We Were Wrong

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Milwaukee, July 14, 2005. Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee, stood before the NAACP national convention and said: "I am here today as the Republican Chairman to tell you we were wrong."

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Forty-one years earlier, the party of Lincoln helped pass the Civil Rights Act. Senate Republicans voted yes 27 to 6. Democrats voted yes 46 to 21. Minority Leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois delivered the Republican votes that broke a 60-working-day Southern filibuster. It was the first time the Senate had ever invoked cloture on a civil rights bill.

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I am here today as the Republican Chairman to tell you we were wrong.

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Stronger than all the armies is an idea whose time has come.

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South Reverses Voting Patterns.

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Now, y'all aren't quoting me on this?

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I am here today as the Republican Chairman to tell you we were wrong.

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The party of Lincoln out-voted the Democrats.

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