The Party of Racists

The BBC reports:

The body of civil rights icon Rosa Parks is set to lie in honour in the US Capitol Rotunda - the first time that a woman has received the tribute.

The US Senate voted on Thursday to allow the move and Congress is set to approve the decision on Friday.

The text of the Senate resolution said that the honour should allow US citizens "to pay their last respects to this great American."

...Lying in honour is a tribute usually reserved for presidents and soldiers.

Presidents Ronald Reagan, Abraham Lincoln, John F Kennedy are among the US leaders to have received the honour.

World War II General Douglas MacArthur and the bodies of several unknown soldiers have also been given the tribute.

"Rosa Parks' brave and simple act ignited a movement that rewove America's social fabric," Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said.

"Allowing Mrs Parks to lie in honour here is a testament to the impact of her life on both our nation's history and future."

Her remains will lie in the Capitol Rotunda on Sunday and Monday.

Ms Parks was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996, and the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation's highest civilian honour, three years later.

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Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That, in recognition of the historic contributions of Rosa Parks, her remains be permitted to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol from October 30 to October 31, 2005, so that the citizens of the United States may pay their last respects to this great American. The Architect of the Capitol, under the direction and supervision of the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall take all necessary steps for the accomplishment of that purpose.


Press Release

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The Resolution passed the Senate unanimously with a companion Resolution expected to pass the House of Representatives tomorrow.

The remains of Rosa Parks will lie in honor from October 30, 2005 to October 31, 2005. It will be the first time a woman will lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda.

"Rosa Parks' brave and simple act ignited a movement that rewove America's social fabric," said Frist. "Her actions spoke volumes about the importance of principle and the capacity of the individual to change the world. The Capitol Rotunda is one of America's most powerful illustrations of the values of freedom and equality upon which our republic was founded, and allowing Mrs. Parks to lie in honor here is a testament to the impact of her life on both our nation's history and future."

In addition, the Federal building in Detroit was renamed the "Rosa Parks Federal Building."

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Does this make sense?

It doesn't according to what Dems and their liberal media mouthpieces would have us believe.

The Republican-controlled Senate and House have designated that the Federal building in Detroit will bear the name of Rosa Parks. More significantly, they will give Rosa Parks a tribute usually reserved for presidents and soldiers, by permitting her remains to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol .

Why would the Party of racists bestow such honors on Parks?

They don't care about black people, right?

I suppose the Republicans grudgingly agreed to go along with this. It must be a political move. They couldn't possibly sincerely wish to recognize the pivotal role that Rosa Parks played in sparking the civil rights movement, could they?

Certainly, if one believes what the Dems say, this is just another "illusion of inclusion."

Back in February, while addressing the Congressional Black Caucus, DNC Chairman Howard Dean joked:

"You think the Republican National Committee could get this many people of color in a single room? Only if they had the hotel staff in here."

In Dean's lame attempt at humor, he displays his embarrassing unfamiliarity with the Democrat Party's history. If he does know his Party's past, he conveniently ignores it. In other words, Dean is either ignorant or a liar or both.

The documented examples of Dem racism are many, too many to mention.

Just a few:

1) On June 11, 1963, George Wallace stood in front of a schoolhouse door at the University of Alabama in an attempt to stop desegregation of that institution by the enrollment of two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood.

2) Senator Al Gore, Sr., voted against some major civil rights legislation including the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

3) Senator Robert Byrd, former Ku Klux Klan member, has the distinction of being the only senator to vote against both black Supreme Court justices, Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas. Former Klansman Byrd, at one time holding the titles "Kleagle", which indicated a Klan recruiter, and "Exalted Cyclops," joined with other southern Democrats to oppose the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Byrd filibustered the bill for more than 14 hours, saying it abrogated principles of federalism.

I'm sure the likes of Al Sharpton and Louis Farrakhan and assorted partisan nuts could conjure up theories to distort the reasons why the Republican-controlled Congress is honoring Rosa Parks with such respect and distinction. Without question, Parks deserves the accolades; but it doesn't fit the Left's template of Republicans as racists for them to acknowledge the accomplishments of a black woman.

Like all the other mean-spirited, false accusations that characterize Republicans as racists, in the end, none of that matters.

Actions speak louder than words.

Think of the volumes that Rosa Parks spoke in December of 1955, when she refused to give up her bus seat.