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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch
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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (43630)4/24/2004 10:59:24 AM
From: lurqer  Read Replies (1) of 89467
 
Who was the first President to have a black Secretary of State? Who was the first President to have a black National Security Advisor? What was the party affiliation of the President who appointed Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court?

When did those events occur?

On one hand, you are the best at arguing the Republican case that has appeared on this thread. OTOH, you are the best at arguing the Republican case that has appeared on this thread. As for your Orwellian doublespeak argument that the Republican party hasn't been for over a quarter of a century rife with racism, I note you consistently eschew any mention of Lott, Thurmond or Helms - all "leading lights" of congressional Republican establishment. You seemed to have overlooked one of your best "examples" - J.C. Watts. As for the three you did mention, I found them mentioned in a review of Watts' book

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Belongs in every Banana Republican's library, December 15, 2002

Reviewer: A reader from KCMO USA

File this one next to your biographies of Clarence "Uncle" Thomas, Colin "Token" Powell, and Kindasleezy "White" Rice.

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And then there's

The Republican Party was FOUNDED on and for civil rights, lurkie.

Beware of unfounded hubris.

JMO

lurqer
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