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5. Why have we not called them carpetbaggers all along!!

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 02:17 PM

Oct 2020

It’s exactly what they are, and it sticks in the craw of any Southerner who believes they were unfairly treated after the Civil War!

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This is going to make for an interesting primary season PRETZEL Oct 2020 #6

Why have we not called them carpetbaggers all along!! nolabear Oct 2020 #5