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In N.H, Thompson wades into U.S. race relations
Reuters ^
| November 5, 2007
| Jason Szep
Posted on 11/05/2007 2:42:44 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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A lot of Northerners will still assume that a Southerner like FRed is a bigoted racist, because thats what they see on TV and the movies.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
...assume that a Southerner like FRed is a bigoted racist, because thats what they see on TV and the movies. I have never though of any of Fred's characters as being racist.
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posted on
11/05/2007 2:48:35 PM PST
by
trumandogz
(Hunter Thompson 2008)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
A lot of Northerners will still assume that a Southerner like FRed is a bigoted racist, because thats what they see on TV and the movies.
But, when was the last time a "Northerner" was elected President of the United States? With the exception of Reagan, who was a Westerner, every President since Kennedy has been a Southerner. So, who cares what "Northerners" think.
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posted on
11/05/2007 2:53:35 PM PST
by
no dems
(Don't hate me and call me names because you can't reply to my posts intelligently.)
To: trumandogz; All
There was one that was a neo-nazi, IIRC, but that’s not what I meant. I think a lot of people presuppose that ANY white Southerner is a racist until proven otherwise. From what I understand, Hillary’s close friends and associates all say she is a vile racist and elitist of the worst sort. Has anyone else heard this?
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posted on
11/05/2007 2:55:46 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Your "dirt" on Fred is about as persuasive as a Nancy Pelosi Veteran's Day Speech)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The Yankees ran the slave trade prior to the American Revolution, and don’t much like being reminded of the facts. And Southerners who don’t keep in their place, are called racists, whether they are or aren’t.
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posted on
11/05/2007 2:56:03 PM PST
by
RKV
(He who has the guns makes the rules)
To: no dems
I’m afraid you left out Nixon and Ford(who was appointed) and Bush 41, while he lived in Texas, was really a Connecticut Yankee.
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posted on
11/05/2007 2:57:43 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Your "dirt" on Fred is about as persuasive as a Nancy Pelosi Veteran's Day Speech)
To: RKV
The Yankees ran the slave trade Which would have been a pretty lousy business without BUYERS, doncha think?
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posted on
11/05/2007 3:05:12 PM PST
by
Huck
(Soylent Green is People.)
To: no dems
"So, who cares what "Northerners" think."Wow, and I always think of myself as an American.
Go Fred Go!!!
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posted on
11/05/2007 3:11:47 PM PST
by
#1CTYankee
(That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
To: no dems
Reagan was a Midwesterner born and raised in Illinois.
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posted on
11/05/2007 3:12:00 PM PST
by
kabar
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I know she’s elitist...she only likes people with money or other high status that she can use for her personal contacts...and as far as racist I guess Dick Morris, aka FJB, can vouch for that.
What exactly have you heard?
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posted on
11/05/2007 3:15:19 PM PST
by
Aria
(NO RAPIST ENABLER FOR PRESIDENT!!!)
To: Huck
There were slaves north of the Mason-Dixon line until the early 1800s. Can’t buy slaves unless someone offers to sell them can you?
http://www.slavenorth.com/
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posted on
11/05/2007 3:18:16 PM PST
by
RKV
(He who has the guns makes the rules)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
She was when she was in Arkansas and don’t kid yourself she has changed.
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posted on
11/05/2007 3:22:15 PM PST
by
lolhelp
To: RKV
Nope, definitely need a buyer and seller—supply and demand. There was definitely a demand, especially in the South.
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posted on
11/05/2007 3:23:27 PM PST
by
Huck
(Soylent Green is People.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
she is a vile racist and elitist of the worst sortStephanopolis discusses that in his book. Hillary launched an attack on an aide that blasted him about being Jewish.
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posted on
11/05/2007 3:24:03 PM PST
by
trimom
To: #1CTYankee
Okay you are right. So who cares what a Yankee American thinks. JOKE, some of my best friends are Yankee Americans.
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posted on
11/05/2007 3:24:48 PM PST
by
lolhelp
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I think a lot of people presuppose that ANY white Southerner is a racist until proven otherwise. From what I understand, Hillarys close friends and associates all say she is a vile racist and elitist of the worst sort. Dunno, but Hillary is not a Southerner anyway. Bill is, but she's from Illinois.
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posted on
11/05/2007 3:26:56 PM PST
by
Sloth
(Democrats and GOPers are to government what Jeffrey Dahmer and Michael Jackson are to babysitting)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Nixon was from California; no Northerner he. And, you’re right; Ford, whom I did not forget, was appointed, not elected.
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posted on
11/05/2007 3:44:05 PM PST
by
no dems
(Don't hate me and call me names because you can't reply to my posts intelligently.)
To: RKV
There were slaves north of the Mason-Dixon line until the early 1800s.That's why "Dixie's Land" was a farm in what is now the Bronx, NYC.
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posted on
11/05/2007 3:48:55 PM PST
by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
(Ron Paul Criminality: http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2007/10/paul_bot)
To: jellybean; Politicalmom; girlangler; KoRn; Shortstop7; Lunatic Fringe; Darnright; babygene; ...
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posted on
11/05/2007 3:50:32 PM PST
by
Politicalmom
(Of the potential GOP front runners, FT has one of the better records on immigration.- NumbersUSA)
To: Huck; RKV
Slavery went out of vogue in the North when they realized that they could bring in immigrants and pay them less than it cost to keep the slaves. This new labor pool also was easier to train. Most of them could read and write at least a bit. Most slaves had been left intentionally uneducated.
In the South, slavery was dying out when the Civil War erupted and was eventually turned to slavery being the prime reason. This is like WMDs in Iraq... they weren’t the biggest reason on the list until they were not found.
I think all Americans were on the way to doing the right thing, though it would have taken years to change without the catalyst of war. I do wonder if the former slaves might have been better off without the resentment in the South and the Carpetbaggers from the North once the war was over.
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posted on
11/05/2007 3:51:10 PM PST
by
Ingtar
(The LDS problem that Romney is facing is not his religion, but his Lacking Decisive Stands.)
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