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napkinz

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Wed Apr 9, 2014, 02:17 PM Apr 2014

Legendary Slugger Hank Aaron: Obama’s GOP Critics Just Like The KKK

April 9, 2014
by John Prager


Baseball great Hank Aaron knocked one out of the park in an interview with USA Today. Aaron said that President Obama’s critics are just as racist as those who threatened Aaron with death as he edged closer to breaking Babe Ruth’s record.

He says he still has the angry letters he received tucked away in his attic. ”You are (not) going to break this record established by the great Babe Ruth if I can help it,” one of them reads. “Whites are far more superior than jungle bunnies. My gun is watching your every black move.”

He told USA Today that “we are not that far removed from when I was chasing the record.” He later added that “Sure, this country has a black president, but when you look at a black president, President Obama is left with his foot stuck in the mud from all of the Republicans with the way he’s treated,” Aaron said.

Some may argue that there has been an improvement, but Aaron does not think that we have made a lot of progress. ”We have moved in the right direction, and there have been improvements, but we still have a long ways to go in the country. The bigger difference is that back then they had hoods. Now they have neckties and starched shirts,” he said.

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Legendary Slugger Hank Aaron: Obama’s GOP Critics Just Like The KKK (Original Post) napkinz Apr 2014 OP
Kick and rec. riqster Apr 2014 #1
Thank you, Hank Aaron, for saying what needs to be heard indepat Apr 2014 #2
and in my book he's STILL the home-run king! napkinz Apr 2014 #6
I'll go further Robbins Apr 2014 #3
exactly ... napkinz Apr 2014 #4
Tell the Truth Aaron. Tell the truth trublu992 Apr 2014 #5
kick napkinz Apr 2014 #7
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