[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 14 (Thursday, February 1, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1145]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          BETRAYAL IN GEORGIA

  (Ms. McKINNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. McKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call attention to a 
betrayal of Benedict Arnold proportions.
  The Atlanta Journal and Constitution reported today that the 
Democratic leadership in the State of Georgia--that is, the vanguard of 
the Dixiecrats--is actively recruiting people of the right skin color 
to challenge our colleague and two-term Democratic Member of Congress, 
Sanford Bishop.
  I want to say that again. The leadership of our party in the State of 
Georgia is recruiting white primary opponents to unseat a sitting 
Member of Congress of the same party. And why? Only because Sanford 
Bishop is black.
  Georgia Democratic House Speaker Tom Murphy is reported to have said 
that he would support the candidacy of Ray Goff who happens to be 
white. In fact, Murphy is willing to support Goff against Bishop even 
though Goff has not declared whether he is a Democrat or Republican.
  How's that for party loyalty, Mr. Speaker? Once again Tom Murphy and 
his fellow dinosaurs have demonstrated that black Democrats are no more 
than spare parts for their whites-only party machine.

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