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SCantiGOP

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27. J B Stoner?

Reply to onehandle (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 22, 2018, 12:28 AM

Sep 2018

Don’t know why I remember his name. He ran for Gov of GA in 60s. I lived in SC but we got the Augusta radio stations.
He won a Supreme Court case that said political ads were different than other speech on TV and could not be censored.
So the stations would run a disclaimer explaining that the Court ruling meant they had to run his ads. He would use the N word 10 times in a 30 second as, as in: “The only reason (they) want the vote is that they want our whites women.”
I remember everyone laughing at the guy, even though folks in that part of the world were all pretty racist then.

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Who else remembers the I-95 "You are in Klan Country" Billboard circa 1970? [View all] cthulu2016 Aug 2013 OP

Cool. Where do I sign up? I remember a Klansman running late night ads for Governor in GA. onehandle Aug 2013 #1

J B Stoner? SCantiGOP Sep 2018 #27

I remember the one you are talking about Va Lefty Aug 2013 #2

In Georgia, there was a candidate that used to say that. Hoyt Aug 2013 #7

Georgia Governor dtotire Aug 2013 #9

That's him. I used to work for State Government when he was Lt. Governor in 1974/75. Hoyt Aug 2013 #14

The ironic thing about Stone Mountain KamaAina Aug 2013 #10

Stone Mountain is a nice park that a lot of people use nowadays. But old confederate ties, Hoyt Aug 2013 #16

We had a "Vote white, Vote Republican banner painted on an overpass doc03 Aug 2013 #3

even in the late 80s d_r Aug 2013 #4

Current lawmakers from the south grew up with these PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #5

Was this the one? Raine1967 Aug 2013 #6

Fayetteville as best I can recall Shibainu Aug 2013 #8

I hope those billboards were frequently vandalized... n/t backscatter712 Aug 2013 #11

I remember the billboards... teach1st Aug 2013 #12

I remember "Impeach Earl Warren" billboards NoPasaran Aug 2013 #13

when I first moved down here dsc Aug 2013 #15

Yeah I remember it GodDamnYankee Nov 2013 #17

Welcome to DU. rug Nov 2013 #18

welcome to DU gopiscrap Nov 2013 #19

Welcome to DU, and I'm glad you're here to tell that hair-raising story. NBachers Sep 2018 #28

Klan Billboard on I-95 ERVCENT Dec 2014 #20

i remember it. i think it was just as you entered NC driving south. DesertFlower Jul 2015 #21

I Remember The Sign IPASCUL Aug 2017 #22

True! I am from that area CharlotteGirl Jan 2018 #23

welcome to DU gopiscrap Jan 2018 #24

CharlotteGirl, we are lucky to have you here on Democratic Underground. Welcome! NBachers Sep 2018 #29

Post removed Post removed Sep 2018 #25

No one on DU holds any nostalgia for the KKK. To even suggest it is malicious... marble falls Sep 2018 #26

I remember one... rockodman Sep 2018 #30