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One might call Ben Carson calling slaves immigrants is deplorable. Who would ever think that slaves were immigrants? Who could support anyone who said something like this about slaves being immigrants?

"It wasn’t always easy for new immigrants.  Certainly it wasn’t easy for those of African heritage who had not come here voluntarily, and yet in their own way were immigrants themselves.  There was discrimination and hardship and poverty.  But, like you, they no doubt found inspiration in all those who had come before them.  And they were able to muster faith that, here in America, they might build a better life and give their children something more."
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EasTexSteve On 3/08/17, Bob R/CA wrote: > On 3/08/17, EasTexSteve wrote: >> The first person to refer to slaves as immigrants was the >> messiah, Barack Obama. > > I can understand your frustration over the GOP's recent > record with leaders.

And, I can certainly understand your failure to stay on topic and offer any argument o...See More
Mar 8, 2017
long-time lurker Nevermind. I looked it up, then found a video of the whole
speech. Context and punctuation do make quite a
difference.


"It wasn't always easy for new immigrants.  Certainly it
wasn't easy for those of African heritage who had not come
here voluntarily, and yet in their own way were immigrants
themselves." Par...See More
Mar 8, 2017
Lulu I have to admit I get more than a bit annoyed by the language I've seen some people here use to try to degrade people like me and the candidates we prefer. Libtard. Hillary. The Messiah.

There are plenty of possible nicknames for Donald Trump. The Annoying Orange, Donald Rump, the Liar-in-Chief, Fvckface von Clownstick, Herr Drumpf, our &...See More
Mar 8, 2017
leaves a bad taste in your mouth, doesn't it? On 3/08/17, EasTexSteve wrote:
> On 3/08/17, Bob R/CA wrote:
>> On 3/08/17, EasTexSteve wrote:
>>> The first person to refer to slaves as immigrants was
>>> the messiah, Barack Obama.
>>
>> I can understand your frustration over the GOP's recent
>> record with leaders.
> ...See More
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yep, definitely a bad taste On 3/08/17, Bob R/CA wrote: > It's not important that you believe it. I suppose it would > only take on the sheen of truth if Trump told you he read > it on Infowars.

You can suppose whatever you like.

> But CNN reported that, and they had actual sources: > CNN reported Wednesday that Russian ambassador Sergey >...See More
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