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Amusing and gratuitous cheap shot from @gayleking who needed 10 years to find a criticism of the Republican party. And she's as wrong as was. Indentured Servitude is a FORM of slavery, but is NOT the chattel slavery form he was referring to.
@GayleKing "As HE was," rather.
@GayleKing It is appalling that @gayleking and her editors at @CBSNews allowed her mistake to pass. As much as half all WHITE IMMIGRANTS to the colonies were indentured. She should have said "you meant chattel slavery." (rather than implying they were synonymous terms)
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My take on Northam has evolved. Admittedly, this Fairfax fail triggered a rethink, but I was leaning this way anyway. We're in Voltaire territory again, where "perfect" is rapidly appearing to be the enemy of the good. As always, feel free to agree or disagree,
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