October 1 Forum for County Commission and School Board

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Candidate Biographies

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Florida native David Levy was born in 1960 and is the owner of environmental engineering firm Southeast Remediation Technnology, and an adjunct professor in environmental geology at Palm Beach State College. He received a B.S in Geology from Florida State University, and a M.S. in Geological Services from Virginia Polytech.

He is currently Mayor of Palm Beach Gardens, and has been a City Councilman since 2004. County-wide, he chairs the League of Cities Environmental Committee, the Regional Hazardous Material Oversight Committee and the Water Resources Task Force, as well as participating with Workforce Alliance, the Biotech Land Advisory Board, and the Loxahatchee River Management Coordinating Council.

David’s campaign issues are streamlining the county permitting process, creating an attractive environment for new businesses, supporting FAU Research Park and additional biotech startups, and protecting the environment, particularly water resources.

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Hal Valeche was born in 1948, grew up in New York and received a degree in American Studies from Yale. Joining the Navy flight program during the Vietnam era, he flew 85 combat missions as a fighter pilot off the carrier USS Oriskany. After the Navy, Hal received an MBA in Finance from Wharton and returned to NYC to work as an investment banker for Merrill Lynch. Hal has been a Palm Beach County resident since the early ’90s, and works in venture capital for Carl Domino, Inc.

In 2002 he was elected to the Board of the Northern PBC Improvement District and won a seat on the Palm Beach Gardens City Council in 2004, serving two terms. He also served on the board of the League of Cities, chaired the Consumer Affairs Hearing Board and was active in philanthropic endeavors. In 2008, He ran for Congress in District 16, losing to Tom Rooney in the Republican primary.

Hal is a fiscal conservative and founded the Taxpayer Action Network, a budget watchdog, and has been a participant in the Taxpayer Action Board.

In the 2012 Republican primary, Hal won 67% of the vote, defeating Dan Amero (27%) and Harry Gaboian (6%).

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Christine Jax was born in 1959 and lives in West Palm Beach’s Osprey Isles. She has a PhD in Education policy and Administration from the University of Minnesota, an MA in Public Administration from Hamline University, and a BA in child Psychology, also from U. Minnesota.

She was Minnesota Commissioner of Education under Governor Jesse Ventura and briefly ran for Governor of that state as an Independent Party candidate. She is currently listed on the staff roster of Walden University in Minneapolis, an online university, as Associate Dean, Doctoral Programs.

Ms. Jax has been endorsed by both the PBA and BizPAC. She was the only candidate of the original five to support high stakes testing and believes schools and teachers should be measured.

Her bio is quite extensive, with a significant array of awards won, papers written, and she is nationally known as an education expert.

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Mike Murgio was born in 1950 and has been a Palm Beach county resident for 39 years. He has a Masters Degree in Educational Administration and Supervision from Florida Atlantic University and a BA in Education from William Paterson University in New Jersey. He was a teacher, then a school principal for 20 years. Because of his extensive business expertise as a general and roofing contractor he was called on to solve overcrowding in our Schools in the mid 1990’s. As Principal on Special Assignment he managed the departments of Planning & Real Estate, Architect Services, and Facilities & Construction Management with budgets in excess of $170 million and 120 employees. Mike retired from the School District in 2007.

Mike has been endorsed by Palm Beach County’s most highly respected leaders who have worked closely with him for over three decades. To name a few: County Commissioner Karen Marcus; former principal of Suncoast High School, Kay Carnes; David Talley, former Chairman of the North Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce; former principal of Bak Middle School of the Arts and Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Amelia Ostrosky; and former school superintendents Tom Mills and Bill Malone. They know first hand the expertise, quality and commitment he will bring to the school board. When elected Mike will ensure students are the priority.

Two Candidates and an Empty Chair

On Monday at the meeting of the Palm Beach County Tea Party in Wellington, two of the three candidates for State Attorney answered questions posed by moderator David DiCrescenzo and described themselves as professional prosecutors – not politicians lacking relevant skills in the courtroom. The empty chair, intended to be occupied by former State Senator Dave Aronberg (the “politician” to which the others referred on occasion), did not have a lot to say. Even Clint Eastwood would have had a hard time with that one.

The candidates, Republican Dina Keever and Independent Robert Gershman sounded similar themes. Neither had a political axe to grind and would enter the office without strings. They considered protecting the community and obtaining fair and just outcomes as the primary role of the office. Both highlighted their extensive courtroom experience on high profile cases – Keever as a federal prosecutor in Florida and Pennsylvania, Gershman as both a prosecutor in the SA office as well as a defense attorney. They distanced themselves from Aronberg who has described himself as a “CEO” who “doesn’t have to know how to make coffee to run Starbucks”.

They were asked about 12 questions, on topics ranging from their approach to corruption fighting, relationship to the Sheriff’s office, attitudes towards the death penalty, low conviction rates in the county, and their attitude towards the Constitution.

On the issue of qualifications for the office (CEO vs experienced prosecutor), Dina Keever said flat out that “Dave Aronberg is not qualified” for the office. They both thought that political experience (although necessary to obtain the office) would not be the tool of choice while on the job.

Each was asked what was the most difficult or memorable case in their experience. Robert Gershman listed his role as the defense on the Dunbar Village rape case and the turnpike killings. In each case, although the defense lost, a fair and just verdict was reached and the trial was fair. Dina Keever listed her work on the prosecution of a bank robber in Philadelphia who had escaped justice twice before. She was able to get a conviction mainly based on a witness identification of the defendant’s voice.

This race has received a lot of media attention in the past few months given the allegations of behind the scenes activities by Mr. Aronberg and his party, raised by the Palm Beach Post and others. Given the importance of the State Attorney’s Office in fighting corruption in the county, any suggestion of impropriety that is not immediately answered should be disqualifying. Either of these two candidate would pass muster in that regard.

For the Post view of the event, see: Keever, Gershman debate issues, experience at forum on State Attorney’s Office race; Aronberg a no-show
Some pictures from the event:

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What’s on the Ballot on November 6?

There is a lot on the ballot coming up on November 6. Besides the Presidential race, there is a long list of federal, state and local races as well as 11 state constitutional amendments and 2 county ballot questions, and the ballot will consist of multiple double sided pages. Look over the list below, then go to our Voter’s Guide to learn about the candidates and questions, and view the district maps.

Keep in mind that presidential elections are high turnout affairs, so your vote is important. In 2008 for example, about 590,000 people voted for President in Palm Beach County, a turnout of 71%.

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Federal Races

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• President (Barack Obama* (D), Mitt Romney (R), Gary Johnson (LIB), ….)
• U.S. Senate (Bill Nelson* (D), Connie Mack (R))

Plus the following if you live in these districts:

• Congress District 18 (Allen West* (R), Patrick Murphy (D))
• Congress District 20 (Alcee hastings* (D), Randall Terry (NPA))
• Congress District 21 (Ted Deutch* (D), Cesar Henao (NPA), Mike Trout (NPA))
• Congress District 22 (Adam Hasner (R), Lois Frankel (D))

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State Races

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Justice Retention

• Supreme Court Justice Fred R. Lewis
• Supreme Court Justice Barbara J. Pariente
• Supreme Court Justice Peggy A. Quince
• 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Burton C. Conner
• 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Carole Y. Taylor

Plus the following if you live in these districts:

• Senate District 25 (Joe Abruzzo (D), Melanie Peterson (R))
• Senate District 27 (Jeff Clemens (D), Write-In Candidate)
• Senate District 32 (Joe Negron* (R), Ray D’Amiano (D))
• Senate District 34 (Ellyn Bogdanoff (R), Maria Sachs (D))
• House District 81 (James O’Hara (R), Kevin Rader (D))
• House District 82 (Mary Lynn Magar (R), Write-in Candidate)
• House District 85 (Pat Rooney* (R), David Lutrin (D))
• House District 86 (Mark Pafford* (D), Tami Donnally (R))
• House District 89 (Bill Hagar* (R), Tom Gustafson (D))
• House District 90 (Lori Berman* (D), Sean Kaspar)

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County Races

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• County Commission District 1 (David Levy (D), Hal Valeche (R))
• County Commission District 3 (Shelly Vana* (D), Cliff Montross (R))
• County Commission District 5 (Mary Loise Berger (D), Paul Tocker (R))
• School Board District 1 (NP) (Christine Jax, Michael Murgio)
• Tax Collector (Anne Gannon* (D), Write-in Candidate)
• Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District Seat 5 (NP) (Stephen Engel, Tom Thayer)
• Indian Trail Improvement District Seat 2 (NP) (Gary Dunkley, Carlos Enriquez)
• Indian Trail Improvement District Seat 4 (NP) (Michelle Damone, Kenneth Hendrick)
• Northern Improvement District Seat 4 (NP) (John Cohen, Peter Stein)
• Palm Beach Soil & Water Conservation Group 2 (NP) (Stephen Jara, Drew Martin)
• Port of Palm Beach Group 1 (NP) (Wayne Richards* (D), George Black (R), 2 Write-in Candidates)
• Port of Palm Beach Group 3 (NP) (Jean Enright (D), Write-in Candidate)

Ballot Questions

• #1 – Health Care Services
• #2 – Combat Disabled Veterans Discount
• #3 – State Revenue Limitation
• #4 – Property Tax Rules Changes
• #5 – State Courts
• #6 – Abortion Funding Prohibition
• #8 – Religious Freedom
• #9 – Surviving Spouse Exemption
• #10 – Tangible Property Tax Exemption Increase
• #11 – Low Income Seniors Exemption
• #12 – Board of Governors Changes
• PBC#1 – Slot Machines
• PBC#2 – Continuation of Business Exemptions

SouthFlorida912.org 9/11 Memorial… “Take Action” Meeting W/ Eyes on November

Dina Keever Brings a Refreshing Voice to the Boca Raton Chapter!

As many of you may have noticed, the PBCTP has elected to utilize it’s significant power to best inform and educate our county from the perspective of not only the national election coming in November, but local elections, too.  As a result, we have attempted to shift from having a “Dinner/Speaker” type of event for our monthly chapter meetings, to creating actual “Candidate Forums” or “Debates”, so that our attendees can better know the candidates.  As the Boca Chapter Coordinator, I can tell you it is no small effort to pull these events off successfully!  Of course, the closer we get to the elections in November, the more busy and active the candidates are as it comes close to “crunch time”.  This has made the challenge of setting these events up that much more interesting.

This month, we went through any number of combinations of candidates for a host of different offices, but there was conflict in every case of having the candidate AND their opponents appear on the same stage.  Ultimately, time became the biggest factor.  We have always wanted to have Dina Keever, who is running for State Attorney appear in Boca, but asked for her patience as we explored the “debate” route.  Since that wasn’t happening in time, Dina graciously accepted our offer to have her speak to our group.

The fact that we didn’t begin promoting it until just a few days before the event, coupled with the fact that we had just hosted a HUGE Labor Day picnic in Carlin Park with Allen West the day before our event, and the fact that everyone was just coming off a major holiday, and the fact that the weather turned ugly just before our event, the attendance was lower than our usual banner crowd in Boca.  The meeting, however, was excellent, and Dina Keever was really a terrific speaker.  Meanwhile, the food at Boca Greens Country Club just seems to get better and better—we thank Roger Anderson and his staff for rolling out the red carpet for us yet again.

Boca Chapter Coordinator Alex Berry began the proceedings at 7:00pm with the Pledge of Allegiance. Carlos Manuel Santana then regaled us with his impassioned version of the National Anthem- truly exhilarating!  After the usual protocol of explaining what the PBCTP is, and what it stands for, Alex introduced Pam Wohlschlegel, PBCTP Founder and County Coordinator.  Pam announced several items of interest to our group, including her experience at the recent Republican National Convention in Tampa.  It was really quite interesting, because she interacted with our crowd in terms of questions, and discussed topics like how the delegates were chosen—and how that changed—at the convention.

Current and former local candidates Joe Talley (County Sheriff) and Cesar Haneo made appearances, and introduced themselves before the main speaker was introduced.

Alex then introduced Dina Keever, who discussed her personal journey to run for State Attorney.  I think what struck everyone in attendance was the sheer sincerity, honesty, and genuine-ness of her presentation.  If there were ever a candidate for office whose attitude was one of being “driven” to serve the public in a sacrificial way, Dina Keever is just that one.  There appeared to be no self-serving element to her at all—quite a refreshing change from the “career politician” types who we have all seen and heard.  Her motivation comes from the exact right place, and she shared in such a personal way that it almost defied the notion that she was at a podium, giving a speech.  It almost felt like a normal living room conversation (and, given our crowd size that evening, was not far from it, ha-ha!).  I believe many others running for office can take a page from her book by personalizing their story in a sincere and straightforward way.  The big “platform” issue if she were to take office?  CORRUPTION.  She left little doubt in anyone’s mind that she would clean up those corridors in our county that feed off corruption.  All in all, it was a short speech, but it was no-nonsense and packed a good punch.  Dina then took questions from the crowd, and most were simply follow-up questions from her speech.

It was a great night that was full of fun and well received. I encourage everyone to get involved in the political process, by joining us for our events in Boca, which meet the first Tuesday of every month.  Stay tuned for announcements on our October 2nd meeting, and get ready NOW for a HUGE “Election Day” victory celebration on November 6^th, which happens to be the first Tuesday of the month!  It will be a gala affair with monitors to watch election results, food and bar, entertainment, and speeches!  You will DEFINITELY want to mark your calendars for this one!!!  Time is drawing to a close to make a difference for the next election, so please get involved if you aren’t yet, and STAY involved if you already are!

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What is Our Cost of Freedom?

We often equate a person’s service in the military with the “cost of freedom”. I doubt anyone would disagree, however, each one of us regardless of our military service must recognize that there are fundamental “costs” or “burdens” that each of us must bear if we are to remain a free people. Those burdens or costs are;

1) Reliance on Self (and trust in God)
2) Charity, and
3) Eternal Vigilance

I’ll speak to each one individually…

Reliance on Self and Trust in God – One of the greatest ideals put forth by our Founding Fathers was the idea of “limited government”. Our Founder’s knowledge and understanding of history, civil government and religion was extensive and fundamental to the establishment of the most remarkable governing document in the history of mankind, second only to the Bible. They understood the great political thinkers of the day including John Locke, William Blackstone, Charles Montesquieu and others. They understood many of the classical thinkers and were very familiar with the ancient writings of Plato, Aristotle and Socrates but it was undeniable that the Bible had the greatest influence on our Founders for the Bible was by far the most often quoted source. It has often been argued that our government most resembles the government given Moses by God after the exodus from Egypt. Our Founders read the Bible extensively and understood that man’s ambition would lead him to want to rule over people rather than to govern by their consent. They knew that men in power would use their positions to further their power by creating a people more dependent on government. Eventually, government would progressively take away the people’s freedoms including those of speech, worship and property. Eventually we would lose the right to keep our earnings and to use our property as we choose. The Founders knew that the American culture had to promote not only self-reliance but reliance on God if we were to prevent the dangerous slide toward dependency on government and ultimate enslavement.

Charity – I believe that God sometimes allows us to endure hardship to build our character and faith. Few people escape some level of struggle in their life. Sadly, many struggle most of their lives sometimes through no fault of their own and many are challenged, one or more times in their life over monetary, health or relationship issues or a combination of the three. If we are to be a self reliant people, we must recognize that there are many people that need assistance. Assistance may come in many forms. It can be monetary or it may come from devoting one’s time or emotional support. We must recognize that if we are to remain a free people, we must be a charitable people. We must not give the government a reason to take our money under the pretense of taking care of those who can’t take care of themselves. That will create a dependent class of people that will vote for and look to those politicians who will promise to give the people the most. In other words, they will bribe the people with their own money. Scottish historian Sir Alexander Tytler noticed that all democracies go through a 10 step cycle that ends with dependency. Once the democracy reaches the stage of dependency it is only a matter of time before the democracy ends a violent and bloody death from bankruptcy followed by dictatorship (bondage). Our Founders were well aware of Tytler’s theory and tried to warn us of falling into a democracy. Our Founders believed that democracy was the worst form of government and for that reason gave us a constitutional (democratic) republic. This leads me to the final burden…

Eternal Vigilance – There are several ideas that are manifest in the writings of our Founders. One of those was that government was never to be trusted. George Washington said, “Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master”. It is evident that our Founders were fighting the same battles in their time as we are fighting today. This quote from Thomas Jefferson is also appropriate today and indicates the deceptive nature of government, “I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them”. If we are not to trust government, it implies that we must forever oversee their activity. Oversight also implies that the people must be educated in the functioning of government and the issues of the day. People must get their news from different sources and continually question the validity of what they read. Most newspapers and news channels have an agenda and they will lie if it serves their purpose (the end justifies the means). It is very clear from the writings of our Founders that if liberty was to be sustained from generation to generation the people had to have a “general” education (in civil government). Our Founders had an extensive education in the areas of religion, civil government, history, law and economics. John Adams said “Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people”. Washington said, “Educate and inform the whole mass of the people… They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty”. Eternal vigilance among the people must apply not only to the federal government but to the states and local governments as well. It must absolutely apply to our school system. I believe our public school system has been greatly influenced by progressive ideology that has pushed issues such as global warming, multiculturalism and sex education to further their socialist agenda and dumb down America. I believe it is no coincidence that the effectiveness of our schools has deteriorated while the progressive teachers unions have gained significant power. As members of the Tea Party, each chapter should be putting forth a candidate for the school board and voting them into office. We should be doing the same for the County commission. Many of you are familiar with Agenda 21 and its usurpation of our property rights. Agenda 21 is an agenda developed by United Nations NGO’s (non-governmental organizations) such as World Wildlife Fund and Nature Conservancy that have been instituted, under the radar, to restrict or eliminate an individual’s property rights. You can recognize Agenda 21 by such code words as “sustainability”. We must elect County Commissioners that can prevent and roll back the measures already put in place by Agenda 21. Many Counties have unknowingly embraced this United Nations “back-door” policy. We must be vigilant. We must get involved if we are to preserve freedom for children and grandchildren.

Since I began reading about our Founding Fathers it became very clear to me that our situation today is not much different than what the Founders experienced. France was going through a similar revolt about the same time we did but there was one great difference. France’s revolution was a progressive (godless) revolution and it was extremely violent and bloody. Ours was truly a glorious revolution. Self reliance in the minds of most religious people implies a reliance on God. It implies the people governing themselves. The Founder’s fundamental premise displayed by these words in the Declaration of Independence, “we hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights”. Those eight words proclaim to all would be tyrants…“our rights come from God and no man may take them away”. As long as the majority of our citizens believe this to be true we have the ability to be a free society. Once the majority of the people no longer put their faith in God our days as a free nation are numbered. Is it any wonder why there is such a tremendous and relentless attack on religion and more specifically, Christianity? The Liberty Bell at Independence Hall in Philadelphia has inscribed the words from the book of Leviticus 25:10, “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof”. Noah Webster, the “Father of American Scholarship and Education” said that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Bottom line, we must be self reliant and recognize that our rights come from God and only he can take them away. If you’re a believer, start every day on your knees and pray that God might forgive us, have mercy on us and heal this Nation. Pray that God will be restored as this nation’s true leader.

Second Annual Labor Day Barbeque – A Great Time Was Had By All !

Beautiful skies, no rain, a gentle breeze, great friends, food and celebration of those values that make America an exceptional Nation were enjoyed by all Monday afternoon. Speakers as well as the afternoon’s music emphasized the good and exceptional qualities of America and her people while we were also cautioned by the speakers of the current administration’s disregard of the Constitution and separation of powers between the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches, the negative impact of over-regulation and the soon to be stifling tax increases, already enacted. Looming deadlines of the American Affordable (Un-Affordable) Health Care Act, aka Obama Care and Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act are set to trigger primarily after the November election, saving the worst impacts until the Presidential and Congressional elections are history – thus our only hope is to “repeal and replace”.

Requests were made for Poll Watcher volunteers and were referred to Mr. Joe Madej who has been successful in signing up volunteers to date – let’s cover all the polling sites in Palm Beach County ! Further announcements were made of the upcoming Freedom from the UN Rally to be held Saturday, October 20, 2012 in Tallahassee, and that Lynne Sherrer is available to help with new voter registration, address changes, party change and card replacements. See or contact Lynne.

Karen and Billy Vaughn, parents of Aaron Carson Vaughn, Special Warfare Operator First Class,U.S. Navy, one of thirty US Military personnel who died in the crash of their Chinook helicopter in Wardak Province of Afghanistan spoke of their son’s steadfast Christian faith and commitment to America, fellow Seal Team members and family. The enormously-increased frequency of missions by Special Forces coupled with restrictive Rules Of Engagement and shortage of current technology transport aircraft are contributing to heavy loss of American military personnel; additionally, critical injuries to American service personnel have greatly increased over the past several years. Our prayers are with all family members, Aaron’s wife Kimberly, three year old son Reagan and fifteen month old daughter Chamberlyn. (See Mother of SEAL Criticizes Obama Ad)

Pam Wohlschlegel, co-founder of and the county coordinator for Palm Beach County Tea Party (and Florida State Coordinator for Tea Party Patriots) recapped impressions of the Tampa RNC and stated several very anti-business and negative “ObamaCare” impacts to our liberties slated for the next four years, lest we retire our sitting President. Pam then introduced Congressman Allen West.

Congressman West spoke of service to country and the need to have leadership in Washington DC. Amid escalating and thunderous applause, Congressman West pointed out each of the “Gang Patches” as referred to by his opponent Patrick Murphy. Each patch had to do with LtCol (Ret) West’s military service, and of course, not “gangs” as implied by Murphy. West also explained the enormous increases to income, dividend and capital gains taxes that are already-enacted by the Obama administration to begin next year. Dividend taxes will explode from 15 percent to 39.6 percent, capital gains from 15 to 20 percent.

NOTE: In addition to the above increases stated by Congressman West, with payroll tax rate cuts likely to expire and personal income, payroll taxes and other “Affordable Care” taxes, real increases in tax burden will range from 25 to 40 percent INCREASE for under $250K and over $250K joint income categories. These are capital-consuming social program-absorbed dollars and leave nothing to pay off the current and escalating national debt / unfunded liabilities. If $1 Billion were paid EACH DAY toward the US Unfunded Liabilities, it will require over 329 years to repay – only that which is currently due at present. For a dizzying “financial statement” and summary of this very real and virus-like problem, go to usdebtclock.org.

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The Civil Rights Act of 1957

Ever heard of the Civil Rights Act (CRA) of 1957? You will after reading this.

We hear so many false suggestions and outright wholly unsupported allegations of racism leveled by the Democrat leftists against Republicans and/or conservatives this political season from political campaigns and the media. So, it’s time to dust off my law degree once again and research the actual legislative history of the CRA and which party did, and which did not, support the CRA. Ignoring and/or re-writing history is never acceptable so here we go.

First, a brief mention of one of the undisputed heroes of the Democrat left, President Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) and his “New Deal” programs. During FDR’s administration, for all its perceived “social justice” and so-called equality, discrimination against blacks in housing, transportation, public accommodation and the armed services went virtually unchecked during the “New Deal”. Fast forward a couple of decades to 1957. In order to break the racist obstruction of Southern Democrats (so-called “Dixiecrats”) Republican President Dwight Eisenhower (Ike), I repeat Republican, sponsored both a civil rights as well as a voting rights act. And who do you think blocked him in the senate? The future president US Senator Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) fought tooth and nail against both. Ike finally signed a very watered down version of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 which was intended to guarantee voting rights of all black people. This was the first civil rights legislation to pass and be signed into law since the Reconstruction era after the Civil War. Ike was forced to send federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to escort black students entering a formally all white school to enforce the law.

Again, fast forward to 1964 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (the one along with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which are the only ones mentioned these days along with LBJ, another much admired President by the Democrat left). As I mentioned in the previous paragraph LBJ was no supporter of the civil rights movement. LBJ’s legislative voting record from 1940-1960 was that of a typical “Dixiecrat”, i.e., an actual racist as opposed to the falsely accused Republicans and/or conservatives hung with that heinous label today. And, if you think LBJ had some epiphany and attack of conscience or sudden mysterious injection of righteousness in 1964 and 1965, think again! Here is a direct quote about what he really felt about the civil rights legislation, taken from Ronald Kessler’s book “Inside the White House”:

“These Negroes, they’re getting pretty uppity these days and that’s a problem for us since they’ve got something now they never had before, the political pull to back up they’re uppityness. Now we’ve got to do something about this, we’ve got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference.”

Translation of the above quote is that LBJ made an apparent 360° turn which was based solely on the cynical notion that if black people are dependent upon Democrats for public assistance, welfare and government programs they would, as LBJ quipped be “voting Democratic for the next 200 years”. The Republicans of that era were instrumental in the 1964 and 1965 Acts passing, since the Democrats could never muster enough votes within their own party. The “Dixiecrats” would not vote for either Act.

Today, in the mad dash of the left to demonize and vilify Republicans and/or conservatives the actual history of the civil rights movement has been outright distorted. The story in this article is untold since we know who controls traditional media and text books. LBJ was not the civil rights champion he’s made out to be. In fact, he was quite the opposite. Leftists make a fatal mistake, in my view, when they paint conservatives as racist when conservatives challenge welfare because while we understand people need assistance, we also understand that it cannot become a lifestyle, passed down from generation from generation.

The bottom line is we conservatives look at the potential of the individual and not the potential for further votes and political power due to repression of constituents to rise out of dependency on government as LBJ so callously pointed out in the 1960s. Apparently, LBJ’s plan is working out better today than even he would have imagined, generations relegated to government dependence and the misery it brings and a block of voters that vote nearly 100% Democrat, presumably far into the future.

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