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Hundreds of Ole Miss Students Protest, Hurl Racial Slurs & Burn Obama-Biden Sign During Election Night ‘Riot’

Nov. 7, 2012 9:51pm Billy Hallowell

JACKSON, Miss. (TheBlaze/AP) — Tempers flared in the wake of last night’s presidential election on the campus of the University of Mississippi. A protest at the college against the re-election of President Barack Obama grew into a crowd of about 400 students who shouted racial slurs as rumors of a riot spread on social media.

In the end, two arrests were reported, although university officials say there were no injuries or property damage Tuesday night. According to Salon.com, “Reports conflict over whether rocks were thrown, but Twitter images testify that an “Obama Biden” campaign sign was burned.”

A university spokesman says the gathering began after midnight with 30 to 40 students protesting Obama’s re-election but quickly grew. Rumors exploded on Twitter after student journalists posted a video calling the gathering a riot.

Chancellor Dan Jones condemned the disturbance, saying most students and faculty are “ashamed” of the actions of a few.

Watch video of the incident, below (caution: language):

“All of us are ashamed of the few students who have negatively affected the reputations of each of us and of our university,” Jones said. “We are initiating a thorough review of this incident to determine the facts and any follow-up actions that may be necessary.”

The incident comes a little more than 50 years after violent riots over the enrollment of James Meredith, the university’s first black student.

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ChiefGeorge
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:37pm
Your the real racist!

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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:37pm
I don’t buy it. I didn’t hear any racial slurs, the video was dark and it sounded a whole lot more like a bunch of occupiers celebrating. The stink of alinsky progressives is in the air. Who actually verified this “story”.. Why is this an isolated instance if that’s the reaction? In longer believe anything negative that has Republican or Conservative in the report. It’s not my fault, but a filter has become mandatory..

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- AtlasA
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:36pm
  I live near Oxford Mississippi the story is mostly fake. A couple people at the university (some weren’t students.) got drunk and started arguing over the president candidates words were said on both side and a fists eventually broke out. The sign burning was a drunk taunting by 10 to 20 guys to another 10 to 20 Obama supporters. Again this was more a drunk fist fight then a race riot.
  
  Reason it is a story in the ap is a journalist student recorded some of it not all and posted it on the internet. Again no riot police were called Ole miss campus police arrested the drunk brawler that were fighting each other. It is a none story
  
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- Wisdom7
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:51pm
  “Reason it is a story in the ap is a journalist student recorded some of it not all and posted it on the internet.”
  
  I love the part where she says “we got some people over there, some people over here, some mo’fo over there”? Well thank you captain obvious! Gosh you might just make it big on MSNBC.
  
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- SUNTZU
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 1:00am
  America reneged,
  
  to see whats next
  watch movie,or read the book
  Doctor Zhivago
  
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- soisay
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 1:02am
  Yes, I am quite sure this is a fake story as much as the interviews of idiots supporting obama. We all need to get past this stuff and get on with moving the country forward, eliminating the cliff, continuing to shrink monthly deficits and grow private sector jobs. We can ALL WORK toward that.
  
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- MMSands
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 3:17am
  Thanks Atlasa for telling the truth about what happened down there. A reporter from the local FOX channel went down this morning and had to talk to over 70 people before finding anyone who had any idea what he was referring to. The local police weren’t called, let alone called in. It was “frightening” to the reporter that anyone would burn an Obama Biden sign, though. Indeed. Reports from other locals claim that the “crowd” demonstrating was racially mixed, but it makes sense that among a bunch of drunks there’d be someone who’d start with racial slurs on any and all sides. It’s a sure way of annoying the heck out of others, and everyone around here knows it.
  
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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 3:22am
  Well after hearing over and over threats from the black community that whitey better vote for Obama or face riots, it’s nice to see at least one group of whites riot. Well done guys!
  
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- Thomas
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 4:35am
  So? They are just people expressing their anger like the LA Riots, right?
  
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- harrysmallcraft
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 5:19am
  Be prepared for more race bating, it’snot going to go away. Read fresh political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
  
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- loriann12
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 6:26am
  So, black people can tweet that they’re going to riot and kill Romney if he gets elected, but rumors of riots caus the campus to freak out? that proves to me that it was the presidential staff spreading the rumors with fake accounts.
  
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tnman65
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:36pm
OMG. What riot. There must be thousands dead. Quick, someone call the National Guard. What a joke. The worst thing about it was the girl saying MF.

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socialism.rocks
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:33pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlDo0t0Jrh4&feature=context-cha

onward socialists… i am white- i am with you comrade

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TROLLMONGER
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:23pm
Typical southern racist college. It will soon become obsolete just like Beck and his bots..LOL!

LONG LIVE OBAMA!
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- socialism.rocks
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:34pm
  hey comrade – push on FORWARD MARCH OF SOCIALISM
- cordovamx
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:36pm
  Need we even begin to mention the vitriol shouted at Romney and his family over Twitter and other sources regarding Romney, his faith and his race? Don’t act like this is isolated to just one side.
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:45pm
  TURDMONGER and socialismsux will both be rotting and stinking long before the TEA party is gone.
  
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- Patriot Z
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:29pm
  aww look at u2. so happy you are on food stamps you are giving eachother verbal BJ’s. sorry to break up the love fest. but heres a tip for you both. I know you both have wet dreams about tellin us evil capitialist the ‘proper’ way to spend our money. but here is a news flash. if you are too stupid to make it under capitialism then you sure as hell wont be in charge under socialism either. only a moron believe in actual socialism. you are whats called the “useful idiots” by those who will be in charge. so keep celebrating morons. you both will be in line for toilet paper right behind me. enjoy your slavery loosers
  
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- adeleeeee
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:33pm
  @TROLL
  Are you sure you will survive under Obama Regime another 4 years? With your cheering and dancing, I simply treat you as a lost soul behind your keyboard. You don’t know what is ahead of you but I know and I have prepared. Do not say we did not warn you. We did but you mock.
  
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- AtlasA
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:52pm
  Fun Fact Ole miss is in the most Progressive county in Mississippi. Their were more Obama Celebrators in Ole Miss on Tuesday night then Romney supporters. (I know a few of the Obama supporters that were their.)
  
  Lafayette County (county Ole Miss is in) Votes democrat every election by heavy margins.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 7:57am
  This pales in comparison to what you and your fellow Democrats would have done if he lost. You know it and we all know it. They would still be trying to put out the fires if Obama had lost.
  
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- Pantloadian
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:12am
  PRONGLOVER . . . The Tea Party IS gone.
  
  GONZO . . . “would have done” . . .still not comfortable living with reality, eh? Here’s a thought – blame it on God.
  
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smokeysmoke
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:22pm
if romney won, obama supporters would be doing the same thing… but these kids needs to wake up.. how stupid can you be… STFU, there no reason to be accusing obama of racial slurs only cause your pissed… we all know the election was divisive and that obama was pushing racial hatreds… but your drunken antics are not how peoples minds get swayed that fiscal conservatism is important

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- SgtB
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:33pm
  The endgame is not to sway people’s minds. It is to regain our Liberty and constitutionally guaranteed rights as Citizens of a Republic. Keep in mind that our forefathers killed in order to secure that Liberty after suffering only a small excise tax and having their own military take away their armaments. We currently live under constant taxation, national debt, deficit spending, and a police state. We need more than “swaying people’s minds” to right the wrongs that are being done to us. I for one advocate militant Libertarianism. In which you use your natural RIGHT self defense and secure your own liberty through overwhelming force when confronted with force. Oh, and just so you know, the gov’t is nothing but force, and we live under that threat 24/7.
  
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- lel2007
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:48pm
  They’re not kids, they’re young adults. God help us.
  
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- soisay
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 12:59am
  SGBT, why don’t you let a couple days pass before you post more ammunition for Lefties to put in emails and send around the internet to prove all of us are whack-jobs. My proudest moment was when Gov Romney said he would pray for Obama and EVERYBODY CLAPPED or REMAINED SILENT. There were no boos, war whoops, cat calls, or the like. It showed our side to be a CLASS ACT and makes us more acceptable to independent voters so we can be a governing majority.
  
  As long as we decide we will never govern with a majority, it will be a self-fulfilling prophecy. There is no 50% “takers not makers”. Everybody loves this country, wants equal access to success (not equal results), wants their issues to be taken seriously, and equal treatment by government (not stopped for papers if you are legal).
  
  We need to show America that we have empathy, a good platform, and a big tent. They will come to us if we don’t look like wackos. Please wait a couple days before posting.
  
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NatTurner
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:22pm
White people’s heads are exploding all over the country! OMG
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- SgtB
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:28pm
  No, people who understand this simple math equation are exploding with rage.
  
  16,000,000,000,000 / 325,000,000 = how much you personally owe to the federal debt, not counting ongoing obligations such as medicare, social security, and the welfare state in general. Oh, and you cannot forget the never ending funding of an irrational war or wars that will never end.
  
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- cordovamx
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:37pm
  Your head should be exploding with the realization of what another Obama presidency means.
  
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- 1911CK
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:43pm
  @SGTB-you’ll first have to give Nat his free Obama calculator for him to do the math.
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:49pm
  If that were true who would support your worthless asses? Communism socialism or whatever you sick ***** want to call it won’t prevail here,it’ll be stopped in it’s tracks.
  
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- eek
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 1:38am
  @1911CK Obama’s not handing out calculators, he doesn’t want anyone to do the math and figure it out…shhhh..He’d much rather them have phones to call each other and boast about how it’s all turning around.
  
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- Shamrock241
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:38am
  Is that what this ringing in my ear is from Natty, i thought it was from all the rounds i fired sighting in this 300 Win Mag. Oh well i’m sure you know better.
  
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momrules
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:16pm
Sorry libs. I didn’t hear any racial slurs,see any looting, see broken windows or burning cars like I see in the average riots in California and the northern cities.
But I guess burning an Obama/Biden sign is a big no no to ya’ll.

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- ModerationIsBest
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:28pm
  Shocker!
  
  In 2010, 46% of Republicans in Mississippi wanted to put laws back on the books to ban interracial marriage.
  
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- momrules
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:35pm
  Shocker Mod…….Your opinions, information, thoughts, ideas or the fact that you exist is immaterial to me.
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:43pm
  Moderation How do you pull those numbers out of your ass with your head stuck in there?
  
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- ModerationIsBest
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:18pm
  @ProgressiveSlayer
  
  You see, there are these things called facts. No matter how much you close your eyes and say they aren’t true, no matter how much you “believe” they aren’t true, fact is, they are.
  
  Facts are based in reality, unfortunately you aren’t.
  
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- Max jones
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:33pm
  momrules OMG burned a obama sign……is that like defacing a quran?
  
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- SquidVetOhio
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:34am
  @MODERATION
  
  There are also things called “sources”. Try citing one. For example, when I say your existence is a cosmic mistake. I source, (MODERATION’s Mom)
  
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- ModerationIsBest
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 8:50am
  @SQUIDVETOHIO
  
  http://www.aolnews.com/2011/04/08/46-percent-of-mississippi-republicans-want-interracial-marriage/
  
  http://www.businessinsider.com/shock-poll-46-of-mississippi-republicans-think-interracial-marriage-should-be-illegal-2011-4
  
  http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-04-08/news/29415165_1_new-poll-respondents-public-policy-polling
  
  Ah, the truth hurts yet again.
  
  Plus, I thought you people “believed” God never makes mistakes. Now, I’m suddenly a mistake?
  
  You religious cooks are hilarious, constantly changing your positions but then saying your stance is backed up an “infallible” God. Give me a break. It’s a sick joke.
  
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- Pantloadian
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:17am
  MODERATION . . . Yes, it pains them to face reality. They are never wrong. No one they know ever does anything bad. All idiots in their ranks are liberal plants. Every election they lose is stolen. No accountability. No reason. Pure emotion. They are children.
  
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- andersonaugusto
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 7:37pm
  This is great news. Many people apparently still think straight, at least in Mississippi.
  
  I’m also annoyed by these PC idiots always bringing up years as some sort of retarded “you’re backwards, it’s year XXXX!” implication, which is often quite explicit.
  
  Hey, I have one for you morons: “It’s 2011, by now every White person on the planet should have realized just how idiotic integration, multiculturalism and egalitarianism are!”
  
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- andersonaugusto
  Posted on November 11, 2012 at 8:05pm
  I for one would like to see this become the law of the land.
  
  This makes me smile.
  
  Of course the liberals will cry that it’s no progressive and demand something be done. Hey liberal, can you for once see that we don’t want to be around you, or want you here? Just leave us alone in peace. If you don’t like it, stay where you are, or move elsewhere if you are here. I don’t like Los Angles’ laws, so do I live there? No.
  
  Of course we are not blind and see this behavioral of “minorities” that has been so obviously savage in the recent years, that one would be lying if they say they don’t see it.
  
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displaced
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:15pm
I am sure that all the nation’s racial tensions are really healed this time. Our President is the great communicator. Heck how else can a white Native American be elected?

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youshuthehellup
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:15pm
It is about damn time University students protest against marxist in America!!! Alleluia and may there be a whole lot more.

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stealthseesall
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:14pm
So we have a right to burn an American Flag but nothing with the name Obama printed on it.

This was a totally staged event by the Obama Machine

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- soisay
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 1:08am
  I think it anecdotal, but not “staged”. It caught on because it happened to get videotaped, and released on the web.
  
  I think we look crazy when we say things like “the government won’t allow you to burn anything with Obama on it”. Nobody on the left believes that. Anybody on our side that believes it is an idiot. Anybody that says it it making our job of earning independent voters more difficult.
  
  You cannot scare people into embracing your view. But we have enough strength in our platform that we can win them over permanently when we can eliminate nonsense and show them how liberty, opportunity is in their best interest.
  
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oswell
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:12pm
Do you think the riot was caused by the videos that the Hollywood Left puts out critcizing, mocking and ridiculing conservatives?

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- soisay
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 1:10am
  Good one! By that standard, did the college administration know about the plan ahead of time and allow it to occur?
  
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justasurvivor
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:10pm
Good Lord, UM people. This defeat is hard enough without you pulling a stunt like this. You pull all the attention from where it should be and just hand racist fodder to the progressives? You really want to pull something so classless as this? Gov. Romney, Rep. Ryan, and the American conservatives deserve better than this from you!

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- justasurvivor
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:16pm
  Of course, if it’s all a lie, I plead a Roseanne Roseannadanna – “Nevermind!”
go2gym
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:10pm
Multiply this by 200 locations nationwide if Obama had lost this election……..or in 2008.

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tj1961
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:09pm
That was a”riot”?

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HappyConservative
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:08pm
Well good for them for showing some backbone! I hope more people stand up against this horrible president!

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go2gym
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:06pm
What a bunch of idiots.
Racial slurs, in Mississippi? Gee say it ain’t so.

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rickc34
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:05pm
Now if Romney would have one and a riot broke out the Police would not of showed up and property damage would have been great. Reverse racism.

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marybethelizabeth
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:05pm
Impossible.. Conservatives are peaceful people who pick up their garbage, not throw it.

This story is fabricated and a pretext for the government to go into the lawless South and take away everyone’s FREEDOM

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- Chromo200
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:16pm
  Wow sarcasm … Most of the comments will be condemning this type of act. And how do you know that they are conservatives and not just hooligans.
  
  We shall wait your comments when such actions take place in colleges protesting anti conservatism.
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:31pm
  Derp derp derp derp derp!
  
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Master.Debater
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:04pm
Prepare to be the official scapegoats of the Obama regime for the next 4 years Tea Party!

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Bullfrog85
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:03pm
It would have been fine if they were protesting a Romney win

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Mutiny
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:03pm
I didnt hear any racial slurs or see any rocks thrown. There were also black people in the crowd. Sounds like Ole Miss is being set up.

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Master.Debater
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:02pm
Oh my god! They burned an Obama Biden sign! The Feds will surely descend on Oxford now to clamp down on that extremist behavior. They’d have been fine if they burned the flag, but burning an Obama sign is definitely crossing the line.

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The_Jerk
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:01pm
I love Ole Miss.

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TROLLMONGER
Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:00pm
Typical uneducated south GOP resorting to their racist rants. Just like the OLD BECKBOTS!!!!

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- AbrahamsSheepdog
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 10:55pm
  Occupied kids with no jobs got couple buck started it. Not a big secret. They cheat. Election looking really screwy too. Again no biggie. We murder babies everyday too. God sees.
  
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- spfoam1
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 11:02pm
  If whites are so racist how the hell did Obama get elected, twice? The real racist bigots are the 98% of blacks who voted for Obama, and who burn their own neighborhoods down when they have a temper tantrum. If you want to see real violence just start killing whites in large numbers.
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:10am
  yeah Romney was just like Obama so only reason is ignorance or racism.
  
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