Father of the GOP Southern Strategy, Lee Atwater, Infamous 1981 Interview

[NYC Rebel]

It's amazing how cemented his strategy is to the American psyche 30+ years later that it's not even given a second thought.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_8E3ENrKrQ&feature=player_embedded"]Exclusive: Lee Atwater's Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy - YouTube[/ame]

 

[zerozero]

damn I had no idea there was audio of this!!! !!! !! !

I told you "states rights" was tied into the civil rights stuff and wasn't purely about states rights

let's be reality, when the GOP says "less government" it's a code word for "less civil rights oversight and fewer social services". Al Gore actually streamlined government while everyone else has been enlarging it in other areas.

 

[zerozero]

they did good work at uncovering this

 

[NYC Rebel]

damn I had no idea there was audio of this!!! !!! !! !

I told you "states rights" was tied into the civil rights stuff and wasn't purely about states rights

No doubt it is.

"states rights" is shrouded in racism.

 

[boskey]

Even cutting taxes is pandering to racists. Thats wild.

These quotes are new to me but this is shyt I've always believed. I just didn't know it was this blatant tho in their minds...

 

[john goodman]

atwater was a genius, fathered rove's style

RIP

 

[Raw Lyrics]

It's amazing how cemented his strategy is to the American psyche 30+ years later that it's not even given a second thought.

Exclusive: Lee Atwater's Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy - YouTube

Reb you mind breaking down the video for me? I'm at work and can't view YouTube.

I'm here at my desk listening to angry co-workers bytch about Obama. I'm loving it right now.

 

[NYC Rebel]

Reb you mind breaking down the video for me? I'm at work and can't view YouTube.

I'm here at my desk listening to angry co-workers bytch about Obama. I'm loving it right now.

Well, Lee Atwater was a GOP consultant prior to Reagan's first Presidency. Basically he acknowledged that blatant racism had evolved to coded messages such as "States Rights" and cutting taxes, and using that racial coding to drum up the support of Southern white voters.

It was so naked in its honesty, I involuntarily shed a tear.

 

[L.S.]

Nice find breh.

Here's the article to go with it: Exclusive: Lee Atwater

 

[Raw Lyrics]

Well, Lee Atwater was a GOP consultant prior to Reagan's first Presidency. Basically he acknowledged that blatant racism had evolved to coded messages such as "States Rights" and cutting taxes, and using that racial coding to drum up the support of Southern white voters.

It was so naked in its honesty, I involuntarily shed a tear.

Thanks a lot.

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

To this day I bring his name up as a reason why I refuse to vote republican. The southern strategy employed to this day is nothing more than a no nikka policy

 

[L.S.]

damn I had no idea there was audio of this!!! !!! !! !

I told you "states rights" was tied into the civil rights stuff and wasn't purely about states rights

Read #2 in this article breh: Top five racist Republican dog-whistles

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

atwater was a genius, fathered rove's style

RIP

Crazy thing was while Atwater was devising ways with Reagan to hold the black man down he would be playing jazz with all the top musicians (bb king, isaac Hayes, Sam moore). Maybe that's why when he was on his death bed and satan was calling him home, he felt the need to apolozige for his sins:

Gravely Ill, Atwater Offers Apology - NYTimes.com

Bottom line is Lee Atwater was an evil man who used racism to win votes. It wasn't until he was about to die that he felt the need to repent for those sins. Thankfully these past elections taught us that the southern strategy is a relic to the past and no longer works. fukk that cac and all who support people like him

 

[Robbie3000]

And you still have some black people running around talking about State's rights. Ya'll know who ya'll are on this site.

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

Crazy thing was while Atwater was devising ways with Reagan to hold the black man down he would be playing jazz with all the top musicians (bb king, isaac Hayes, Sam moore). Maybe that's why when he was on his death bed and satan was calling him home, he felt the need to apolozige for his sins:

Gravely Ill, Atwater Offers Apology - NYTimes.com

Bottom line is Lee Atwater was an evil man who used racism to win votes. It wasn't until he was about to die that he felt the need to repent for those sins. Thankfully these past elections taught us that the southern strategy is a relic to the past and no longer works. fukk that cac and all who support people like him

@ the visual of Atwater on stage tearing it down in some Harlem jazz lounge.

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