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etherealtruth

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1. Reagan was successful with his "welfare queens" idiocy ....

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Mon Sep 28, 2015, 06:27 AM

Sep 2015

... which was equally untrue. Sadly, these statements resonate with a certain element within the population.

Truth (or lack thereof) has very little to do with the 'success" of these sound bites.

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Why Jeb Bush’s ‘free stuff’ argument about black voters is so off-the-mark [View all] MrScorpio Sep 2015 OP

Reagan was successful with his "welfare queens" idiocy .... etherealtruth Sep 2015 #1

The things that white right wingers believe about black people… MrScorpio Sep 2015 #2