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by abrame January 7, 2009 8:27 PM EST
"...In return for Southern acquiescence in conceding to Hayes, Republicans withdrew federal troops from the states of the former Confederacy, ending Reconstruction. Known as the Compromise of 1877, this deal of political expediency removed federal protection for Southern ex-slaves.[1] With the end of Reconstruction, Southern states were free to enact laws barring African Americans from serving in government and eventually from voting (e.g., poll taxes and grandfather clauses). Segregated and disenfranchised, African Americans in the South became second-class citizens, or in many instances de facto slaves to the political and economic order of the postbellum "Jim Crow" South.[1].."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act
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by abrame January 7, 2009 8:24 PM EST
It is also the ultimate power lunch. The current and former presidents can brief Barack Obama on their own experiences. With the Middle East again exploding in violence, they can explain their own varying degrees of frustration in trying to bring peace to the region. They can also sympathize with the unprecedented economic challenges that Mr. Obama will confront.
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by promaclaura January 7, 2009 8:19 PM EST
tj-you belong in a rubber room that is all white, your clothing a white straight jacket.
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by abrame January 7, 2009 8:14 PM EST
Next lie?
Posted by tj217

Sure,easy.

"...there is no such thing as a black racist in this country..."
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by promaclaura January 7, 2009 8:11 PM EST
For now, Bush is by far the worst president ever.


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Posted by tj217 at 05:05 PM : Jan 07, 2009

I bet the people in Africa don''t believe that. GW surpassed all President''s in offering/sending aide to that country for the Aids epidemic and malaria.
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by abrame January 7, 2009 8:11 PM EST
BTW, there is no such thing as a black racist in this country.
Posted by tj217

That is a racist statement.
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by used2bfedup1 January 7, 2009 8:05 PM EST
Hey TJ what do you think of Ann Coulter?
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by used2bfedup1 January 7, 2009 8:03 PM EST
"Obama''''s making a real statement that I''''m going to be seeking counsel and advice from all of the ex-presidents."

Posted by Abrame at 04:57 PM : Jan 07, 2009

That is possible... but if he has any brains he will get advice from GWB and do the opposit. That should point him in the right direction.
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by abrame January 7, 2009 8:02 PM EST
Posted by tj217 at 04:53 PM : Jan 07, 2009

OMG, he''''s racist AND a male chauvinist to boot. Last I looked, white is considered a race and YOU definitely hate the color white.
Posted by promaclaura

LOL!! Walk 5 steps behind, pregnant in summer, shoeless in winter, be seen and not heard.

I''d like to see him and Feinsten try to have a conversation.
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by used2bfedup1 January 7, 2009 7:59 PM EST
Is Abraham Rowdy with a twist? I think so.
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