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Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers
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« on: March 15, 2017, 09:59:09 PM »

Because Clinton upset KY, VA and NC farmers by suing Tobacco industry for smoking. And senators like Jesse Helms, and Strom Thurmond and Phil Gramms were still in the Senate during that time impeaching Bill Clinton.


Once that was over, the new South which include VA, NC, FL, MO and LA gave way to electing Democrats in national elections which Bill Clinton won MO and LA twice and Obama won NC, VA and FL all in 2008
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