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Title: Mitt Romney's Slogan Used By Ku Klux Klan, Anti-Immigrant 'Know Nothing' Party
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Huffington Post
URL Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/ ... w-nothing-party_n_1146822.html
Published: Jan 2, 2012
Author: Christina Wilkie
Post Date: 2012-01-02 22:39:31 by Dakmar
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Views: 127
Comments: 8
WASHINGTON -- It's the type of coincidence every politician dreads. On Tuesday, political commenters reported that one of Romney's go-to campaign catch-phrases, "Keep America American," was a central theme of Ku Klux Klan publications in the 1920s, and served as a rallying cry for the white supremacist group's campaign of violence and intimidation against black Americans, as well as Catholics, gay people and Jews. The progressive Americablog first posted examples of the overlap, and a spokeswoman for Mitt Romney declined to comment on the matter when reached by HuffPost. The Republican primary debates have ignited issues of immigration and poverty in this country, both of which disproportionally affect minorities. But Romney, a multi-millionaire, has steered away from some of the more drastic positions his rival candidates have taken on these issues. Americablog includes a video of Romney speaking, in which he certainly sounds like he's using the slogan. Romney is also quoted in an L.A. Times piece repeating the phrase. The slogan was first used in the 1850s by members of the anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic movement called the "Know Nothing Party," many of whom were reacting to the dramatic influx of immigrants in the mid-19th century, especially those fleeing Ireland's Potato Famine. Poster Comment: Mitt Romney - Confederate shill!!!!
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#1. To: Dakmar (#0)
Dak, hope ya don't mind, I had to post this elsewhere lol
so are they freaking out about Ron Paul over there?
Blasphemy and heresy!! That carpet-bagging Mormon ain't one of us!!! ;-)
#2. To: Refinersfire (#1)
#3. To: Dakmar (#0)
Mitt Romney - Confederate shill!!!!
-Alex Kurtagic
#4. To: christine (#2)
It is some of the funniest crap I have ever seen, Byteshredder is allowing his hate for Dr. Paul, to paint himself into a corner, where he can not support Israel's right for Self-Defense. Gatlin is now running behind my posts and trying to post links to anything I say, based on myself catching him using others works as he own. I really feel like I should pay for this much fun. Ha Ha
#5. To: X-15 (#3)
Now Damnit Jim, I heard he was coming down to visit and go Duck Hunting with ya ;) Blasphemy and heresy!! That carpet-bagging Mormon ain't one of us!!!
#6. To: christine (#2)
20-year old newsletters vs. hateful slogan in January 2012?? The difference is Mitt Romney bows down facing Tel Aviv like a subservient goyim. so are they freaking out about Ron Paul over there?
-Alex Kurtagic
#7. To: Refinersfire (#5)
We'll just turn Mitt out into the swamp and let God have his way with his sissified-carcass!! Now Damnit Jim, I heard he was coming down to visit and go Duck Hunting with ya ;)
-Alex Kurtagic
#8. To: Dakmar (#0)
Damn, when I thought it could not get any better: Title: Mitt Romney's Slogan Used By The Congregationalist in 1887 and many others since Source: [None] URL Source: [None] Published: Dec 15, 2011 Author: Yoni Appelbaum Post Date: 2012-01-02 23:46:54 by Gatlin Views: 23 Comments: 5 Mitt Romney's Slogan Used By The Congregatinalist in 1887 (and many others over the years) "Keep America American," urged an 1887 appeal in The Congregationalist, promoting efforts to convert and assimilate Catholic immigrants from Canada. The paper identified the efforts as necessary to "withstand the aggressions of Romanism" and reach out to the immigrants themselves, overcoming the "manipulations" of their priests and their own "superstitious" devotions. "Keep America American," the newly elected head of the National Association of Manufacturers exhorted his members in 1909. The biggest threat, he warned, stemmed from the American Federation of Labor's efforts to "stick their wicked heads into" charitable and philanthropic groups, in order to "sow the seeds of socialism and anarchy." "Keep America American" was the stated mission of the American Coalition of Patriotic Societies, founded in 1929 by the architect of the system of racial immigration quotas. After the war, the American Coalition transformed itself into an anti-Communist group, hanging its Patriotic Service Medal around Senator Joe McCarthy's neck as the Senate commenced debating his censure. "Keep America American" and "for Americans," urged the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1946, explaining it as the core principal of their Americanizing work among immigrants. But there is another tradition of appeals to "keep America American," at least as old, which strikes a very different note. As early as 1897, Universalist Minister John Coleman Adams gave voice to his doubts as to whether we can keep America American, true to the principles on which her life was begun, to which it was rededicated when the Union was preserved. The hardest strain on our national life is to come in keeping the spirit of that life--freedom, equality, justice for all; the right to be one's self, the government of the community by the people of the community, the supremacy of the law over the mob, the open door of opportunity to every citizen alike. Can America live up to her light? Adams was every bit as patriotic as his intellectual foes, and just as unsettled by the wrenching era of change through which they lived. His greatest fear, though, was not that America would change too much but that it would not change enough. He believed that embracing timeless ideals required continual progress toward the goal of crafting a more perfect union and a more inclusive nation. And he has been echoed down through the years. "Keep America American" was "no isolationist creed" nor a "yardstick of nationality" but rather "the defiant challenge of the finest idealism the world has ever known," argued a 1945 column in Wichita's Negro Star. Mary McCleod Bethune wrote in 1951 of the need to "keep America American -- decently fed, decently housed, decently clothed -- with all of [us] free to speak out and to pray together." When Romney used to say, "We will keep America American by retaining its character as the land of opportunity," he placed himself squarely in that tradition, speaking directly to our hopes for a better future. As the campaign has worn on, though, Romney has edged closer toward emphasizing our fears instead. The shifting contexts in which he has employed the phrase reflect an ongoing struggle to define our national character. We all want to keep America American. The trick is agreeing upon what that means. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/12/the-trouble-with-keeping-america-american/249960/ Post Comment Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest #1. To: All (#0) Oh Refinersfire, you need to do research and not blindly post misleading information ;) Gatlin posted on 2012-01-02 23:52:22 ET Reply Trace #2. To: Gatlin (#1) (Edited) Stop trying to cover for him, it was used by them ;) So Mittens loves the KKK, and they love him, by your standards LOLOLOL EDIT: and since you are now running cover for him, you must be a member of the KKK.. what a Racist POS you must be ! Refinersfire posted on 2012-01-02 23:58:55 ET Reply Trace #3. To: Gatlin (#0) And he has been echoed down through the years. "Keep America American" was "no isolationist creed" nor a "yardstick of nationality" but rather "the defiant challenge of the finest idealism the world has ever known," argued a 1945 column in Wichita's Negro Star. Mary McCleod Bethune wrote in 1951 of the need to "keep America American -- decently fed, decently housed, decently clothed... Yeah, I guess it's OK as long as it is harmonious with communist ideals. barassodinga posted on 2012-01-03 0:02:45 ET Reply Trace #4. To: Refinersfire (#2) Stop trying to cover for him, it was used by them Stop being an IDIOT and do research , it was used by many before them! Quit digging in s**t to get your next meal ... LOLOLOL Gatlin posted on 2012-01-03 0:05:21 ET Reply Trace #5. To: Gatlin (#4) Oh Hell No.. by your standards you and old Mittens are Racist, don't like it, too damn bad ;) Refinersfire posted on 2012-01-03 0:08:19 ET Reply Trace Edit Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
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