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Southern Democrats and Progressives

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts) Wed Jan 18, 2012, 01:11 AM Jan 2012

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I didn't answer this post there but.... era veteran Jan 2012 #1

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1. I didn't answer this post there but....

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Wed Jan 18, 2012, 01:59 AM

Jan 2012

Shit would have been a hell of a lot better if there had been a Marshall Plan for the South instead of Reconstruction. I have lived in the South all my life and Reconstruction and its LONG lasting hate has held the region back.