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We will not find out if these

Richard Day — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 08:09:14 +0000

We will not find out if these folks have over-played their hands for 19 months or so.

Let us pray that the majority of the electorate will not be racist idiots who decide to vote against their own economic interests come November of 2012!!

I mean these guys are not

LisB — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 02:12:50 +0000

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I mean these guys are not even trying anymore.

You said it right there, Dickon. I can only hope that people like McInnish, and Gov Walker, in overstepping like this will finally make Republican voters see the light.

Ramona, my normal reaction is

Richard Day — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 01:58:45 +0000

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Ramona, my normal reaction is anger to these things.

The recent lapses of memory for Haley Barbour and others.

But I swear to God, I wept after I read this item from Think Progress.

This fellow is not some man on the street, he is a king maker in the repub party down there and I should not, but I ascribe this attitude to many thousands of Alabama whites.

I should not.

But I cannot help myself.

All this performed in a gated community.

Damn!!

To "Incredible" I'll add

Ramona — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 01:41:25 +0000

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To "Incredible" I'll add "unbelievable". That a white man in Alabama in this century would feel that comfortable mouthing the same words his ancestors mouthed in the early part of the last century. . .it's depressing. And just when I was actually beginning to think we may be past all that. I think our work will never be done. Not as long as ignorance is accepted as the norm.

My God I have to see this

Richard Day — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:34:45 +0000

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My God I have to see this Smith!!

And you are correct; Thurgood was the star attorney in the Brown decisions.

What a man. What an American!!!

Incredible. There has

MrSmith1 — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:15:13 +0000

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Incredible.

There has been an interesting drama playing on HBO lately, a one-man show about Thurgood Marshall starring Lawrence Fishburne. Wonderful stuff.

http://www.hbo.com/movies/thurgood/index.html