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TrollBuster9090

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8. Ironically, the only 'affirmative action' hiring going on these days is by Republicans appointing

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Oct 12, 2017, 06:14 PM

Oct 2017

appointing token African Americans to political jobs. How else can you explain a black neurosurgeon in charge of HUD, where his job is, apparently, just to give interviews where he tells poor people to suck it up.

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'Poverty is a state of mind': Ben Carson victim-blames poor and says 'a savior' is the solution [View all] DonViejo Oct 2017 OP

and dying of starvation is figment of your imagination.... Thomas Hurt Oct 2017 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author JonLP24 Oct 2017 #2

If I was not leaving this country I am very Doreen Oct 2017 #4

You just can not fix Stupid. Wellstone ruled Oct 2017 #3

So he has no solution, and will not bother himself with attempting to find one Freethinker65 Oct 2017 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author JonLP24 Oct 2017 #6

Yes, as far as that's concerned, he's probably the least destructive appointment Trump made. TrollBuster9090 Oct 2017 #9

Can't eat a bible Benny. DK504 Oct 2017 #7

Ironically, the only 'affirmative action' hiring going on these days is by Republicans appointing TrollBuster9090 Oct 2017 #8

A thousand small societyal disadvantages is NOT a "state of mind" Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2017 #10

Republicans talk out of both side of their mouths... yuiyoshida Oct 2017 #11