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Fri Nov-07-08 07:50 AM
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| My goodness what would all the former presidents think about |
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having a black man in the house as President of the United States? I'm sure many never would have believed a black man would ever be more than a servant in the White House.
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| HughBeaumont
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Fri Nov-07-08 07:57 AM
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| 1. Woodrow Wilson certainly wouldn't have liked it. |
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He was a notorious racist and segregationist who frequently told "darkie" jokes, discouraged African-Americans from attending Princeton when he was president and defended the Ku Klux Klan in statements.
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| Marrah_G
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Fri Nov-07-08 08:07 AM
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| 2. I think many pre-20th century would believe they were being punked. |
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Edited on Fri Nov-07-08 08:08 AM by Marrah_G
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| VWolf
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Fri Nov-07-08 08:36 AM
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| 3. 'course they wouldn't understand what "punked" meant LOL |
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Fri Nov-07-08 09:06 AM
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| 5. True! I wonder what the word was for it then? |
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Fri Nov-07-08 08:58 AM
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| 4. Roosevelt wouldn't have minded it |
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I'm talking TR, though I don't know that FDR would have been surprised--and Eleanor would be delighted!
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