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Old 11-17-2000, 11:30 AM   #2
jessho
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"..Tens of millions of good people in Middle America voted Republican. But if you look closely at that map you see a more complex picture. You see the state where James Byrd was lynch-dragged behind a pickup truck until his body came apart--it's red. You see the state where Matthew Shepard was crucified on a split-rail fence for the crime of being gay--it's red. You see the state where right-wing extremists blew up a federal office building and murdered scores of federal employees--it's red. The state where an Army private who was thought to be gay was bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat, and the state where neo-Nazi skinheads murdered two African-Americans because of their skin color, and the state where Bob Jones University spews its anti-Catholic bigotry: they're all red too..."

This is from this link.

http://www.opinionjournal.com./best/

The quote is from Paul Begala a former Clinton consultant. The comment is in reference to the map that showed how the the geographical areas of the United States had voted. Instead of commenting on the obvious, he decided to slander some of the states. This is indicative of the policies that have been used by the present administration.
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