Credit: Blatherwatch.blogs.com

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From the wingnut-tracking blog Blatherwatch comes this old-timey newspaper photo of the day Ken Hutcherson (AKA Reverend My-Football-Injured-Brain-Hates-Gays!) met George Wallace (AKA Governor Segregation-Today-Segregation-Tomorrow-Segregation-Forever!).

Not quite as dazzling as Eva Braun in blackface, but dazzling nonetheless.

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8 replies on “World-Historic Meeting of Bigots!”

  1. “Wallace announced that he was a born-again Christian in the late 1970s, and apologized to black civil rights leaders for his earlier segregationist positions. He said that while he had once sought power and glory, he realized he needed to seek love and forgiveness.[note 3] In 1979, Wallace said of his stand in the schoolhouse door: “I was wrong. Those days are over and they ought to be over.”[4] His final term as Governor (1983–1987) saw a record number of black appointments to government positions.” – wikipedia

  2. I remember when Hutch came to our school (public school) and preached, and handed out bible verses. Apparently our school in podunk has never heard of separation of church and state.

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