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Maine Governor makes a fool of himself: ‘John Lewis Ought To Look At History’
Posted on 1/18/17 at 9:13 pm
Posted on 1/18/17 at 9:13 pm
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And yes, Lewis is a fool too
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You know, I will just say this: John Lewis ought to look at history," LePage, who's white, said on WVOM-FM. "You know, it was Abraham Lincoln that freed the slaves. It was Rutherford B. Hayes and Ulysses S. Grant that fought against Jim Crow laws. A simple 'thank you' would suffice."
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Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and pushed for the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery. But historians say LePage is wrong about Jim Crow laws, which legalized racial segregation. Jim Crow laws didn't exist during the Grant administration and an electoral deal that put Hayes in office led to the end of Reconstruction and the removal of federal troops, setting the stage for the creation of Jim Crow laws that followed, said Colby professor Dan Shea.
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"Paul LePage is going to give John Lewis a tutorial on the history of black oppression in the United States? That's rich," Shea said.
And yes, Lewis is a fool too
This post was edited on 1/18/17 at 9:20 pm
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 9:14 pm to LSUTANGERINE
To be fair, it's not like someone from Maine would know about any of this. It's whiter than my arse.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 9:15 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Ok. What do you think we should do about it?
Posted on 1/18/17 at 9:15 pm to LSUTANGERINE
LePage is like Trump except with mental retardation.
This post was edited on 1/18/17 at 9:20 pm
Posted on 1/18/17 at 9:15 pm to LSUTANGERINE
One major positive of this whole elections is it'd showed that we have a lot of fools in powerful government positions.
Unfortunately, partisanship makes people ignore the fools on their side too easily.
Unfortunately, partisanship makes people ignore the fools on their side too easily.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 9:19 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Are the hundreds of thousands of northern white boys whose bones lie under the dirt of eastern America not worthy of a thank you from the people they freed?
Posted on 1/18/17 at 9:25 pm to LSUTANGERINE
You STILL can't name Jack shite this poser has accomplished in thirty fricking years as a congressman.
Not
One
fricking
Thing
Not
One
fricking
Thing
This post was edited on 1/18/17 at 9:26 pm
Posted on 1/18/17 at 9:28 pm to LSUTANGERINE
quote:
Maine Governor makes a fool of himself: ‘John Lewis Ought To Look At History’
So they've both made fools of themselves? So they're even on the "Fool Scale"?
So now the metric becomes who has made a fool of themselves more often..the Maine Governor, or John Lewis? How do you tally in your opinion?
This post was edited on 1/18/17 at 9:31 pm
Posted on 1/18/17 at 9:31 pm to LSUTANGERINE
He doesn't understand Republican Party was once the progressive liberal party. Apparently a lot of you don't either. I'm a liberal and would have been considered a Republican in 1860.
For a recent example, look at the South during civil rights movement.
For a recent example, look at the South during civil rights movement.
This post was edited on 1/18/17 at 9:33 pm
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