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Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 08:10 PM Jan 2012

Presenting: The Connecticut Confederate Klan(R/Tea Party)!

First:

Easton's First Selectman: Thomas Hermann(R)
"I will adamantly support state sovereignty...States need to nurture and assert home rule."
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/04/19/858906/-CT-04:-%28R%29-Tom-Hermann-Steps-Up-for-States-Rights-in-Confederate-History-Month!

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Second:

Danbury Mayor: Mark Boughton(R)
RACISM DOES NOT EXIST!
http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/diary/12030/ignoring-the-problem-with-racism-in-danbury-doesnt-make-it-go-away

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Mr. Boughton nearly became our Lt. Governor

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Third:

East Haven Mayor: Joe Maturo(R)

Four East Haven coppers have been arrested for civil rights violations. The mayor wants this matter to go away.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/25/east-haven-mayor-joseph-maturo-response-_n_1230928.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

The mayor wants to make it up to the latino community by having tacos for dinner.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/01/25/dumbest_mayor_ever.html

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Something to consider:
http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/diary/14011/the-time-for-a-fourth-wave-civil-rights-movement-is-now
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Presenting: The Connecticut Confederate Klan(R/Tea Party)! (Original Post) Dawson Leery Jan 2012 OP
Until these baggers see what the people who are feeling the racial experience they themselves southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #1
 

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)
1. Until these baggers see what the people who are feeling the racial experience they themselves
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 08:19 PM
Jan 2012

can't understand. They will never understand unless they can try to wear the other persons shoes. What I find terrible is it seems this country (or should I say republicans) want to turn this country back to a time where people had their place and you didn't dare move from it. It is so scary. I sure want the country to move foward. We are destroying our country. We don't have to worry about an invasion from other countries. Really a sad state of affairs.

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