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hatrack

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4. 1-post troll needed to either (A) up their skills or (B) build a persona first
Mon Feb 27, 2023, 08:24 AM
Feb 2023

But yeah, to your point, people forget that while Strom Thurmond won four states in 1948, twenty years later, Wallace won five.

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Your response to the news that Wallace had been shot EYESORE 9001 Feb 2023 #1
"vilified by every thinking person" reminds me of the Adlai Stevenson story Maeve Feb 2023 #2
Post removed Post removed Feb 2023 #3
1-post troll needed to either (A) up their skills or (B) build a persona first hatrack Feb 2023 #4
That was quite a post.. PCIntern Feb 2023 #5
In July of '69 I went to the Laurel Pop Festival in Maryland. (Check out the lineup!) panader0 Feb 2023 #6
Wallace apologized, later in life. Asa Earl Carter is as interesting. He authored, 3Hotdogs Feb 2023 #7
Repugs today are saying the same thing...just phrasing it a bit differently. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2023 #8
I have long believed that Obama's election touched off a new race war. Lonestarblue Feb 2023 #9
I have Rebl2 Feb 2023 #13
I agree that white supremacists were livid when Obama won. patphil Feb 2023 #15
A friend of ours spent several years overseas. shrike3 Feb 2023 #23
I thought so too. They just couldn't stand that a black president was smart, and did such a good job demigoddess Feb 2023 #25
As a boomer, I'd like our generation to take credit for alcohol, illicit drugs, popular music, usonian Feb 2023 #10
Extremists in power are sometimes shrewd enough to know when their time has come and gone. DFW Feb 2023 #11
As a Boomer also, it needs to be reminded 3825-87867 Feb 2023 #12
Oh, those young people Sympthsical Feb 2023 #14
Well then you're an exception... PCIntern Feb 2023 #18
It's a simple thing Sympthsical Feb 2023 #19
Not shitting on young people: PCIntern Feb 2023 #20
You're being told how what you're saying is being perceived Blue_Adept Feb 2023 #21
I would agree, yes. shrike3 Feb 2023 #22
You certainly did shit on young people. Mariana Feb 2023 #24
Strange that Wallace sarisataka Feb 2023 #16
Why? tritsofme Feb 2023 #28
George Wallace had his Ku Klux Klan to help promote him. 70sEraVet Feb 2023 #17
My 6th grade class had a mock presidential election in 1968 Martin Eden Feb 2023 #26
I can believe it... PCIntern Feb 2023 #27
Especially after what happened in April 1968 Martin Eden Feb 2023 #29
Memories DET Feb 2023 #30
Highly Recommended: PBS American Experience: "George Wallace-Settin' the Woods on Fire" Stallion Feb 2023 #31
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