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2016 Postmortem

BlueDemKev

(3,003 posts)

2. Walter Jones is the former "Freedom Fries" Congressman

Reply to Mojo2 (Original post)

Tue Feb 26, 2013, 10:20 AM

Feb 2013

In 2003, when conservative Americans were so pissed off at France for opposing going to war with Iraq, Jones is the one who launched the campaign to rename french fries as freedom fries.

At least he had the decency to later admit there was no justification for going to war in Iraq. That's something that's sorely lacking in today's Republican Party.