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Devastating report on jeff session now on rachel maddow (Original Post) drray23 Nov 2016 OP
... Different Drummer Nov 2016 #1
Unfortunately, what we think of as "devastating"... Wounded Bear Nov 2016 #2
That's the truth. It's a desirable character trait for white wingers. Hoyt Nov 2016 #3
I grew up among those old bigots. It's horrifying to see the last of them take hold. nolabear Nov 2016 #4
Another striking fact is that drray23 Nov 2016 #5

Wounded Bear

(58,618 posts)
2. Unfortunately, what we think of as "devastating"...
Fri Nov 18, 2016, 10:38 PM
Nov 2016

is all too often a desireable feature to the RW racist assholes who are taking over.

nolabear

(41,956 posts)
4. I grew up among those old bigots. It's horrifying to see the last of them take hold.
Fri Nov 18, 2016, 10:41 PM
Nov 2016

But I truly believe this is the last of them. As much as Trump's followers are assholes they're just that, followers. There are few of the old style bigots left. The new bigots are going to have a short shelf life. There are too many young, smart, global thinkers coming up through the ranks.

drray23

(7,627 posts)
5. Another striking fact is that
Fri Nov 18, 2016, 10:46 PM
Nov 2016

Back then he was denied senate comfirmation because of it. We have been told countless times since president Obama's election that we are now a post racial society...

Well, Session might well end up AG when he could not clear the federal bench. We managed to go backwards instead of forward and its only getting worse. Heck, I would not be surprised to see David Duke running for office soon.

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