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Words of the Week

Published on July 17, 2008

"... [M]y children have heard of childhood accounts of my being called an "n...-lover" for playing with African American pals on the playground."—State Republican Party chair Robin Smith in a whiny letter to the governor defending herself against accusations of racism.



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