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To: mandaladon
I saw my first sign with the word "colored" on it - a rooming house, I think. This was 1952

We all know what she meant and it wasn't voter turnout. That sign stood out in his memory because he hadn't seen one before so it was unusual for him, yet he's ranting about poor MO being put down by da man. MO wouldn't be born for another dozen years. In fact, MO wouldn't grow into her un-proud adulthood until the 80s. She probably never saw a colored sign in her whole life but she certainly has carried that perceived chip on her shoulder.

24 posted on 11/23/2010 11:12:47 AM PST by bgill (K Parliament- how could a young man born in Kenya who is not even a native American become the POTUS)
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To: bgill
sign with the word "colored" on it - a rooming house, I think. This was 1952
. . . and Michelle O. wasn't even a gleam in her daddy's eye.
Thomas Sowell points out that he has publicly dined with a blonde woman in Atlanta, without even arousing a controversy. An act which would have been more than his life was worth to have done before 1952 . . .
Sometimes even a year can make all the difference in some things . . . Kerry wanted us to think that it was awful that Bush didn't maintain his flying proficiency late in Vietnam - but the USAF was being withdrawn from SE Asia, and ANG piloting billets - rather than ANG pilots - were at a premium.
Timing is everything.

59 posted on 11/23/2010 2:31:30 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (DRAFT PALIN)
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