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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-04-08 02:08 PM
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McCain voted AGAINST a holiday for MLK in 1983
Now he apologises. Closet bigot, no doubt.
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loyalsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-04-08 02:21 PM
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1.  AZ wouldn't participate at first
Edited on Fri Apr-04-08 02:25 PM by loyalsister
He recanted only after Congress passed the King Day bill with an overwhelming veto-proof majority (338 to 90 in the House of Representatives and 78 to 22 in the Senate). Prior to that date, New Hampshire and Arizona had not observed the day. Throughout the 1990s, this was heavily criticized. After a 1992 proposition to recognize the holiday in Arizona did not pass, the National Football League boycotted hosting Super Bowl XXVII at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe.<4>


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Day
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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-04-08 02:23 PM
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2. His comments etc since then establish his feelings about MLK to me. The "gook" comment is terrible
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angie_love Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-04-08 02:39 PM
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4. I'm half "gook" and he can kiss my half yellow ass.
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indepat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-04-08 02:36 PM
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3. Has McShame apologized for his being one of the Keating five?
McShame is eaten up with shamelessness and acting disingenuously. :mad: :grr:
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