tell me about george wallace. did he retract his views? was this genuine? was it seen as genuine?
― ... (gareth), Friday, 26 September 2003 09:08 (twenty-two years ago)
retracted them in the early '70s, won his final election with 90% of the black vote in Alabama. (thanks, Patterson Hood!)
― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 26 September 2003 09:13 (twenty-two years ago)
He made a lot of noise about how much he loved black people when he was a doddering oldster on death's door and had found God.
― Lee G (Lee G), Friday, 26 September 2003 13:19 (twenty-two years ago)
I sort of thought this might be a thread about the African-American stand-up comedian of the same name.
― Lee G (Lee G), Friday, 26 September 2003 13:20 (twenty-two years ago)
How does one retract views? My ill-informed impression was that his opinions were not all that different at different points during his career/life, and that his rhetoric changed to some extent but that his rhetoric may not have represented his attitudes well either early or late in his career.
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 26 September 2003 15:02 (twenty-two years ago)
from the Drive-By Truckers "Wallace":
[Scene: set in Hell, September 1998. Told from the Devil's point of view]
Throw another log on the fire, boys, George Wallace is coming to stay
When he met St. Peter at the pearly gates, I'd like to think that a black man stood in the way.
I know "All should be forgiven", but he did what he done so well
So throw another log on the fire boys,
George Wallace is a coming…
Now, he said he was the best friend a black man from Alabama ever had,
And I have to admit, compared to Fob James, George Wallace don't seem that bad
And if it's true that he wasn't a racist and he just did all them things for the votes
I guess Hell's just the place for "kiss ass politicians" who pander to assholes.
So throw another log on the fire, boys, George Wallace is coming to stay
I know, in the end, he got the black people's votes, but I bet they'd still vote him this way.
And Hell's just a little bit hotter cuz He played his hand so well
He had what it took to take it so far
Now the Devil's got a Wallace sticker on the back of his car
― largehearted boy (largeheartedboy), Sunday, 28 September 2003 21:26 (twenty-two years ago)