Janet DiFiore the District Attorney of the County of
Westchester continues to play politics with the voters of Westchester
County. She refuses to take interviews
on camera regarding the Nanny Gate scandal and only releases statements on paper to the media.
Today news has broken that Janet DiFiore’s Chief of
Investigations Terrance Raynor has also been caught with his hand in the cookie
jar and just like just like his boss, took steps to try to cover up this
criminal activity. Mount Vernon Exposed
has also learned that Raynor was also in involved in what has become known
nationwide as “Nanny Gate”.
We will now break down Raynor’s involvement in “Nanny Gate”. According to a confidential source in the
Westchester District Attorney’s office and the Department of Social Services,
Raynor was fully aware the DiFiore’s nanny had been rejected in the past for
Medicare. Janet would become frustrated
and make comments in the office about her nanny’s declining health and how it
was costing her so much money. Janet became increasingly frustrated when The
Department of Social Services rejected Marina Buchannan for welfare
benefits.
Raynor then approached Janet DiFiore and offered his
help. Raynor informed DiFiore that his
wife worked in the Department of Social Services and could get her nanny approved for
welfare benefits. Terrence Raynor is
married to Valerie Raynor aka Valerie Woodbine.
Valerie Woodbine is the sister is Shoshanna Woodbine. Shoshanna Woodbine is married to Nashon Halevi. Nashon Halevi is the brother of Naomi Halevi
and the son of Serepher Halevi. Naomi
Halevi was recently convicted of defrauding the Federal government’s Section 8
program by receiving section 8 while owning a house located at 10 California
Road. The house at 10 California Road is
valued at over $800,000.
Valerie Raynor then went to her boss at the time, Diane
Atkins and informed her of Janet’s nanny situation brought to her attention by her
husband Terrance. Atkins then opened a
case in the Central office where she was 1st Deputy Commissioner.
Janet’s nanny previously was denied welfare in the Yonkers district office just
a few short blocks from where she resided.
Atkins got the job done and earned herself a permanent get out of jail
free card from Janet DiFiore. For the
reasons stated herein, Janet has refused to investigate any allegations of
corruption within the Department of Social Services. Instead she has sent her “Hit Squad” to destroy
any evidence that threatens to bring down her “Power Circle”.
According to sources, Valerie Raynor was the one who typed
the “trumped up” letter to DiFiore’s office about fraud investigator Dhyalma
Vazquez. When DiFiore’s office came to
investigate Valerie illegally turned over Vazquez' personnel file. Philippe Gille, currently the 1st
Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Social Services, was recently caught
on tape discussing DiFiore’s underhanded behavior regarding DiFiore’s criminal
cover up.
According to an investigator in DiFiore’s office, Terrence
was promised that he will be made the Westchester County Police Commissioner in
2014 if Tim Idoni or Ken Jenkins is elected County Executive. According to the Investigator, Janet said “In
this business, it is very important that you never forgot who your friends are”.
Terrence Raynor was eager to depart Janet’s office for some
time now and has been seeking other law enforcement positions outside New York
State, specifically down south. Just
recently, he was spotted meeting with Mount Vernon Mayor Ernest Davis about
becoming Mount Vernon’s top cop.
Terrence has brought disgrace to his badge and should be thoroughly
investigated for his role in “Nanny Gate”.
As the Chief of Investigations for DiFiore every investigation by that
office headed by him and his rogue unit of investigstors should be re-opened and investigated by outside agencies. Raynor and
DiFiore have left a black eye on the District Attorney’s office that will take
decades to wipe away.
However there is light at the end of the tunnel for
Terrence, he can avoid prosecution by turning State’s evidence against his boss
Janet DiFiore and hopefully get no prison sentence for the crimes he
committed. To be
continued>>>>>
We welcome our readers back to our sixth issue about
Alan. We thank you, our loyal and
dedicated readers for making Mount Vernon Exposed the largest corruption
reporting watchdog blog on the internet today.
You have also made Alan our most successful series ever. To date our series on Alan has received over
17,000 hits. We need your help to reach
one million hits by July 1, 2012. One
million hits will sending a resounding message to the status quo that the
taxpayers mean business and will no longer stand for the corruption, fraud,
abuse, and injustice that Alan and gang of Klansman continue to engage in on a
daily basis. Alan has destroyed the
integrity of the entire NYS Judicial Court system.
Mount Vernon Exposed has learned that Alan has officially
gone crazy. It has been reported to
Mount Vernon Exposed that he is allegedly off of his medication that was
prescribed to him right after his mental breakdown while he was County
Attorney. This can most likely be attributed
to the strange, erratic, and standoffish behavior that Alan is displaying in
the courts these past few days. Alan
fearing that he will get indicted by a Federal grand jury for his case fixing,
kickbacks, and other shady dealings has begun to take steps to cover up his
criminal activities.
Just recently Alan was brought to public light for ordering
three hit men from the Office of Court Administration and the Inspector General
office to intimidate Hon. William Edwards of Mount Vernon City Court for
exposing on public record Alan and others for attempting to fix cases in the
Mount Vernon City Court. We will provide
details of the case fixing in a later issue.
It has also been reported to Mount Vernon Exposed that over $3M is
missing from the Mount Vernon City Court.
When allegations of corruption were brought to Judge Edwards’s
attention, Alan and his posse started to retaliate against Judge Edwards. So we must ask Alan, where is the money? Did he spend on his sailboat or did he use it
in Anguilla as spending money when he was there with Judge Sam Walker and Judge
Gerald Loehr?
Alan, Judge Seiden of Mount Vernon, Judge Gross of Mount
Vernon, and Larry Darden, Chief Clerk of Mount Vernon, recently met to discuss
filing a bogus complaint against Judge Edwards.
According to source familiar with the investigation the complainant is a
court employee close to Alan.
Alan mental health issues have cost Westchester taxpayers
hundreds of millions of dollars. Alan
has appointed several unqualified individuals to various positions throughout
the ninth judicial district. Alan also
appointed Susan Newman-Loehr with a supporting vote from Westchester County
Court Judge Barbara Zambelli. This gave
Alan and Janet DiFiore that opportunity to rob Westchester blind all while
gunning down unarmed black men by an elite band of rogue police officers. When it comes time to prosecute the officers
for their crimes, Susan Newman-Loehr will be sure to pool an all-white affluent
jury from Pelham, Harrison, and Bronxville.
The next character is Alan’s criminal syndicate is Nancy J.
Barry. Nancy Barry is Chief Clerk of the
Westchester Supreme and County Courts taking in a whopping $118K per year. Nancy’s co-workers describe her as a lazy
failure that is hardly in the office. As
Chief Clerk, Nancy is responsible for managing all aspects of court operations
and non-judicial case processing activities.
But when can Nancy find the time to do all of this when she spends most
of her day organizing outings for Alan and his posse? Nancy is also always on the golf course and frequently
brags to co-workers that her son attends West Point. One can be sure to guess that Nancy’s son is
training to become a General in Alan’s army of criminals.
Nancy is another one of Alan’s best and brightest that
managed to circumvent NYS civil service law requirements. Nancy did not take the test for her current
position as required by law. Some even
question if Nancy, although an admitted attorney, can even pass the test.
Nancy started her career with her law school buddy,
Westchester County Court Judge Susan Cacace as her Principal Law Clerk. The two
went to Pace Law together, and colleagues described them as close until they
had a falling out. Law clerks are
responsible for researching case law that is used in the Judge’s written
decision. Sources said that Judge Cacace
found Nancy incompetent and terminated her.
We applaud Judge Cacace for getting rid of such a useless burden on Westchester
County taxpayers. Nancy would often cite wrong cases. We can only imagine how many innocent people
are in jail due to Nancy’s incompetence.
Judge Francis Nicolai, another lazy, corrupt Judge, then
took in Nancy as his principal law clerk after she was given an express ride to
the unemployment office. When Judge
Nicolai retired and Alan took the reins, Alan made Nancy a Court Attorney
Referee in the Mortgage Foreclosure Settlement Part. Nancy benefited from Westchester homeowners
losing their homes, as she was the one who conducted the auctions, some of
which never made it to the courthouse steps because it is alleged that Nancy
received hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from investors looking to
purchase these properties for pennies on the dollar. Sources said Nancy then funneled the cash
payments Alan who the divided the money with the appropriate personnel. Nancy
was then appointed to Chief Clerk, where she remains today. To be continued ><><><
We would like to
welcome our readers back to our fifth issue in our series about Alan, our most successful
and most read series to date. Over the
past few days Mount Vernon Exposed has been inundated with calls about the
corruption in the courts and in the Westchester County District Attorney’s
office. Our readers have expressed
concerns that they no longer have faith and trust in a judicial system that is
racist, unjust, and corrupt.
This past week
we have brought you exclusive breaking news that you will see only on Mount
Vernon Exposed. We have exposed the
conflicts of interests that lie within Westchester County and the 9th
judicial led by Alan. We have also exposed the fixing of Grand Jury proceedings
to give Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore the outcome she is
seeking in cases of her gang of rogue police officers gunning down unarmed
black men. It was revealed by court personnel
that Janet DiFiore, Susan Newman-Loehr, and Alan Scheinkman met at an
undisclosed location to discuss pooling jurors from wealthy white affluent areas
for the Chamberlain Grand Jury proceedings.
Mr. Chamberlain
was gunned down by racist White Plains police officers in his own home. It was discovered that one of the police
officers said “OPEN THE DOOR NIGGER WE HAVE TO TALK”. Many throughout the community were outraged
but not surprised that Janet’s office was not able to get an indictment. As the saying goes ” You can indict a ham
sandwich”. This saying means that based
on the evidence that is presented to the Grand Jury you can get the outcome
that you are seeking. It is clear that
Janet withheld evidence that would have resulted in an indictment. A combination of the panel of racist white
Grand Jurors from affluent areas in Westchester County and the withholding of
key evidence resulted in the police officers not getting indicted. Janet, Alan, and Susan Newman-Loehr gave the
green light to White Plains Police Commissioner David Chong to “SHOOT DOWN MORE
NIGGERS”.
In order to
understand the corruption that is permeating the 9th Judicial
District, one must try to understand the mindset and look into the extracurricular
activities of the elected officials committing the crimes.
Elected
officials and those in power tend to play by two different set of rules. They begin to think that they are the law and
that they are above the law. For
example, employees in the private sector must take drug tests before they are
hired and some companies even do random drug testing to ensure compliance with
the drug free workplace policy. However
elected officials and those that drink from the public till do not have to
submit to drug testing. They are free to
engage in a lifestyle of Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll.
Mount Vernon
Exposed polled 100 people about the thoughts that a Judge could be addicted to
narcotics. All 100 people polled said no
and that they wouldn’t believe a Judge would engage in that type of
activity. We then asked the same 100
people if they ever heard of Richard Baumgartner, they
all said no.
RICHARD BAUMGARTNER
Richard Baumgartner and Alan Scheinkman are cut from
the same cloth and are two peas in a pod.
Richard Baumgartner is a former Knoxville, Tennessee Criminal Court
Judge that was found guilty of official misconduct for his behavior on and off
the bench. Richard Baumgartner and Alan
Scheinkman share the same similarities in their behavior on and off the
bench. CLICK HERE TO READ THE RICHARD BAUMGARTNER STORY
Richard Baumgartner was addicted to painkillers that
were prescribed to him for treatment of his chronic alcohol abuse. When doctors no longer would write prescriptions
for his habit, Richard Baumgartner turned to the people he put in jail to
supply him the drugs. Richard
Baumgartner frequently had sex in his chambers with his supplier while court was
in session on recess break.
As a result of Richard Baumgartner’s conviction many of his cases have been set for new
trials and some of the people he put in jail are now free.
Mount Vernon Exposed previously reported that Alan is
not mentally fit to be a judge.
According to sources, Alan had a mental breakdown while he was the
Westchester County Attorney. It was also
reported to Mount Vernon Exposed by an anonymous source that Alan was prescribed
medication for his mental illness. It is
now alleged that Alan is addicted to these painkillers and obtains them in the
same fraudulent manner as Richard Baumgartner.
Every year, Alan and his wife Faith Miller host a
lavish party at their home at 10 Puritan Road in Rye that is attended by
several elected officials, and many of Alan’s co-workers who are also sitting
Judges. According to a source, Mount
Vernon Exposed was told that this is nothing more than a sex filled boozing and
drug orgy. Alan also put his hand up his
wife Faith Millers crotch in public in the presence of sitting Supreme Court
judges.
After Alan’s mental breakdown, it is alleged that he
became addicted to illegal narcotics, specifically cocaine. According to the source, Alan, Faith Miller,
sitting Supreme Court and County Court Judges, and others allegedly regularly
sniff cocaine as a recreational sport.
It has even been reported that Alan uses drugs in chambers inbetween his
calendar call.
Prior to their marriage, sources confirmed to Mount
Vernon Exposed that Alan and Faith Miller would engage in sexual activity in
his chambers. Faith Miller would then go appear in front of other Judges in the
same building.
Alan’s behavior is not that of a sane, drug free
person. A sane person would not put
their hand up their spouse’s crotch in public in front of other sitting
judges.
Currently in New York State, elected and appointed
officials, including judges, do not have to submit to drug tests nor is being
drug free a requirement for holding public office. Public officials that handle billions and
billions of taxpayer funds can be high as a kite while they are making laws or
passing budgets that affect the lives of millions of New Yorkers.
GORDON BURROWS
Alan seems to embrace the criminal element; after all he
is a criminal himself. Just last month
at the State of the County address, Alan was seen embracing and sitting next to
Gordon Burrows, the disgraced Westchester County Legislator that was arrested
with Timothy Cacace, brother of Westchester County Court Judge Susan Cacace,
for snorting cocaine in an upstate Mobil gas station parking lot.
It was alleged that Alan was able to get Burrows a deal
by reaching out to the judge handling the case.
As a result of Alan’s interference, Burrows was able to avoid jail time
by pleading guilty to a single count of disorderly conduct.
Sources have told Mount Vernon Exposed that Alan had a
lot to lose if Gordon went to jail. It
has been told to Mount Vernon Exposed that Alan and Burrows and other sitting judges,
who we will reveal at a later date, all use the same cocaine supplier. We must now ask the question; is Alan high on
drugs when he renders decisions in the 9th Judicial District?
Mount Vernon Exposed has learned that a civil rights
group is preparing to go to Federal Court to compel Alan to submit to a mental
fitness test and also to a drug test.
During the September 2011, Democratic Primary widespread voter fraud was committed on behalf of Mayoral candidate Ernie Davis to ensure him victory.Such widespread fraud could not occur without the help of Westchester Election Commissioner Reginald Lafayette.There were other key players working behind the scenes helping go throughvoter registration rolls and picking out the votersvoters who had not voted in several years.These votes would then be cast in favor of Ernie Davis.
The Davis campaign also employed some of the most dangerous and violent thugs in the City of Mount Vernon.Davis has even employed registered sex offenders on his campaign.
To that end, the Justice Department has confirmed that resources will be available in Mount Vernon to protect the Democratic process and to combat fraud.
COMMUNITY ACTIVIST TO SPEARHEAD OCCUPY MOUNT VERNON RALLY
OCTOBER 17, 2011 CONTACT: Samuel L. Rivers (914) 760 8136
MOUNT VERNON, NY Democratic district leader and Community Activist Samuel L. Rivers today announced that he is spearheading an “Occupy Mount Vernon” rally to bring attention to issues affecting City of Mount Vernon taxpayers and the quality of life in the City of Mount Vernon.
A flier currently making its way through the Mount Vernon community states “We gather to Occupy Mount Vernon because the 1% closed the social security office”. Rivers said the flier is being circulated to approximately 35,000 City residents. The City of Mount Vernon needs to know that it was the Democratic led Congress that made $1Billion in cuts to the Social Security budget that resulted in the Social Security office in Mount Vernon closing and offices nationwide now closing at 3:30 P.M., an half an hour earlier than the previous closing time of 4 P.M.
Rivers said during the past 16 years of Democratic Mayoral leadership, that Mount Vernon has seen records levels of corruption, the highest unemployment rate since the great depression, an increase in violent crime including murders, and the cut of programs for our young people. “The 1% made these cuts”, said Rivers. “We have a disruptive group of individuals being led by Westchester Democratic Chairman Reggie Lafayette, former Mayor Ernie Davis and County Legislator Lyndon Williams that are running through Mount Vernon spreading racist rhetoric and outright lies in order to win votes for the November election” Rivers said. “Political grandstanding will be challenged head on and the public will be made immediately aware”, said Rivers.
“The 1% that has been in power for the past 16 years has caused the destruction of Mount Vernon and has contributed to the decline in the quality of life for the other 99%”, Rivers continued. “It is time to stop the finger pointing and playing the race card and time for unity across all party lines. Mount Vernon cannot afford to continue the culture of corruption that has taken over city government for the past 16 years”.
Hundreds of residents, clergy, and community activists are expected to attend the rally. “This is the first rally of many that is truly intended to unite the City of Mount Vernon. We want to hear for all races, colors, and creeds, and from every political party in Mount Vernon” Rivers said
What: Occupy Mount Vernon “Unite Mount Vernon” Rally
When: Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
Time: 9 A.M.
Who: All Mount Vernon residents are invited
Organizer: Community Activist Samuel L. Rivers / Mount Vernon Democratic District Leaders / Mount Vernon Republican District Leaders / Mount Vernon Conservative District Leaders
Mount Vernon, NY- DEMOCRATIC district leader and community activist Samuel L. Rivers today announced that he will be actively campaigning for City Council in the November election.Rivers will be on the Republican and Conservative lines.“I am proud to be on the Republican and Conservative lines” said Rivers.It is time for the Democratic leadership to stop playing the race card and dividing the community by saying that the Republican and Conservative parties are against the black community.
Rivers said that after attending a Democratic district leader meeting last week that he is fed up with the “Hitler style” divide and conquer tactics used by top Democrats throughout Westchester County.The African American community especially in Mount Vernon needs to know that it was the Republican Party that fought to end slavery and pass the civil rights act and it was the Democrats that fought at every opportunity to block such progressive measures.“The black community must not forget that Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglas, and Harriet Tubman were Republicans and they must remember that the Klu Klux Klan was born out of the Democratic Party.
While he said that he subscribes to a majority of the principles of the Democratic Party, Rivers said party doesn’t matter and that people especially blacks should ignore the Democratic line in November and should Vote Row “C” to clean up Mount Vernon.“I am a Democrat, I am an elected Democratic district leader and I am asking everyone especially, the African American community to cross party lines and vote Conservative this November.The Conservative Party has a proven track record of fighting for the underprivileged, cutting taxes, and creating jobs.Vote Row “C” to clean up Mount Vernon,” Rivers said. “There is no coincidence that the ten poorest cities in America all have elected Democrat Mayors,” he added.
Rivers said that he is not supporting any of the Democratic Party backed slate.Rivers said that the last two Mayors endorsed and supported by the Mount Vernon Democratic City community have created an image of corruption that will lasts for decades to come.Both Mayors saw members of their administration indicted and sentenced for betraying the public’s trust.
On Thursday, October 10, 2011, a special meeting was held at the Mount Vernon Democratic City Committee headquarters. Many district leaders had no idea why this special meeting was being called. It turned out that this meeting was the top leadership rallying up their troops to continue the corruption in the City of Mount Vernon. The big money construction contracts and kickbacks that line the corrupt politicians pockets are in jeopardy of coming to a screeching halt.
The meeting was nothing more than racial hate mongering spewed by Westchester County Election Commissioner Reginald Lafayette, State Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson, and former Mayor Ernest Davis. At times, former Mayor Davis made direct threats stating that those that are critical of him will be ran out of Mount Vernon into neighboring communities such as Bronxville and the he will “muster” all of the force that he can to see this through to fruition. A copy of the recording has been provided to the public to show that the Democrats are indeed the party of racial hate and destruction in the black community.
Clinton Young
Westchester County Election Commissioner and 1st Vice Chairman of the Mount Vernon Democratic City Committee Reginald Lafayette continues to display to the public that he is an uneducated babbling fool that only seems to make jokes such as “Who put too much orange juice in my vodka”? This is the kind of drunken leadership that has earned Mount Vernon its current reputation as being a corrupt city full of crooked politicians. Mr. Lafayette told the room that the Republican and Conservatives were against the Civil rights and Voting Rights Acts. Mr. Lafayette continues to play the race card by constantly invoking that the Conservatives are against President Obama.
The purpose of this meeting was to preach a so-called message on unity. Ray Charles could see that this political posturing by the corrupt Mount Vernon Democratic leadership was nothing more than a smokescreen to protect their vested interest. The City of Mount Vernon will never unite with these crooks navigating the ship. It is time for a change. A real change. The democrats must be defeated in November by such big numbers that it will force them into retirement. It was the Democrats that made Mount Vernon into the highest taxed City in America.
Ernie Davis
The meeting also brought out some of former Mayor Davis’ most notorious supporters and henchmen. Ganga “Rudy” Persaud, a convicted felon, was present as well as former Commissioner of Buildings Ralph Tedesco, and Former 1st Deputy Commissioner of Social Services Diane Atkins. We will follow up at a later time about the questionable alliances of former Mayor Ernie Davis.
Democrats across the country have consistently taken the black vote for granted. They tell their followers that the Republicans and the Conservative have blocked the civil rights movement and have been against the voting rights act. Voters must come out in full force in November to defeat the entire Democratic Party backed slate. The future of Mount Vernon is at stake.
Now for some facts about the Democratic Party:
The Democrat Party's Long and Shameful History of Bigotry and Racism
A common attack upon conservatives and republicans by the ultra-left is to engage in what has come to be known as "playing the race card" but is more accurately described as racial McCarthyism. Hardly a day goes by without a member of the far left wing falsely accusing conservatives of racism, bigotry, and a wide array of similar nasty things. They are not only dishonest, but they often border on the absurd, as in NAACP leader and hyper bigot Julian Bond's recent implication to his organization that Bush administration officials supported confederate slavery. Amazingly, Bond's statements went without condemnation from the radical Democrat party or others in his organization.
Not surprisingly, in all the lies and accusations of racism by the radical left wing, the truth becomes distorted not only about the Republicans but also the Democrats who make these accusations themselves. For instance, you may or may not have heard Democrat Senator Robert Byrd's outburst of racist bigoted slurs, more specifically the "n-word," on national television in March of 2001.
Amazingly, this incident of blatant racism on national television drew barely a peep from the NAACP, Jesse Jackson, Julian Bond, Mary Frances Berry, or any of the other ambulance chasers who purport themselves to be the leaders of the civil rights movement. In contrast, the main source of well-deserved criticism for Byrd's racist outburst came not from any of the so called leaders of the civil rights movement but from Republican Majority Leader Dick Armey (source). The race hustlers Jackson, Mfume et al turned a blind eye towards this act of racism by one of their own party, at most issuing an unpublicized slap on the wrist, or, as was more often the case, making not a peep. But where the race hustlers turn a blind eye and spew their lies, it is up to conservatives to set the record straight with the truth.
In response to the growing practice of racial McCarthyism by prominent left wing Democrats, it is necessary to expose the truth about the Democrat Party's record on Civil Rights:
I. Acts of Bigotry by Prominent Democrats and Leftists:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Franklin Roosevelt, the longtime hero and standard bearer of the Democrat Party, headed up and implemented one of the most horrible racist policies of the 20th Century – the Japanese Internment Camps during World War II. Roosevelt unilaterally and knowingly enacted Japanese Internment through the use of presidential Executive Orders 9066 and 9102 during the early years of the war. These orders single-handedly led to the imprisonment of an estimated 120,000 law abiding Americans of Japanese ancestry, the overwhelming majority of them natural born second and third generation American citizens. Countless innocents lost their property, fortunes, and, in the case of an unfortunate few, even their lives as a result of Roosevelt's internment camps, camps that have been accurately described as America's concentration camps. Perhaps most telling about the racist nature of Roosevelt's order was his clearly expressed intention to apply it almost entirely to Japanese Americans, even though America was also at war with Germany and Italy.
In 1943, Roosevelt wrote regarding concerns of German and Italian Americans that they t0o would share in the fate of the interned Japanese Americans, noting that "no collective evacuation of German and Italian aliens is contemplated at this time." Despite this assertion, Roosevelt did exhibit his personal fears about Italian and German Americans, and in his typical racist form he used an ethnic stereotype to make his point. Expressing about his position on German and Italian Americans during World War II, Roosevelt stated “I don’t care so much about the Italians, they are a lot of opera singers, but the Germans are different. They may be dangerous.”
Roosevelt also appointed two notorious segregationists to the United States Supreme Court. Roosevelt appointed South Carolina segregationist Democrat Jimmy Byrnes to the court. Roosevelt later made Byrnes a top advisor, where the segregationist earned the nickname “assistant president.” Byrnes was Roosevelt’s second choice behind Harry Truman for the VP nod in his 1944 reelection bid. Roosevelt also appointed segregationist Democrat Senator Hugo Black of Alabama to the court. Black was a former member of the Ku Klux Klan with a notorious record of racism himself.
Hugo Black: A former Democrat Senator from Alabama and liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice appointed by FDR, Hugo Black had a lengthy history of hate group activism. Black was a member of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920's and gained his legal fame defending Klansmen under prosecution for racial murders. In one prominent case, Black provided legal representation to Klansman Edwin Stephenson for the hate-induced murder of a Catholic priest in Birmingham. A jury composed of several Klan members acquitted Stephenson of the murder, reportedly after Black expressed Klan gestures to the jury during the trial. In 1926 Black sought and won election as a Democrat to the United States Senate after campaigning heavily to Klan membership. He is said to have told one Klan audience "I desire to impress upon you as representatives of the real Anglo-Saxon sentiment that must and will control the destinies of the stars and stripes, that I want your counsel." In the Senate Black became a staunch supporter of the liberal New Deal initiatives of FDR and a solid opponent of civil rights legislation, including a filibuster of an anti-lynching measure. Black led the push for several New Deal programs and was a key participant in FDR's court packing scandal. Roosevelt appointed Black, a loyal ally, to the U.S. Supreme Court. During the Senate confirmation of Black's nomination, the issue of his strong Klan affiliations caused a public controversy over his appointment. Following the confirmation Roosevelt claimed ignorance of Black's Klan past, though this claim was dubious at best. Black's first Senate election, which occurred with Klan support, had been covered nationally a decade earlier in 1926. Black's Klan affiliations were a well-known part of his political background and received heavy coverage in the newspapers at the time of his appointment. On the court, Black became a liberal stalwart. He also continued his career of supporting racism by authoring the opinion in favor of FDR's Japanese internment program in the infamous Korematsu ruling.
Senator Robert Byrd, D-WV: Byrd is a former member of the Ku Klux Klan and is currently the only national elected official with a history in the Klan, a well-known hate group. Byrd was extremely active in the Klan and rose to the rank of “Kleagle,” an official Klan membership recruiter. Byrd once stated that he joined the Klan because it was effective in "promoting traditional American values" (Source). Byrd's choice of words speak volumes about his bigotry considering the fact that the Klan is a notorious hate group, and the racist "values" it promotes are anything but American. One of the earliest criticisms of Byrd's Klan ties came in 1952 when he was running for Congress. Byrd responded by claiming that he had left the Klan in 1943 while noting that "(d) during the nine years that have followed, I have never been interested in the Klan." Byrd was lying, however, as he engaged in correspondence with a Klan Imperial Wizard long after he claims to have ended his ties with the hate group. In a letter to the Klan leadership (Source) dated 3 years after he purported to have ended his ties with them; Byrd wrote "I am a former kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan in Raleigh County and the adjoining counties of the state. The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia." Byrd continued his racist diatribe "It is necessary that the order be promoted immediately and in every state of the Union" and followed with a request for assistance from the hate group's leadership in "rebuilding the Klan in the realm" of West Virginia.
Byrd's racism extends far beyond his Klan membership. In a letter he wrote on the subject of desegregating the armed forces, Byrd escalated his racist rhetoric to an appalling level. In the letter, Byrd vowed that he would never fight in an integrated armed services noting "(r)rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds".
Byrd's racist opinions have shown their ugly face in his behavior in the Senate. Byrd led the filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and, according to the United States Senate's own website, filibustered the legislation to the bitter end appearing as one of the last opponents to the act before a coalition of civil rights proponents led by Republican Minority Leader Everett Dirksen invoked cloture so that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 could pass. At the time, Byrd was in the midst of a 14 hour and 13 minute filibuster diatribe against the key civil rights measure. Throughout the 1960's, Byrd was one of the staunchest opponents to civil rights in the U.S. Senate. Byrd’s racist history drew attention recently when he went on national television and repeatedly used the n-word, one of the most vicious racial slurs in existence, in an appearance on national television. Byrd uttered the slur on Fox News Sunday with Tony Snow on March 5, 2001. Despite the appalling nature of the remark, it went largely ignored by the mainstream media and the self-appointed "civil rights" leadership. Whereas a similar remark by anyone other than a leading Democrat Senator would assuredly prompt the likes of Jesse Jackson to assemble protest rallies demanding resignations, the Jackson crowd was eerily quiet following Byrd's remarks, issuing only low key suggestions that Byrd should avoid making such bigoted remarks.
In a sickening recognition of Byrd's appalling political career, the national Democrat party has done nothing but embrace the West Virginia senator with leadership roles and practically every honor imaginable. To this very day the Democrats call former Klansman turned U.S. Senator Robert Byrd the "conscience of the Senate." They have embraced him as their party's central pillar in all ways possible. Byrd has been reelected more times than any other Democrat senator, has served as a Democrat in Congress, a Democrat State Senator in West Virginia, and a Democrat State Delegate in West Virginia. Democrats have made repeatedly elected Byrd into their national party leadership and into the U.S. Senate leadership. He became secretary of the Senate Democrat Caucus in 1967, and Senate Democrat Whip in 1971. The Democrats elected former Klansman Byrd as their Senate Majority Leader from 1977-1980 and as their Senate Minority Leader from 1981-1986. Byrd was again elected Democrat Majority Leader from 1987-1988. Democrats made Byrd the chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee and President Pro Tempore of the Senate from 1989 until the Republicans won control of the Senate in November 1994. Following the defection of Jim Jeffords in June 2001, the Democrats again made Byrd the chairman of the Appropriations Committee and elected him to the highest ranking office in the Senate: the President Pro Tempore, a position which also put this former Klansman 4th in line for the presidency. Byrd lost his position when Republicans retook the Senate in late 2002, but continues to serve as one of the highest ranking members of the Democrat Senate leadership today.
Senator Ernest Hollings, D-SC: Hollings is liberal Democrat Senator from South Carolina who is also notorious for his use of racial slurs. He rose out of the Democrat Party's segregationist wing in the 1960's as governor of South Carolina. While in office as governor, Hollings personally led the opposition to lunch counter integration in his state. The New York Times reported on March 17, 1960 that then-governor Hollings "warned today that South Carolina would not permit 'explosive' manifestations in connection with Negro demands for lunch-counter services." According to the article, Hollings gave a speech in which he "challenged President Eisenhower's contention that minorities had the right to engage in certain types of demonstrations" against segregation. In the speech Hollings described the Republican president as "confused" and asserted that Eisenhower had done "great damage to peace and good order" by supporting the rights of minorities to protest segregation at the lunch counters.
Governor Hollings' support for segregation continued throughout his term and included his attendance at a July 23, 1961 meeting of segregationist Democrats to organize their opposition to the civil rights movement. Hollings was one of four governors in attendance, all of them Democrats. The others included rabid segregationists Orval Faubus of Arkansas and Ross Barnett of Mississippi. The New York Times reported on the meeting, noting that among the strategies discussed were using the segregationist White Citizens Council organization to mobilize political opposition to desegregation.
In more recent years Hollings, a senior Democrat senator, has made disparaging racial remarks and slurs against minorities. Senator Hollings, who was a contender for his party's presidential nomination in 1984, blamed his defeat in the primaries by using a racial slur against Hispanics. After losing the Iowa Straw Poll, Hollings stated "You had wetbacks from California that came in here for Cranston," referring to one of his opponents, Alan Cranston. A few years later Hollings reportedly used the slur "darkies" to derogatorily refer to blacks. He also once disparagingly referred to the Rainbow PUSH Coalition as the "Blackbow Coalition," and called former Senator Howard Metzenbaum, who is Jewish, "the Senator from B'nai B'rith." Hollings gained international criticism for his remarks about the African Delegation to the 1993 Geneva GATT conference, where he crudely remarked "you'd find these potentates from down in Africa, you know, rather than eating each other, they'd just come up and get a good square meal in Geneva." Hollings was also the Governor of South Carolina who raised the confederate flag over the state capitol in the early 1960's in what was considered at the time to be an act of defiance to civil rights. The press ignored Hollings and his role in the flag issue at the same time the political correctness police were smearing George W. Bush during his campaign after Bush correctly remarked that the flag was a state issue to be decided upon by South Carolina and not the national government.
Jesse Jackson: Jackson was the featured prime time speaker at the 2000 Democrat Convention. Jackson has a history of using anti-Semitic slurs and derogatorily calling New York City “Hymietown.” Jackson, a prominent self-proclaimed "civil rights leader," is himself guilty of the same bigotry he dishonestly purports to oppose.
Dan Rather: Rather, the well-known television anchor for CBS is also a liberal Democrat who has spoken at fundraisers for the Democrat party in the past. The notoriously left wing reporter appeared on the Don Imus radio show on July 19, 2001 where he was interviewed about his long term refusal to cover the Gary Condit (D-CA) scandal involving an affair with a missing intern despite the scandal's national prominence. Rather noted on the air that CBS had basically forced him to cover the story that was on every other network and on the front page of all the major newspapers, all this after Rather avoided it for months. Rather stated on the air, referring to CBS, that "they got the Buckwheats" and made him cover the Condit scandal. The term "Buckwheat" is considered an offensive racial stereotype that stems from an easily frightened black character named "Buckwheat" on the Little Rascals comedies. It is widely regarded as a racial epithet and has long been condemned as an offensive stereotype by several civil rights organizations. In several past incidents (see here and here) the use of the epithet "Buckwheat" has received condemnation by the NAACP, Al Sharpton and other left wing organizations. These left wing organizations and personalities have demanded that other media personalities be fired over using the epithet, and even staged a protest at a school over the mere allegation that the racist stereotype had been used by a teacher. Yet these same liberal groups have, to date, remained completely silent now that one of their own, Dan Rather is guilty of using the same offensive racial stereotype they have condemned elsewhere on a national radio show. It's just more proof of how the left wingers who cry the loudest with accusations of racism against others turn a blind eye when somebody of their own left wing ideology is the undeniable culprit of a blatantly racist act or statement!
Cragg Hines: Hines is one of the most rabidly partisan DC based Democrat editorial columnists to work for a major newspaper, and he makes no attempts to hide it. To Hines, pro-lifers are "Neanderthals," as is often the case with those who differ in opinion with him. Ironically, Hines, a columnist who regularly touts himself as an enlightened progressive, is also known for racial remarks and religious intolerance. He attacked Senator Jesse Helms in an August 26, 2001 editorial with not only the usual liberal name calling, but also with a racial epithet. Hines used the racial slur "cracker" to attack Helms. He used the epithet not only within the article's text, but he even included it in the piece's title. In a sense of heavy irony, Hines' article accused Helms of bigotry for, among other things, opposing liberal policies like affirmative action. He didn't seem to object to himself for his own bigoted language in the same article. Hines has also drawn heavy criticism from Catholics including a letter to the editor from the former President of the U.S. Catholic Bishop's Conference for his seemingly agenda-driven criticisms of Catholicism and its religious leaders, often based on little or no historical evidence, which he has expressed in numerous editorial columns.
Al Sharpton: Sharpton, a perennial Democrat candidate and one of the rumored candidates for the Democrat's 2004 presidential nomination, has a notorious racist past. Sharpton was a central figure who fanned the 1991 Crown Heights race riot, where a mob shouting anti-sematic slurs murdered an innocent Jewish man. Sharpton also incited a 1995 protest of a Jewish owned store in Harlem where protesters used several anti-sematic slurs. During the protests, a Sharpton lieutenant called the store's owner a "bloodsucker" and declared intent to "loot the Jews." A member of the protest mob later set fire to the store, resulting in the death of seven.
Representative Dick Gephardt, D-MO: Gephardt, the former Democrat Minority Leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, gave several speeches to a St. Louis area hate group during his early years as a representative. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Gephardt spoke before the Metro South Citizens Council, a now defunct white supremacist organization, during his early years as a congressman. Newsmax.com further reported that Gephardt had openly asked the group for an endorsement of his candidacy during one of his many visits with the organization. Gephardt has long avoided questions about his past affiliation with this group.
Andrew Cuomo: Cuomo, Bill Clinton's former Housing Secretary and a prominent Democrat political player in New York, was tape recorded using racially inflammatory rhetoric to build opposition to a potential Democrat primary opponent while speaking to a Democrat group. Cuomo stated that voting for his rival for the New York Democrat gubernatorial nomination Carl McCall, who is black, would create a "racial contract" between Black and Hispanic Democrats”and that can't happen." Upon initial reports, Cuomo denied the statement but later a tape recording surfaced. Cuomo later dropped out of the race for governor (source).
Lee P. Brown: Brown, Bill Clinton's former drug czar and Democrat mayor of Houston, engaged in racist campaigning designed to suppress Hispanic voter turnout during his 2001 reelection bid. Brown faced challenger Orlando Sanchez, a Hispanic Republican who drew heavy support from the Hispanic community during the general election. Two weeks prior to the runoff, Brown's campaign printed racist signs designed to intimidate Hispanic voters. The signs featured a photograph of Sanchez and the words "Anti-Hispanic." The signs drew harsh criticism from Hispanic leaders as their message was designed to intimidate and confuse Hispanic voters. Around the same time the signs were being used, Brown supporter and city councilman Carol Alvarado made a series of racially charged attacks on Sanchez, implying a desire to see the suppression of Hispanic voter turnout in the runoff. Brown staffers also went on record claiming that Sanchez was not a true Hispanic. The racist anti-Hispanic undertones of Brown's reelection bid were so great that liberal Democrat city councilman John Castillo, himself Hispanic, retracted his endorsement of Brown in disgust and became a Sanchez supporter in the final week of the campaign. Following the harsh condemnation of the racist signs and tactics, Brown purported that his campaign was removing them even though many still lingered around Houston up until the election. When Election Day came along, Brown placed more of the racist signs at polling places, despite his claim to have stopped using them. The large campaign billboard style Election Day signs featured, in Spanish, the word "Danger!" on them followed by Sanchez's name with a large red circle and slash through it. The signs identified the Brown campaign as their owner on the bottom. Brown's racially charged reelection effort barely squeaked by Sanchez on election day, winning 51% to 49% following a series of racially motivated advertisements in which the Brown campaign appealed to the fear of black voters by invoking images of the gruesome lynching death of James Byrd, Jr. and by attempting to pit them against Hispanics. While Brown had the audacity to declare himself a mayor for all people and all ethnicities at his victory party, many in Houston fear the racial wounds inflicted by his campaign will take years to heal.
Mary Frances Berry: Berry is the Democrat chair of the US Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR). She purports herself to be an "independent" in her political affiliation in order to hold her job on the civil rights commission where partisan membership may not exceed 4 for either party, but is in fact a dedicated liberal Democrat who openly supported Al Gore for president and has given a total of $20,000 in personal contributions to the Democrat Party, Al Gore for President, and other Democrat candidates over the last decade. Berry is an open racist who is affiliated with the far-left Pacifica radio network, a group with ties to Black Nationalist causes. Berry once stated "Civil rights laws were not passed to protect the rights of white men and do not apply to them," indicating that she believes the USCCR should only look out for civil rights violations against persons of certain select skin colors.
Billy McKinney: Former Democrat State Representative Billy McKinney of Georgia, who is also the father of former Democrat congresswoman Cynthia McKinney of the same state. During his daughter's failed 2002 reelection bid, McKinney appeared on television where he blamed his daughter's difficulties on a Jewish conspiracy. McKinney unleashed a string of anti-Semitic sentiments, stating "This is all about the Jews" and spelling out "J-E-W-S." McKinney lost his own seat in a runoff a few weeks later.
The Democrat Party and the Ku Klux Klan: Aside from the multiple Klan members who have served in elected capacity within the high ranks of the Democrat Party, the political party itself has a lengthy but often overlooked history of involvement with the Ku Klux Klan. Though it has been all but forgotten by the media, the Democrat National Convention of 1924 was host to one of the largest Klan gatherings in American history. Dubbed the "Klan bake convention" at the time, the 1924 Democrat National Convention in New York was dominated by a platform dispute surrounding the Ku Klux Klan. A minority of the delegates to the convention attempted to condemn the hate group in the party's platform, but found their proposal shot down by Klan supporters within the party. As delegates inside the convention voted in the Klan's favor, the Klan itself mobilized a celebratory rally outside. On July 4, 1924 one of the largest Klan gatherings ever occurred outside the convention on a field in nearby New Jersey. The event was marked by speakers spewing racial hatred, celebrations of their platform victory in the Democrat Convention, and ended in a cross burning.
II. Democrat opposition to the Civil Rights Movement:
A little known fact of history involves the heavy opposition to the civil rights movement by several prominent Democrats. Similar historical neglect is given to the important role Republicans played in supporting the civil rights movement. A calculation of 26 major civil rights votes from 1933 through the 1960's civil rights era shows that Republicans favored civil rights in approximately 96% of the votes, whereas the Democrats opposed them in 80% of the votes! These facts are often intentionally overlooked by the left wing Democrats for obvious reasons. In some cases, the Democrats have told flat out lies about their shameful record during the civil rights movement.
Democrat Senators organized the record Senate filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Included among the organizers were several prominent and well known liberal Democrat standard bearers including:
- Robert Byrd, current senator from West Virginia
- J. William Fulbright, Arkansas senator and political mentor of Bill Clinton
- Albert Gore Sr., Tennessee senator, father and political mentor of Al Gore. Gore Jr. has been known to lie about his father's opposition to the Civil Rights Act.
- Sam Ervin, North Carolina senator of Watergate hearings fame
- Richard Russell, famed Georgia senator and later President Pro Tempore
The complete list of the 21 Democrats who opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 includes Senators:
- Hill and Sparkman of Alabama
- Fulbright and McClellan of Arkansas
- Holland and Smathers of Florida
- Russell and Talmadge of Georgia
- Ellender and Long of Louisiana
- Eastland and Stennis of Mississippi
- Ervin and Jordan of North Carolina
- Johnston and Thurmond of South Carolina
- Gore Sr. and Walters of Tennessee
- H. Byrd and Robertson of Virginia
- R. Byrd of West Virginia
Democrat opposition to the Civil Rights Act was substantial enough to literally split the party in two. A whopping 40% of the House Democrats VOTED AGAINST the Civil Rights Act, while 80% of Republicans SUPPORTED it. Republican support in the Senate was even higher. Similar trends occurred with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was supported by 82% of House Republicans and 94% of Senate Republicans. The same Democrat standard bearers took their normal racists stances, this time with Senator Fulbright leading the opposition effort.
It took the hard work of Republican Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen and Republican Whip Thomas Kuchel to pass the Civil Rights Act (Dirksen was presented a civil rights accomplishment award for the year by the head of the NAACP in recognition of his efforts). Upon breaking the Democrat filibuster of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Republican Dirksen took to the Senate floor and exclaimed "The time has come for equality of opportunity in sharing in government, in education, and in employment. It will not be stayed or denied. It is here!" (Full text of speech). Sadly, Democrats and revisionist historians have all but forgotten (and intentionally so) that it was Republican Dirksen, not the divided Democrats, who made the Civil Rights Act a reality. Dirksen also broke the Democrat filibuster of the 1957 Civil Rights Act that was signed by Republican President Eisenhower.
Outside of Congress, the three most notorious opponents of school integration were all Democrats:
- Orval Faubus, Democrat Governor of Arkansas and one of Bill Clinton's political heroes
- George Wallace, Democrat Governor of Alabama
- Lester Maddox, Democrat Governor of Georgia
The most famous of the school desegregation standoffs involved Governor Faubus. Democrat Faubus used police and state forces to block the integration of a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas. The standoff was settled and the school was integrated only after the intervention of Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Even the Democrat Party organization resisted integration and refused to allow minority participation for decades. Exclusion of minorities was the general rule of the Democrat Party of many states for decades, especially in Texas. This racist policy reached its peak under the New Deal in the southern and western states, often known as the New Deal Coalition region of FDR. The Supreme Court in Nixon v. Herndon declared the practice of "white primaries" unconstitutional in 1927 after states had passed laws barring Blacks from participating in Democrat primaries. But the Democrat Parties did not yield to the Court’s order. After Nixon v. Herndon, Democrats simply made rules within the party's individual executive committees to bar minorities from participating, which were struck down in Nixon v. Condon in 1932. The Democrats, in typical racist fashion, responded by using state parties to pass rules barring blacks from participation. This decision was upheld in Grovey v. Townsend, which was not overturned until 1944 by Smith v. Allwright. The Texas Democrats responded with their usual ploys and turned to what was known as the "Jaybird system" which used private Democrat clubs to hold white-only votes on a slate of candidates, which were then transferred to the Democrat party itself and put on their primary ballot as the only choices. Terry v. Adams overturned the Jaybird system, prompting the Democrats to institute blocks of unit rule voting procedures as well as the infamous literacy tests and other Jim Crow regulations to specifically block minorities from participating in their primaries. In the end, it took 4 direct Supreme Court orders to end the Democrat's "white primary" system, and after that it took countless additional orders, several acts of Congress, and a constitutional amendment to tear down the Jim Crow codes that preserved the Democrat's white primary for decades beyond the final Supreme Court order ruling it officially unconstitutional.
Hispanics in South Texas were treated especially poorly by the Democrat Party, which relied heavily on a system of political bosses to coerce and intimidate Hispanics into voting for Democrat primary candidates of choice. Though coercion is illegal, this system, known as the Patron system, is still in use to this day by local Democrat parties in some heavy Hispanic communities of the southwest.
The next time Democrats take to the national airwaves to dishonestly accuse Republicans of racial hatred, remember who the historical record up until this very day points to as the real bigots: The Democrat Party. In all possible ways, the Democrat Party is built around the pillars of ultra-leftists, many of whom are known participants in racism and/or affiliates of racist hate groups. Consider the Democrat Party of today's heroes and leaders:
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Democrat icon and orchestrator of Japanese Internment
- Ex-House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, former affiliate of a St. Louis area racist group
- Ex-Senate President Pro Tempore Robert Byrd, former Ku Klux Klansman known for making bigoted slurs on national television
- Rev. Jesse Jackson,Democrat keynote speaker and race hustler known for making anti-Semitic slurs
- Rev. Al Sharpton, Democrat activist and perennial candidate and race hustler known inciting anti-Semitic violence in New York City
- Sen. Ernest Hollings, leading Democrat Senator known for use of racial slurs against several minority groups
- Lee P. Brown, former Clinton cabinet official and Democrat mayor of Houston who won reelection using racial intimidation against Hispanic voters
- Andrew Cuomo, former Clinton cabinet official and Democrat candidate for NY Governor who made racist statements about a black opponent.
- Dan Rather, Democrat CBS news anchor and editorialist known for using anti-black racial epithets on a national radio broadcast
- Donna Brazile,former Gore campaign manager known for making anti-white racial attacks. Brazile has also worked for Jackson, Gephardt, and Michael Dukakis
The simple truth is that the Democrat Party's history during this century is one closely aligned to bigotry in a record stemming largely out of the liberal New Deal era up until the modern day. Bigots are at the center of the Democrat party's current leadership and role models. And in a striking display of hypocrisy, many of the same Democrats who dishonestly shout accusations of "bigotry" at conservatives are practicing bigots of the most disgusting and disreputable kind themselves.
