[William A. Baurle]

Alright, Michael, I'll give in. Maybe you're right.

But if a man running for POTUS is dumb enough to drop a hint that somebody ought to shoot his running mate, what are the chances that he'll last long enough as President to initiate an actual fascist state? I say his chances are mighty slim. You gotta have something on the ball to carry that kind of nuttiness all the way through. And/or, you need a silver-tongued demon like Goebbels as your right hand man. Has he got someone like that in his entourage? What do I know, maybe he does. We'll see.

What I really think is that if he really wanted her offed, he could have had it done. What are the odds that a billionaire couldn't get that done? Much more likely is that he wanted, most of all, to beat Hillary in the election. He seems like the kind of knuckle-dragger that would like nothing better than to defeat a woman in a race for the presidency, especially the wife of a former president. This was like a blown up version of Billie Jean King and Bobbie Riggs, only this time the piggy won.

But I could be wrong.

Nigel, sorry, I'm from Arizona. Us folk don't unnerstand none of that foriner talk, reckin.

Andrew, sorry this deteriorated into Conversations with William. Just remember, I'm not defending a man so much as defending my principles. I'll try and butt out.

But seriously, all that venom vented in the News of the Day threads, and virtually no-one has anything to contribute to Ralph's Black History Month thread? So far just Gregory, Julie, and I have added something. That's just baffling and sad. Is it because I've tried to get y'all to add something that you resist? Well that's even more baffling. Can't be. Something is rotten in Denmark.

You don't need to post your own poem, you can post a favorite poem by a black poet. Ralph has already said he didn't see any problem with that, and it would be in the spirit of the thread.

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