[78-L] WTF: "half-cast president" - was: Does anybody really know what time it is? ^

[DanK]

oops - "Harding was certainly NOT the first" half-ast President.  Damn pain 
pills.


----- Original Message ----- 
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Subject: Re: [78-L] WTF: "half-cast president" - was: Does anybody really 
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> Same goes for Lincoln, Jackson, and even Jefferson.
>
> Reminds me of a black lady I knew, who attended her cousin's funeral with
> her children.  Children wondered why there were so many White people 
> there,
> and she replied: "How do you think you got to be the color you are?"
>
>
> ps -  I was thinking "half-ast President", but Harding was certainly the
> first of THOSE!
>
>
>
>
>
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> know what time it is? ^
>
>
>>I believe he is referring to the rumors that Harding had an
>>African-American grandparent. These rumors, which were of course
>>dramatically more charged in the Klan-infested 1920s when they were
>>originally promulgated by racists concerned with things like "pollution of
>>the bloodlines". The truth is unknown, probably unknowable.
>>
>> The term "half-caste" is unfortunate. It's funny how "one drop of black
>> blood" makes you black, but a white grandfather (or father) doesn't make
>> you white.
>>
>> I can't imagine why this subject would be coming up in 2008, can you?
>>
>> There's a good article on the Harding rumor here:
>> http://tinyurl.com/62wxrt
>>
>> --
>> Steve.
>>
>> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>> From: buster <busterdog at mac.com>
>>> what, exactly, does this mean, please?  our resident wags will of
>>> course make wordplay on pouring liquids into molds, etc, but seriously:
>>>
>>> what do you mean by this?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 26, 2008, at 8:57 AM, William A Brent wrote:
>>>
>>> > First American half-cast president,
>>> > Warren G. Harding...
>
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