Who would you rather have as governor?

[hangfan91]

Rockefeller: Promoted the Rockefeller drug laws which saw lengthy 10-20 year prison sentences for mere possession of illicit drugs, heavy-handed and brutal crackdown of the Attica uprising. Came from a wealthy family but did I think did a pretty good job for those who were not wealthy.

Wallace: Was a segregationist and famously blocked the doors to a university after the feds desegregated the system. Did modernized Alabama and later did a 180 and denounced his earlier support for segregation. Helped build up the educational system of Alabama.

[Boston Bread]

Rockefeller drug laws were bad but at least they wouldn't have effected me unlike segregation. Wallace did some good when he returned but what he did before that is unjustifiable.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

On one hand, Wallace was a virulent racist who fought integration with tooth and claw. On the other, Rockefeller increased the number of African Americans employed by the state government by 50% and backed the Equal Rights Amendment.

That was easy.

[Goldwater]

Ugh, Rockefeller. I feel dirty.

[Mr. Smith]

Ugh, Rockefeller. I feel dirty.

For obviously different reasons, but still.

[RFayette]

Rockefeller I guess, but his war on drugs was absolutely abominable.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Rockefeller

[Rockefeller GOP]

Rockefeller, in the easy choice ever.

[Intell]

Rockefeller, VERY easy decision.

[SNJ1985]

Wallace.

[Cory]

Wallace post-turnaround on Civil Rights.

[Goldwater]

Ugh, Rockefeller. I feel dirty.

For obviously different reasons, but still.

There is probably some overlap between our reasons. For example, I"m assuming you also oppose his drug policies.

[Türkisblau]

Wallace post-turnaround on Civil Rights.

George Wallace's 4th & final term as AL Gov > any of Rocky's terms as NY Gov

[SWE]

Wallace post-turnaround on Civil Rights.

George Wallace's 4th & final term as AL Gov > any of Rocky's terms as NY Gov

[Maxwell]

They're both vicious racists who deserved to be stoned, not Presidential contenders.

But Rockefeller.

[Türkisblau]

On one hand, Wallace was a virulent racist who fought integration with tooth and claw. On the other, Rockefeller increased the number of African Americans employed by the state government by 50% and backed the Equal Rights Amendment.

That was easy.

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Huh, maybe Wallace is a much more complicated and multi-faceted figure than you think.

[free my dawg]

4th-term Wallace (after all, a reformed racist is better than an institutional racist), but taking their entire careers into account, Rockefeller.

[Mr. Smith]

On one hand, Wallace was a virulent racist who fought integration with tooth and claw. On the other, Rockefeller increased the number of African Americans employed by the state government by 50% and backed the Equal Rights Amendment.

That was easy.

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Huh, maybe Wallace is a much more complicated and multi-faceted figure than you think.

It's still nothing compared to all the excellent policies Rockefeller put out (sans the War on Drugs, which is only good on paper).

[Miles]

Wallace.

[Rockefeller GOP]

They're both vicious racists who deserved to be stoned, not Presidential contenders.

But Rockefeller.

I don't like his drug policies either, but it's a stretch to say he was a racist, especially one in the same boat as GEORGE WALLACE.  Rockefeller was a consistent and vocal supporter of the civil rights movement.

[WalterMitty]

rockefeller.  a great american.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

On one hand, Wallace was a virulent racist who fought integration with tooth and claw. On the other, Rockefeller increased the number of African Americans employed by the state government by 50% and backed the Equal Rights Amendment.

That was easy.

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Huh, maybe Wallace is a much more complicated and multi-faceted figure than you think.

Or maybe he's a politician who realized he had to change his rhetoric or retire. Either way, his tenure during the 60s was much more historically significant than his "transformation" years later.

I might add that Nathan B. Forrest, founder of the KKK, had a "transformation" late in life too. Does that excuse his earlier actions?

[stegosaurus]

Rockefeller by one hundred thousand million miles.