I’d start by explaining that they are a very tiny fringe group whose methods and beliefs are not typical of the average American conservative. There doesn’t seem to be much information as to how many members that group has - near as I can find the number is around 15,000 people (cite) scattered over 17 states - yet approximately 80 million conservatives voted in the last election, which of course doesn’t include conservatives who either didn’t vote or voted for Obama due to unhappiness with GWB or McCain/Palin, so the total number of adult conservatives in America is likely to be closer to 100 million or so. To suggest that this group represents the average American conservative would be analogous to judging America’s entire white population by the activities and attitudes of the Hell’s Angels. The CoCC is a tiny fringe group and is utterly insignificant in terms of influence and votership.
I’m reminded of James G Watt (also a Republican): “I have a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple…”
That’s all I got to say 'bout that.
Watt was also reported to have said “all blacks want is a tight pussy, loose shoes and a warm place to shit.”.
A reporter is supposed to have heard him say that during a flight. He was pretty crude.
That would be Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz, and it cost him his job. The line originates with the legendary “Slim” Pickens, who was referring to himself: “You boys know me, all I want is a tight pussy, loose shoes and a warm place to shit, and I’m fine!” Slim Pickens named his eldest son “Easy”, and is widely reputed to be the most likeable man who ever lived.
That was Earl Butz, Sec’y of Agriculture under Presidents Nixon and Ford
That insignificant fringe group’s members included Senators Jesse Helms and Strom Thurmond and Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott.
All of which answers a question not asked. Indeed, overt racism has become socially and politically unacceptable in America, and that is all to the good. If you wish to believe that this is due to the bold leadership of conservatives, you are welcome to do so, but I did caution you that tequila and bongwater is not for amatuers such as yourself.
But it leaves untouched the fact that they labeled themselves “conservative”, presumably to appeal to like-minded people.
Among other notables.
To be fair the membership of the Hell’s Angels includes the following sitting Governors, Congressmen, Senators, and Presidential candidates;
Yeah, I got nothing, but I’m sure SA will put his leet citin’ skilz to work on that list for us . . . but I wouldn’t hold my breath.
CMC fnord!
Not 100% sure, but I think he meant the crowd, not the perfomers.
Of course he did, but the line up is still indicative that the “movement” itself was colour blind - if there were black people making psychedelic music, one assumes there were also black people listening to it.
Of course the movement was colorblind. That’s the whole point. You can’t just look at a gathering of mostly white people and conclude ipso facto that racism explains why more people of other groups aren’t there.
Up until that point in time, up until the very social changes that Mudstock represents…it was a perfectly valid presumption.
It was a valid presumption with both parties. Segregation ruled the day and there weren’t a hell of a lot of black people at the Democrat conventions prior to the late sixties either. So when the tide turned - thanks primarily to the efforts of MLK, sympathetic, non-violent, dignified marchers and young black schoolgirls seeking merely a good education - all boats were raised. Trouble is, the left keeps refusing to acknowledge that any boats but theirs rode the tide, and the successes of women and minorities in the Republican party today demonstrates clearly that this is not the case.
True, we should take a moment to acknowledge the many, many Republican leaders who bravely forged ahead on civil rights. Their names escape me for the moment, but, no doubt, you have them at your fingertips.
Don’t need any. It’s been a party wide movement, and, as I believe I’ve demonstrated irrefutably, the results are plain for all to see.
It can truly be said that the Republicans is one of the top two parties on civil rights issues in the United States.
Uh, not quite.
The success of women and minorities in the Republican party is proving to be a very difficult pill for you guys to swallow, isn’t it? 
Fortunately we have the internet now so your claims are much easier to refute. I’ve compiled a list of Republican congresswomen going all the way back to the early days of the 20th century. Would you like me to list them?
Ah, what the hell, I’ll do it anyway…
House of Representatives:
Jeannette Rankin, Montana, 1917-1919, 1941-1943
Alice Mary Robertson, Oklahoma, 1921-1923
Winnifred Huck, Illinois, 1922-1923
Mae Nola, California, 1923-1925
Florence Prag Kahn, California, 1925-1937
Edith Nourse Rogers, Massachusetts, 1925-1960
Katherine Langley, Kentucky, 1927-1931
Ruth Hannah McCormick, Illinois, 1929-1931
Ruth Baker Pratt, New York, 1929-1933
Marian C. Clarke, New York, 1933-1935
Jessie Sumner, Illinois, 1939-1947
Frances P. Bolton, Ohio, 1940-1969
Margaret Chase Smith, Maine, 1940-1949
Clare Booth Luce, Connecticut, 1943-1947
Winifred C. Stanley, New York, 1943-1945
Georgia lee Lusk, New Mexico, 1943-1949
Katherine St. George, New York, 1947-1965
Cecil M. Harden, Indiana, 1949-1959
Marguerite S. Church, Illinois, 1951-1963
Ruth Thompson, Michigan, 1951-1957
Elizabeth P. Farrington, Hawaii, 1954-1957
Florence Dwyer, New Jersey, 1957-1973
Catherine Dean May, Washington, 1959-1971
Edna Oakes Simpson, Illinois, 1959-1961
Jessica m. Weis, New York, 1959-1963
Louise Goff Reece, Tennessee, 1961-1963
Charlotte Thompson Reid, Illinois, 1963-1971
Irene Baker, Tennessee, 1964-1965
Margaret M. Heckler, Massachusetts, 1967-1983
Marjorie Sewell Holt, Maryland, 1983-1987
Millicent Fenwick, New Jersey, 1975-1983
Virgina Dodd Smith, Nebraska, 1975-1991
Shirley Neil Pettis, 1975-1979
Olympia Snowe, Maine, House 1979-1995
Bobbi Fiedler, California, 1981-1987
Lynn Morley Martin, 1981-1999
Margaret Roukema, New Jersey, 1981-2003
Claudine Schneider, Rhode Island, 1981-1991
Jean Ashbrook, Ohio, 1982-1983
Nancy Lee Johnson, Connecticut, 1983-2007
Barbara Farrell Bucanovich, Nevada, 1983-1987
Helen Delich Bentley, Maryland, 1985-1995
Jan Meyers, Kansas, 1985-1997
Constance A. Morella, Maryland, 1987-2003
Patricia Fukuda Saiki, Hawaii, 1987-1991
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida, 1989-present
Susan Molinari, New York, 1990-1997
Jennifer Dunn, Washington, 1993-2005
Tillie Fowler, Florida, 1993-2001
Deborah Pryce, Ohio, 1993-2009
Helen Chenowith-Hage, Idaho, 1995-2001
Barbara Cubin, Wyoming, 1995-2009
Sue Kelly, New York, 1995-2007
Sue Myrick, North Carolina, 1995-present
Andrea Seastrand, California, 1995-1997
Linda Smith, Washington, 1995-1999
Enid Greene Waldholtz, Utah, 1995-1997
Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri, 1996-present
Kay Granger, Texas, 1997-present
Anne Northup, Kentucky, 1997-2007
Mary Bono, California, 1998-present
Heather Wilson, New Mexico, 1998-2009
Judith Borg Biggert, Illinois, 1999-present
Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia, 2001-present
Jo Ann Davis, Virginia, 2001-2007
Melissa Hart, Pennsylvania, 2001-2007
Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee, 2003-present
Ginny Brown-Waite, Florida, 2003-2011
Katherine Harris, 2003-2007
Candice Miller, Michigan, 2003-present
Marilyn Musgrave, Colorado, 2003-2009
Thelma Drake, Virginia, 2005-2009
Virginia Foxx, North Carolina, 2005-present
Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington, 2005-present
Jean Schmidt, Ohio, 2005-present
Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, Texas, 2006-2007
Michelle Bachmann, Minnesota, 2007-present
Mary Fallin, Oklahoma, 2007-2011
Lynn Jenkins, Kansas, 2009-present
Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming, 2009-present
Sandy Adams, Florida, 2011-present
Diane Black, Tennessee, 2011-present
Ann Marie Buerkle, New York, 2011-present
Renee Elmers, North Carolina, 2011-present
Vicky Hartzler, Missouri, 2011-present
Nan Hayworth, New York, 2011-present
Jaime Herrera, Washington, 2011-present
Kristi Noem, South Dakota, 2011-present
Martha Roby, Alabama, 2011-present
Senate:
Gladys Pyle, South Dakota, 1938-1939
Vera Cahalan Bushfield, South Dakota, 1948
Margaret Chase Smith, Maine, 1949-1973
Eva Kelly Bowring, Nebraska, 1954
Hazel Hempel Abel, Nebraska, 1954
Nancy Landon Kassebaum, 1978-1997
Paula Hawkins, Florida, 1981-1987
Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas, 1993-present
Olympia Jean Snowe, Maine, 1995-present
Sheila Frahm, Kansas, 1996
Susan Collins, Maine, 1997-present
Lisa Murkowski, Alaska, 2002-present
Elizabeth Dole, North Carolina, 2003-2009
Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire, 2011-present
So as we can see, the liberal myth that Republicans are sexist and refuse to elect women to high office is just that…a myth.
Or it might just be a strawman.
Either way is fine with me as long as people stop believing it.
Nobody believed it in the first place.
You “proved” that Republicans have elected women to high office. Terrific. Nobody has ever claimed otherwise.