The Road to Revolution

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*SCREAMING*

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Please don’t stop

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Muskie is the Great Realigner

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JAN 4. 1969: SOUTHERNERS DENOUNCE WATSON ATTORNEY GEN. NOMINATION



"It is the start of a new session of Congress in the Capitol, soon, the President-Elect will be sworn in along with the Vice-President Elect, and, if all Senators in Congress co-operate, new cabinet members,
 however, we can expect one to be staled for a fair bit of time, that is Attorney General James Watson,
 a black judge from New York. Several Southern Senators oppose the nomination.

'With the new Attorney General that is black, we can expect desegregation far sooner than when we want it.' says Senator Strom Thurmond, a Republican of South Carolina. Thurmond was elected to the chamber as a Democrat, but switched his party to become a Republican in 1964, after the Democrats voted for the Civil Rights Act.

'He'll continue the liberal agenda that our parties' nominee fought against.' says freshman Senator Ronnie Thompson, a Republican of Georgia who was elected in an upset.

Nice