Racism and L.A. Riots
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President Bush says the “civil unrest” in Los Angeles was the result of failed liberal policies of the ‘60s and ‘70s. What about the failed conservative policies of the ‘80s where the rich got richer and the poor got poorer, the middle class was squeezed and the national debt got bigger and bigger? What a Bush-league call!
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