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George Wallace lives

Posted on 1/7/16 at 7:22 pm
Posted by SEC1
Member since Oct 2014
378 posts
Posted on 1/7/16 at 7:22 pm
In the form of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore. And I thought Mississippi was backward.
Posted by BowlJackson
Birmingham, AL
Member since Sep 2013
52881 posts
Posted on 1/7/16 at 7:45 pm to
Nah, Wallace's own daughter said that Roy Moore is much worse.

Wallace was just a talented politician and said what got him votes. In early 60's Alabama being a segregationist got him votes. Later in his career he became a "born-again" Christian when that movement was big and reversed his racist stances and began apologizing and pandering to blacks because that's what got him votes then.

Moore is just a close-minded Southern Baptists who's ideals are stuck in the past.
Posted by genro
Member since Nov 2011
61788 posts
Posted on 1/7/16 at 8:20 pm to
Wallace was the most popular governor Alabama ever had.

Roy Moore didn't even make it past the primaries.
Posted by Kentucker
Cincinnati, KY
Member since Apr 2013
19351 posts
Posted on 1/7/16 at 11:15 pm to
Why do so many fundamentalists think that they can just ignore any laws they find disagreeable; and worse, think they can force others to ignore them, too? I despise our tax structure in this country but I don't refuse to pay because I'm an American and am happy to be a citizen.

This guy thinks state laws are superior to federal rules. I just shake my head whenever I read an article about him.
Posted by Silverback
Gumpin' ain't easy
Member since Aug 2011
4308 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 6:28 am to
Yet somehow he keeps getting elected. This is a case of the people getting the representatives they deserve rather than the ones they need.
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 7:22 am to
I went to the Lewis Black show in Montgomery last night. He had a good bit on Moore.

Black also said he wants to perform in Oxford, but the theatre on campus doesn't allow profanity, so the only place he performs in MS is Biloxi. Is this true Ole Miss fans?
This post was edited on 1/8/16 at 8:17 am
Posted by Aubie83
Member since Jan 2008
5012 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 4:21 pm to
quote:

This guy thinks state laws are superior to federal rules.


I think his whole point is that the Federal government has infringed on states rights and outstepped its authority. A lot of people feel that way.
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 4:38 pm to
quote:

Yet somehow he keeps getting elected. This is a case of the people getting the representatives they deserve rather than the ones they need.



He is what happens when people go into the booth and pull the R or D lever without even looking at the ballot.
This post was edited on 1/8/16 at 4:38 pm
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
27778 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 4:38 pm to
IMO, George Wallace was a lot different from what people thought of him, and how history will depict him.

He Knew what the ultimate outcome would be,so he escalated certain situations,the Feds moved in,took the ball out of his hands. He got what he originally wanted,but kept support on both sides.

Believe this or not, not many years ago,I have been in Many Black Homes In Alabama,that had his Portrait on the wall.

He duped some folks, like something out of a Faulkner Novel,his final results tell the tale.. IMO
Posted by SCLibertarian
Conway, South Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
35938 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 4:53 pm to
End the popular election of judges and this scenario probably becomes far less likely. I don't trust your average American to choose where I eat, much less who should be the chief jurist in my state.
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