy;46851488]By becoming a Senator prior to the ratification of the 17th Amendment in 1913, which moved the Senate from being appointed by the states to elected by the people[/QUOTE] Sometimes a governor can still appoint a senator if the previous cannot fulfill office, or dies.
[QUOTE=MuTAnT;46852498]Dunno why the disagrees. The majority of the world look like left-wing extremists compared to the US.[/QUOTE] In some things At least we don't hate minorities as much as Europe
[QUOTE=redsoxrock;46852196]No, we were guinea-pigs for obamacare, AKA Romneycare.[/QUOTE] Yes, and it worked very well in your state.
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