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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 06:04 AM
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Do You Know That Ronald Reagan's 1980 Victory Was Partly Built On Racial Resentment?
Did you know that Ronald Reagan opened his 1980 general election campaign in Philadelphia, Mississippi promising to restore states rights and that's where Cheney, Schwerner, and Goodman were martyred?
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 06:15 AM
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1. Which is why we need a transformational leader
to lead us out of the craziness of the Reagan era. Clinton didn't do it.
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Perry Logan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 06:49 AM
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3. Now if we just had a transformational leader...
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 06:28 AM
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2. why yes. yes certainly did.
god this is boring. and next time hillary says or does something that Obama people seize on it will be just as boring. this is nothing but a game- whack the political opponent.
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:23 AM
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4. Did you know we weren't born yesterday? nt
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:27 AM
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5. Don't Forget To Vote
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2702428

My vote would go to Woodrow Wilson...
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