http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/11/08/what-would-powell-clayton-say-about-gop-control Comments On: What would Powell Clayton say about GOP control? by Max Brantley en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:15:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by plainjim]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:00:39 -0600 Arkansas Times
He was the most hated man in Arkansas and if we were smart we'd remember to continue hating him and his kind of politics today because his ilk are the great great granddaddies of the modern GOP.

He was the leader of the investment group that built the Crescent Hotel and I believe brought the railroad to that part of Arkansas and of course died in DC, a very rich man....one of the early 1% practicing vulture capitalism. If he had been born later he would have written a diet book and built a beach front mansion in Florida...don't ya know.
Posted by DeathbyInches]]> Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:47:11 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by plainjim]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:58:56 -0600 Arkansas Times
As our first Republican governor, he saddled Arkansas with enormous debt when we were penniless, was so awful the regular Republicans joined with the dis-enfranchised Democrats to elect him a US Senator just to get him out of this state. Clayton took office in 1871 after a giant stink since he realized he'd been tricked and tried to get out of claiming his Senate seat. He caused the Brooks-Baxter War and was even more ethically challenged than Mike Huckabee.

You can bet he'd be a major behind the scenes leader of the Republican if he was still kicking. If he had had Cheney's doctors, he wouldn't have finally, thankfully, died in 1914. Oh lord.......we wouldn't have a chance if Clayton was still alive to team up with Karl Rove, Rush, Tim Griffin in 2012....The Romney-Obama War would be heating up right about....................now!
Posted by DeathbyInches]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:33:33 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by plainjim]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:30:09 -0600 Arkansas Times
Isn't it amazing that such humble people were the Republicans of that time. My family continued the tradition until my older sister, an ardent admirer of JFK, and I broke away and became Democrats. The Hill Country Republicans in Arkansas were Republicans because they had no brief for Southern aristocracy and slavery, a tradition that modern Republicans in the guise of Loy Mauch would love to bring back.

Max mentioned Rockefeller Republican Bob Scott of Rogers, who no longer has any brief for the modern Republican Party. I think his family background is about the same as mine. This 180-degree turn in the Republican Party began with Goldwater and Nixon, who sensed the anger of Southern Democrats, who were losing control of their own party, and began pandering to them, even if it meant corrupting the ideals of their own Party, founded by Lincoln. The "Southern Strategy" was born. It started in 1964; came to fruition in 1968, after President Johnson had rammed through the Civil Rights Act. For awhile. the third party candidate, George Wallace , derailed the GOP plan, but after he was shot, it was an open field.

Now, the Republican Party is comprised of angry white men, and in some instances, their subservient, good Mormon-like wives. The world is changing around them. They are now the minority. They can't run things anymore. The new power center is comprised of women (whom I love for all that they have done), Hispanics, blacks and Asians. This is really the Rainbow Coalition. If the Democrats can keep the coalition together, we can control things for a long time.

This has been a long rant. If I was wrong about my history, I hope Cato will correct me.
Posted by plainjim]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:12:39 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Carrick Patterson]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:16:46 -0600 Arkansas Times
It took a wealthy New Yorker moving here to jump start the Grand old Party in the 1960s from whence it's present day rebirth happened. He raised taxes to improve Ark Highways and roads. He put an end to prison slave labor for hire and routine torture to keep them in line. He secured passage of Ark's minimum wage law. "Ernie Dumas described Rockefeller as the “most liberal governor in Arkansas history” in light of his attempts to increase taxes to augment the size and scope of state government as well as steadfast support for civil rights and opposition to capital punishment." wikipedia. He attempted to introduce job and technical training for prison inmates. He put an end to illegal gambling in Hot Springs.

Frank White: well, what can you say? He signed a Creation Science bil into law and raised the truck weight limit on Ark highways. No tax increases. No programs.

Huck comes along and improves our Game, Fish and Wildlife with a new tax. He helps Hillary get ArKids going, a great insurance program even though it's clearly socialism at work. He tries permanent indebtedness for consistent highway improvement but is voted down by Democrats. He introduced pardons and commutations as a way to handle prison reforms for violent offenders. He allowed the bill to pass which established "games of skill" at the W.Memphis dog track and at Oaklawn park in Hot Springs.

In 2010 it took two super wealthy brothers from Kansas to kick Ark Republicans into high gear. They did it via remote control. No appearances needed. No new taxes. No new programs.
Posted by eLwood]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:41:36 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Paul Covert]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:08:53 -0600 Arkansas Times 4 May 1960

IKE ASKS CONGRESS FOR A NEW MEDICAL PLAN

Washington, May 4, (UPI)--The Eisenhower administration asked Congress today to enact a new $1,200,000,000 program of federal state subsidy to help persons over 65 meet the cost of major illnesses. It would cost the individual $24 a year.

...the proposal would pay a major share of 180 days of hospitalization, 365 days of nursing home care, certain medical and dental services. It would also cover up to $350 worth of prescribed drugs.

(The Act passed a few months later and President Eisenhower signed the legislation. The forerunner of Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare?)


Richard Nixon established the E.P.A. and SSI. The list could be long.
Posted by Cato]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:05:28 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Cato]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:00:59 -0600 Arkansas Times