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mopinko

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23. i will say, tho, that he earned the respect of 1 republican i know.

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 09:11 AM

Jun 3

my nephew, who was his liason to jsoc for a yr. he was a dyed in the wool republican, despite coming from a pretty die hard dem family. he was an army lifer, from jr rotc to a 20 yr celebrated career. his retirement video was full of rw “luminaries”. bushie jr, wolfewitz, rove. he was a golden boy.
but in his yr in that wh, he came to greatly respect obama.

which is to say, it’s funny how getting up close and personal w ppl of color wears down the edges.
i was raised in a lily white small town, tho in a family where the color of someone’s skin was never even mentioned. i raised my kids in the big city, cuz i never wanted them to fall into the stupid trap of discounting other humans over nothing.

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