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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 05:59 PM
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The Melodrama of the Reagan-O-Rama
Edited on Thu Jun-10-04 06:05 PM by David Zephyr
Where are the minorities at the Reagan-O-Rama?

Seriously. Consider this:

Washington D.C. has a population of nearly 600,000 people. The African-American population there is over 60%. That's nearly 360,000 people. And the Latino population there is 8% which is nearly 50,000.

That means that approximately 70% of the nation's capitol are either black or latino...nearly 1/2 million people.

And yet the "Live Video Feeds" from the Reagan-O-Rama in the Rotunda show a continual parade of Lilly-white people shuffling around the flag-draped coffin of former President Ronald Reagan.

Is it true that Clarence Thomas has been cycling in and out of line where GOP operatives have been holding a place for him so that he could give the event a little color?

Clarence Thomas --- by the way and for those of you younger than I am --- was the only African-American that Ronald Reagan could get to play host to the South Africans when they came calling on the White House during the 1980's while nearly the entire world community (except the U.S.) participated in boycotting that racist government during apartheid.


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happyending Donating Member (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 06:06 PM
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1. Regan
was the heir to Nixon's "Southern Strategy".

No small wonder that the Lilly-white are seen on parade.
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 06:14 PM
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3. A Whiter Shade of Pale.
To borrow an old line from Bette Midler: "These people are sooo white they make the Queen of England look third world."
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happyending Donating Member (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 06:16 PM
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4. LOL!
I have a friend, she's a redhead, and when I am feeling spunky, I tell her that she I SOOOOOOOOOOOOO white. LOL.
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 06:20 PM
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5. It's A Fucking Parade of Albinos.
We're talking some serious pigmentation challenge here, folks.
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happyending Donating Member (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 06:22 PM
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6. You should see
my family at Chistmas-time. We look like the f__king United Nations.

;)
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CityZen-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 06:06 PM
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2. An Empty Box
I heard from a inside source that the "goons" body is not even in the box! It is still here in Caleefonia being stuffed with "Jelly Bellys." The word is that they are going to use him in the Pasadena, Doo Da Parade as a float!
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IA_Young_Dem Donating Member (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 06:29 PM
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7. I bet Reagan died years ago
and this is sort of a weekend at Bernie's thing they've pulled.
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 06:36 PM
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8. Well, Roy Rogers' Taxidermist Did Wonders With Trigger.
Happy trails.
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