Former US Rep. Bruce Alger (R-TX) dead at 96
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« on: April 26, 2015, 10:40:39 PM »

http://www.dallasnews.com/obituary-headlines/20150425-bruce-alger-controversial-dallas-congressman-in-50s-and-60s-dies-at-96.ece

Alger was not the first Republican elected to Congress from Texas since Reconstruction, but he was the first "modern" Republican to represent the Lone Star State, along with a brand of reactionary, populist conservatism that was particularly strong in mid-century Dallas and that defined the American Right in ways that are still being felt today. Alger was, in a way, the prehistoric species that would ultimately evolve into the 21st century Tea Party Republican - inflexibly dogmatic, more interested in voting against others' legislation than proposing his own, and keenly aware of the power of inflammatory rhetoric and conspiratorial innuendo in advancing his political agenda.

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« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2015, 12:04:12 AM »

RIP FF
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« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2015, 12:06:43 AM »

Sam Rayburn called him an 'interloper' because he was a Republican elected in TX.  I think it's fitting that Alger lost in '64 - considering he lost thanks to a Texan being on the ticket.
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« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2015, 12:19:31 AM »


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Wonderful that you're not hiding exactly what you stand for anymore.

As for Alger, he won't be missed.



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« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2015, 02:04:56 AM »

Rot in hell with the rest of the segregationist scum.
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« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2015, 02:18:56 AM »

RIP old person who died
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« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2015, 11:11:38 AM »
« Edited: April 27, 2015, 11:13:23 AM by RFayette »


EDIT:  It's also amazing how some 1960's era politicians were still alive, but no one knew that until they died. Tongue
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« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2015, 11:19:43 AM »


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« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2015, 01:23:12 PM »

Didn't he vote for Civil Rights though, or am I mistaking him for another Texas Republican.
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« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2015, 02:16:19 PM »

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« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2015, 05:54:14 PM »

Didn't he vote for Civil Rights though, or am I mistaking him for another Texas Republican.

There were two Republicans in Texas's House delegation at that time - Alger and Ed Foreman (guy from West Texas who served one term and later got elected in New Mexico). They both voted against the CRA. John Tower voted against it in the Senate.

George H. W. Bush voted for the Fair Housing Act and some other civil rights-related legislation when he was in Congress but other than him the Texas Republicans elected in that era were very anti-civil rights.
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« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2015, 10:43:03 PM »

Good riddance.
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« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2015, 03:38:05 AM »

Alger was an interesting fellow and was one of the earlier progenitors of what became the "new right". He never was a fully out of closet bircher but it was pretty obvious what tree he was barking up. At the time JFK was shot and when Alger was congressman, Dallas had a reputation as being a stronghold of the lunatic fringe - Edwin Walker, HL Hunt, the Citizens Councils, JBS etc.
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« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2015, 08:13:09 PM »


Weren't you bashing people for saying stuff like this when Fred Phelps died? lol
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« Reply #14 on: April 29, 2015, 12:49:25 PM »


Weren't you bashing people for saying stuff like this when Fred Phelps died? lol

I've matured.
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