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Hoyt

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1. Lester Maddox was my Gubnor, despised him as much as trump. Still have to explain to GOPers that

Sun Mar 3, 2019, 10:58 PM

Mar 2019

Dixiecrats weren't really Democrats. I wish I didn't have to dance around that issue, but it is true that Dixiecrats ran to the Republican Party over the years after the Civil Rights Act.

Maddox was similar to trump in that he rose to fame by chasing Black people out of his restaurant with pick handles and guns. The cretin even sold the damn pick handles for "souvenirs." Maddox was an embarrassment like trump

Love Dick Cavett.

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My last memory of the old coot was I was awaiting a battery in Sears and saw him stumbling around the parking lot, looking for lost coins. Jeeezus, and now these fools are back.

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Lester Maddox - Dick Cavett - Jim Brown & (I think) Truman Capote. [View all] underpants Mar 2019 OP

Lester Maddox was my Gubnor, despised him as much as trump. Still have to explain to GOPers that Hoyt Mar 2019 #1

✅ underpants Mar 2019 #2

Were you old enough to vote when he ran? brer cat Mar 2019 #3

Just barely, wasn't particularly political at time. Hate to admit I didn't vote in 67 or 71. Hoyt Mar 2019 #4

Didn't realize that Lester had an identical twin. He's the one that looks more like a horses ass. marble falls Mar 2019 #6

That was Truman Capote. I'd love to have heard from him. Thanks for turning me onto ... marble falls Mar 2019 #5

Truly fascinating stuff underpants Mar 2019 #7

He used to have a great comedy show on radio late at night in the nineties. He'd play old stand up marble falls Mar 2019 #8