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MaryMagdaline

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3. Detroit born

Reply to shockey80 (Original post)

Sun Oct 29, 2017, 02:20 PM

Oct 2017

My mother, born into white collar Detroit Republucan family, later to convert to Great Society Democrat, used to call Jimmy Hoffa an "honest crook." He was much beloved in Detroit. And feared.

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