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Ol Janx Spirit

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13. A lot of us knew that WAY before then...back in the Central Park Five days and the birtherism attacks on Obama which...

Reply to Trueblue1968 (Reply #10)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:07 PM

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...were overtly racist at their core. The hateful speech at the bottom of the golden escalator felt like par for the course at that point.

I was also mystified that he could get away with saying McCain wasn't a war hero and not have that be political-career-ending.

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