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dixiegrrrrl

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13. Election stealing has been a fine old Southern tradition.

Reply to FreepFryer (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 15, 2017, 07:31 PM

Dec 2017

Robert Caro, in his first book on LBJ, detailed how votes were created to send LBJ into his first political win.
It became known in Texas as the "Box 13" event.

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City Refuses To Give Elected Black Mayor His Office Keys [View all] appleannie1943 Dec 2017 OP

Shaking my damn head. MrScorpio Dec 2017 #1

Fake News Vinnie From Indy Dec 2017 #17

Par for The course, Camilla has a murderous history of bare-knuckle racism. FreepFryer Dec 2017 #2

Election stealing has been a fine old Southern tradition. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2017 #13

kick Angry Dragon Dec 2017 #3

Unbelievable! chillfactor Dec 2017 #4

Racism is alive and well. Just a few years ago they would not have had the guts to be this appleannie1943 Dec 2017 #5

It's unbelievable because it is fake news. femmedem Dec 2017 #15

These posts are almost always from low post count Du'ers. Vinnie From Indy Dec 2017 #16

I hadn't noticed that! femmedem Dec 2017 #18

WTF....?! alittlelark Dec 2017 #6

According to a different source, no other mayor has had keys either femmedem Dec 2017 #7

The council did decide to buy a conference table to set up for Davis in a room next to his office. appleannie1943 Dec 2017 #8

But, but, but we're living in a post racial America. marble falls Dec 2017 #9

smdh spicysista Dec 2017 #10

Mayor - Sue Them For All They Got SeaDoo77 Dec 2017 #11

Crap I Forgot - Trump Appointed A Bunch Of Conservative Racist Judges - Yer Screwed - My Bad SeaDoo77 Dec 2017 #12

not even the rear door key? spike jones Dec 2017 #14