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When I saw my email with the subject line “Save the date for the Fabulous Fifty party” I naturally thought we were throwing a party for all the people who have successfully signed up for Obamacare on the exchanges. How silly of me: we haven’t hit 50 yet. Of course, the “save the date” memo was about Lady M’s upcoming half-century celebration. I realized that as soon as I got to the part advising me to “wear comfortable shoes, eat before you come and practice your dance moves.” Although, frankly, I think there’s a racist joke embedded in there somewhere...

(The Indianapolis Star can't be posted so I'm paraphrasing and proving the link.) He was Secretary of Agriculture under Nixon and Ford. He had to resign because of a racist 'joke'. He was 98. P.S. Hope you liked my Obit style. Maybe I should work for the AP.

"Do you know what the black man wants?", asked Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz to former White House Counsel John Dean while the two were flying on a plane trip together back in the early 1970s. Butz' answer to his own question, an alleged joke, is probably still too distasteful to print - even on Free Republic - so I'll give you the paraphrased answer that was printed in most of the media over a quarter-century ago. If you'd prefer the actual answer, it was "loose shoes, tight p---y and a warm place to s--t". The papers sanitized it to...