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Posts Tagged ‘1972’

Man Who Shot George Wallace Released From Prison In Time For 2008 Campaign

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Send THEM a Message: W A L L A C E - WonketteBack in the “good old days” of the early 1970s, America was torn apart by recession, gasoline rationing, race riots, the Vietnam war and segregation — which was still a big issue in places where blacks were especially hated, such as Alabama, where Democrat Governor George Wallace was bravely keeping the Negro children out of White schools despite the Supreme Court’s orders. Wallace was immensely popular with Democrats who hoped to keep their schools white, too. So it was a national tragedy when a libtard nut named Arthur Bremer shot Wallace at a Maryland campaign stop in May 1972. MORE »