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'''George Wallace''' (August 25, 1919 - September 13, 1998) was a pro-[[segregation]]ist governor of [[Alabama]]. He gained national attention by "standing in the schoolhouse door" to stop the integration of Alabama schools (then he stepped aside).  He ran unsuccessfully for [[President of the United States]] four times, three times seeking the [[Democrat Party]] nomination, (1964, 1972, 1976), and once running as an independent (1968). He carried blue collar white Southerners and rural white Southerners in the [[United States presidential election, 1968]], but his appeal to blue collar northern Democrats was blunted by labor unions who vehemently attacked him as a dangerous and reckless racist demagogue.

'''George Wallace''' (August 25, 1919 - September 13, 1998) was a pro-[[segregation]]ist governor of [[Alabama]]. He obtained national attention by "standing in the schoolhouse door" in a vsymbolic bid to halt the [[Segregation|desegregation]] of the [[University of Alabama]] at [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]].  He ran unsuccessfully for [[President of the United States]] four times, three times seeking the [[Democrat Party|Democrat]] nomination, (1964, 1972, 1976), and once running as an [[Independent]], the nominee of his own American Independent Party (1968). He carried blue collar white Southerners and rural white Southerners in the [[United States presidential election, 1968]], but his appeal to blue collar northern Democrats was blunted by [[organized labor|labor unions]], who vehemently attacked him as a dangerous and reckless demagogue.

==Early life and career==

==Early life and career==

Wallace was born in Clio, in Barbour County, Alabama, on August 25, 1919.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8H-iCQAAQBAJ&pg=RA4-PA397 Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History]</ref>

Wallace was born in Clio in Barbour County in south Alabama, on August 25, 1919.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8H-iCQAAQBAJ&pg=RA4-PA397 Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History]</ref>

In his first run for governor, in 1958, he ran as a Democrat as a [[moderate]], supported by the [[NAACP]], and lost badly.

In his first campaign for governor in 1958, he ran as a moderate Democrat, with support from the [[NAACP]], and lost badly to John Malcolm Patterson.

Realizing that a moderate Democrat had no chance to win in Alabama, he became an ardent supporter of segregation, with the vow, “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever”<ref>https://www.nysun.com/editorials/bidens-way-off-base-on-trump-and-george-wallace/90787/</ref>; four years later with his hardline stance, he won.

Realizing that a moderate Democrat had little chance to win in Alabama at the time, he became an ardent supporter of segregation, with the vow, “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever”<ref>https://www.nysun.com/editorials/bidens-way-off-base-on-trump-and-george-wallace/90787/</ref>; four years later with his hardline stance, he won. However, Alabama for years elected two moderate-to-[[liberal]] Democratic Senator, [[John Sparkman]] and [[Lister Hill]].

==Later life==

==Later life==

==Media Rehabilitation==

==Media Rehabilitation==

[[Image:Wallace68.jpg|thumb|240px|''Time'' Oct 18, 1968; Air Force General Curtis LeMay was Wallace's VP nominee]]

[[Image:Wallace68.jpg|thumb|240px|''Time'' Oct 18, 1968; Air Force General Curtis LeMay was Wallace's VP nominee]]

In 1991, Wallace asked the question "The media has rehabilitated Johnson, why won't it rehabilitate me?",<ref name=rehabilitate>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/sept98/wallace090591.htm The Rehabilitation of George Wallace], [[Washington Post]]</ref> in reference to how the [[liberal media]] overlook the past positions of [[Lyndon Johnson]]. After Wallace's passing, the media have indeed rehabilitated him, though likely not in the way he hoped they would.  It is not uncommon for dishonest liberal media journalists and others to insinuate<ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/pj-gladnick/2014/09/12/salon-photo-implies-george-wallace-was-republican Salon Photo Implies That George Wallace Was a Republican]</ref><ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2015/12/07/nyt-sunday-front-page-likens-trump-fellow-demagogues-mccarthy New York Times Sunday Front Page Likens Trump to Fellow 'Demagogues' McCarthy, Wallace, Pat Buchanan]</ref> or outright claim<ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2014/09/30/politico-mag-pic-implies-george-wallace-was-gop-article-claims-countrys Politico Mag Implies George Wallace Was GOP, Blames Country's Divisions Entirely on Whites' Resistance to Civil Rights]</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2013/06/12/msnbc-gov-george-wallace-was-a-republican/ MSNBC: Gov. George Wallace Was a Republican]</ref><ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/jeffrey-meyer/2013/06/12/chris-hayes-apologizes-tagging-george-wallace-republican-stupid-inexc Chris Hayes Apologizes for Tagging George Wallace As Republican: A ‘Stupid, Inexcusable, Historically Illiterate Mistake’], [[Newsbusters]]</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/02/18/the-hill-calls-life-long-democrat-segregationist-george-wallace-a-republican-in-piece-about-donald-trump/ The Hill Calls Lifelong Democrat Segregationist George Wallace a Republican in Piece About Donald Trump], [[Breitbart.com]]</ref> that Wallace was a "Republican", even though he was always a lifelong Democrat.<ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/george-wallace-dead-79-ala-s-ex-gov-icon-segregationist-1960s-article-1.818800 GEORGE WALLACE DEAD, 79 ALA.'S EX-GOV WAS ICON OF SEGREGATIONIST 1960S]</ref><ref>His son, also named George Wallace, did switch parties during his father's lifetime; the media capitalizes on this little known fact and the name confusion to promote their claims.</ref>

In 1991, Wallace asked the question "The media has rehabilitated Johnson, why won't it rehabilitate me?",<ref name=rehabilitate>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/sept98/wallace090591.htm The Rehabilitation of George Wallace], ''[[Washington Post]]''</ref> in reference to how the [[liberal media]] overlook the past positions of [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]. After Wallace's passing, the media have indeed rehabilitated him, though likely not in the way he hoped they would.  It is not uncommon for dishonest liberal media journalists and others to insinuate<ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/pj-gladnick/2014/09/12/salon-photo-implies-george-wallace-was-republican Salon Photo Implies That George Wallace Was a Republican]</ref><ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2015/12/07/nyt-sunday-front-page-likens-trump-fellow-demagogues-mccarthy New York Times Sunday Front Page Likens Trump to Fellow 'Demagogues' McCarthy, Wallace, Pat Buchanan]</ref> or outright claim<ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2014/09/30/politico-mag-pic-implies-george-wallace-was-gop-article-claims-countrys Politico Mag Implies George Wallace Was GOP, Blames Country's Divisions Entirely on Whites' Resistance to Civil Rights]</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2013/06/12/msnbc-gov-george-wallace-was-a-republican/ MSNBC: Gov. George Wallace Was a Republican]</ref><ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/jeffrey-meyer/2013/06/12/chris-hayes-apologizes-tagging-george-wallace-republican-stupid-inexc Chris Hayes Apologizes for Tagging George Wallace As Republican: A ‘Stupid, Inexcusable, Historically Illiterate Mistake’], [[Newsbusters]]</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/02/18/the-hill-calls-life-long-democrat-segregationist-george-wallace-a-republican-in-piece-about-donald-trump/ The Hill Calls Lifelong Democrat Segregationist George Wallace a Republican in Piece About Donald Trump], [[Breitbart.com]]</ref> that Wallace was a "Republican", even though he was always a lifelong Democrat.<ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/george-wallace-dead-79-ala-s-ex-gov-icon-segregationist-1960s-article-1.818800 GEORGE WALLACE DEAD, 79 ALA.'S EX-GOV WAS ICON OF SEGREGATIONIST 1960S]</ref><ref>His son, also named George Wallace, did switch parties during his father's lifetime; the media capitalizes on this little known fact and the name confusion to promote their claims.</ref> Wallace's son, George Wallace, III, did switch to Republican affiliation in later years.

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==See also==

==See also==

* [[Scottsboro case]]

 

* [[Lyndon Johnson]]

* [[Government by Journalism]]

*[[Government by Journalism]]

*[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]

*[[Lester Maddox]]

*[[Lurleen Wallace]]

*[[Tim Walz]]

*[[Tim Walz]]

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