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In reply to the discussion: Want to know why Obama is hated so much in the South? See 12 Years a Slave [View all]theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)For those who don't know about them, I've provided some links. Oh yes, they've morphed the name over the years and since Obama became President they've had to go underground in DC, but they're still around, occasionally popping up their nasty heads on the state level. Follow the links. Yes, this wasn't a hundred years ago that political leaders were doing photo ops and keynote speeches with this group. The evil is still there.
http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/06/24/another-racist-leader-revealed-in-south-carolina-gop/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Conservative_Citizens
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/groups/council-of-conservative-citizens
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2003/10/29/barbour_campaign_shows_gops_racist_side/
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2004/fall/communing-with-the-council
http://archive.adl.org/learn/ext_us/cccitizens.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/council-of-conservative-citizens
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/march99/lott29.htm
http://nbclatino.com/2013/06/01/opinion-racism-and-the-gop/
http://www.alternet.org/story/41085/photo_posed_with_racist_group_haunts_george_allen