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To: Principled
I find that quite American, not bigoted.

In 1948, a group of Democrats who rejected President Harry S. Truman's civil-rights program revolted against the civil-rights plank adopted at the Democratic National Convention, and walked out of the Convention. A conference of states' rights leaders then met in Birmingham and suggested Gov. J. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina for president and Gov. Fielding Wright of Mississippi for vice president.

Of course, they weren't "bigoted," but quite "American," according to a "Principled" analysis.

153 posted on 03/04/2003 11:36:07 AM PST by Illbay
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To: Illbay
Walking out of a meeting may exhibit bigotry and be American. No assertion was made otherwise. Are you asserting otherwise????
471 posted on 03/05/2003 5:24:12 AM PST by Principled
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