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StandingInLeftField

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Fri Jan 22, 2016, 06:03 PM Jan 2016

Beach Haven Ain't My Home

On NPR this afternoon.

Woody Guthrie rented a flat from Donald Trump's father. Old man Trump was such a racist that Guthrie penned a song about him and Beach Haven. Supposedly it was never recorded but was written down.

How great would it be for this to be Bernie's theme song for the presidential race??

Seems this is well-known, but new to me. Among other sources:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/01/21/1472974/-It-turns-out-Donald-Trump-s-father-was-the-racist-landlord-Woody-Guthrie-hated

"I suppose
Old Man Trump knows
Just how much
Racial Hate
he stirred up
In the bloodpot of human hearts
When he drawed
That color line
Here at his
Eighteen hundred family project .…"


The apple doesn't fall ......

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Beach Haven Ain't My Home (Original Post) StandingInLeftField Jan 2016 OP
Maybe too soon nxylas Jan 2016 #1
You are absolutely correct. StandingInLeftField Jan 2016 #2
2. You are absolutely correct.
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 08:21 PM
Jan 2016

I'm conflicted about which of the Republican candidates would be easiest for the Democratic choice (Bernie of course) to defeat. Currently, I'm leaning towards Trump.

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