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LanternWaste

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24. I think the mistake was simply in stopping Radical Reconstruction in 1877.

Reply to Bigmack (Reply #17)

Wed Oct 15, 2014, 04:34 PM

Oct 2014

I think the mistake was simply in stopping Radical Reconstruction in 1877.

I think your solution would set a bad precedent, and would have been illegal (regardless of what an "ignorant m'tha" may or may not think...)

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SC governor defends Confederate flag at Statehouse: Not ‘a single CEO’ has complained [View all] Galraedia Oct 2014 OP

We need to contact CEO in South Carolina.. get them on the record! TerrapinFlyer Oct 2014 #1

Further proof that the GOPers only care about corporations, and not people. Crowman1979 Oct 2014 #2

No CEOs complained? Well alrighty, then. Because we all know how CEOs negatively affected by slavery marble falls Oct 2014 #3

Seriously. reflection Oct 2014 #6

It actually reads like satire. Shemp Howard Oct 2014 #10

I wonder if she feels grossed out having to do things like this JI7 Oct 2014 #4

I am guessing there is nothing she wouldn't stoop to if the money keeps flowing. jtuck004 Oct 2014 #20

still fighting the civil war heaven05 Oct 2014 #5

BIGGEST mistake this country ever made was Bigmack Oct 2014 #17

Um, you're throwing a hell of a lot of Americans under the bus (bondsmen freed KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #19

I think the mistake was simply in stopping Radical Reconstruction in 1877. LanternWaste Oct 2014 #24

I love it when Republicans inadvertently tell the truth. n/t malthaussen Oct 2014 #7

Is this from the Onion? mysuzuki2 Oct 2014 #8

She was going for a "Jobs" angle with that, ended going up her own ass. DRoseDARs Oct 2014 #9

Yeah. And electing an African-American President rid America of racism, too! Aristus Oct 2014 #11

"Fixed" racist perceptions!? That's a new one. And how is it that the CEOs opinions matter!? Dont call me Shirley Oct 2014 #12

Well, susposedly we fixed racist folks cause we elected a Black riversedge Oct 2014 #18

Right, because we started out as a racist nation, moved a little away from racism, Dont call me Shirley Oct 2014 #25

I'm so embarrassed to have been raised in SC... Sancho Oct 2014 #13

Pretty sure Congressperson James Clyburn also hails from those parts. Of course, he's not KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #21

Yep...Clyburn is still going I think. Sancho Oct 2014 #22

At least she's being honest about who butters her bread. corkhead Oct 2014 #14

It continues to astonish me--shouldn't, I know--how utterly clueless Republicans can be. mnhtnbb Oct 2014 #15

Holy truth serum, Batman! I love it when they let their guard down. bullwinkle428 Oct 2014 #16

"Ford's in his flivver and all's right with the world !" nt eppur_se_muova Oct 2014 #23

Hope Shaheen can win this year. Pennie109 Oct 2014 #26

No Carpetbagger Left Behind. tanyev Oct 2014 #27