Ted Kennedy on the "four toos" that prevented Washington DC from becoming a state:

marmar

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Wed Aug-26-09 06:31 AM
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Ted Kennedy on the "four toos" that prevented Washington DC from becoming a state:

"The District of Columbia and its residents are too urban, too liberal, too Democratic and too Black."

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brendan120678

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Wed Aug-26-09 06:42 AM
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1. Funny...I thought that it was the Constitution.

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marmar

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Wed Aug-26-09 06:47 AM
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2. Umm, that can be amended.....he was referring to the resistance to amending it.

But you already knew that.

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Wed Aug-26-09 07:30 AM
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3. Exactly

Ted Kennedy knew nothing about the constitution. :sarcasm: :eyes:

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