Intellectual Conservative Politics and Philosophy » Robert Oliver http://www.intellectualconservative.com Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:08:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Should the Democratic Party Apologize for Supporting Slavery? http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/02/18/should-the-democratic-party-apologize-for-supporting-slavery/ http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/02/18/should-the-democratic-party-apologize-for-supporting-slavery/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:07:12 +0000 Robert Oliver http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/02/18/should-the-democratic-party-apologize-for-supporting-slavery/ Before the Civil War, the Democrat Party was united in its support for slavery. After the war, Democrats founded the Ku Klux Klan, established Jim Crow Laws, and repeatedly defeated anti-lynching and other federal legislation that became necessary in order to dismantle Democrat-created segregation in South.

There is a saying – “God cannot change the truth.”

I’m an African-American political [...]]]> http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/02/18/should-the-democratic-party-apologize-for-supporting-slavery/feed/ 16 Review of Unfounded Loyalty http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2004/10/22/review-of-unfounded-loyalty/ http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2004/10/22/review-of-unfounded-loyalty/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:02:28 +0000 Robert Oliver http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2004/review-of-unfounded-loyalty/ According to Wayne Perryman's book Unfounded Loyalty, Democrats didn’t fall in love with black folks; they fell in love with the black vote.

“Why are most Blacks in America Democrat?” asked a group of inner-city young people to Rev. Wayne Perryman of Seattle, Washington.  Perryman replied,  “Because Democrats have done the most for Black [...]]]> http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2004/10/22/review-of-unfounded-loyalty/feed/ 0