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   From: PPP@USA.org   
      
   On 1/18/2017 6:23 PM, lo yeeOn wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > ltlee1   wrote:   
   >> Like "Nixon goes to China", Trump is in a position to reconcile with   
   >> black Americans. But he does not see it that way. The feud would only   
   >> strengthen extremist elements on both sides of the color divide.   
   >>   
   >> "A public feud between Donald Trump and Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) seemed   
   >> to jettison any lingering hopes that the inauguration would temporarily   
   >> ease partisanship in Washington and instead threatened to widen the rift   
   >> between the two parties.   
   >>   
   >   
   >> Lewis's assertion that Trump is not a "legitimate president" and his   
   >> announcement that he would skip Friday's inaugural ceremony prompted   
   >> the president-elect to sharply criticize the civil rights leader   
   >> Saturday morning.   
   >   
   > Rep. John Lewis has every right to boycott the Trump inauguration and   
   > he was courageous to stand with others at a time when civil rights was   
   > absent for African Americans and other disadvantaged segments of this   
   > country.   
      
   It would sure be nice If (D)RepJohn Lewis would stand up and pay his taxes!   
      
      
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   the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all   
   ages who mean to govern well, but *They mean to govern*. They promise to   
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