“Culdesac Cred”. or maybe even Exurb cred. Really I have to believe Republican politicians say this stuff to get credibility among the hardcore party base. The base acknowledges either their denial of liberal activism’s key role in the construction and growth of this country or squeals with glee at the outbursts of rage from elected Democrats and liberal activists. Or maybe they just want to keep us liberals in condemnation mode instead of organize and act mode.

I’d rather think the Governor of New Jersey is that cynical rather than so insane that he needs to mark down American history on the fly. Either way, it has to be rebutted because it’s all from “there was an easier way to get voters rights rather than create so much trouble” right wing “libertarian intellectual” revisionist line used by guys like Ron Paul.

“I think people would have been happy to have a referendum on civil rights, rather than fighting and dying in the streets in the South,” Christie said after an event in Central Jersey.

via NJ gov strikes with a zinger after segregationist comparison during heated gay marriage debate – The Washington Post.

Yes they would have been happy for a referendum on their Civil Rights, except for the fact that the people who were dying in the streets of the South who couldn’t vote would have had to depend on the votes of people who were fighting to keep them from voting.