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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 11:21 pm: | 
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"...a racist professor at a small college in Ohio published a celebrated pamphlet proving the senator's 'African' ancestry and asserting that his candidacy was part of a Negro plot to take over the country..."
No, this isn't about now and the candidacy of Sen Obama. This is from back in the day:
...One of the most persistent rumors about [Warren G.] Harding alleged that he was actually part Negro. For more than a generation, Ohio neighbors had looked down on the Hardings because of suspicions of mixed ancestry, and at the time of Warren's marriage, his furious father-in-law publicly called him "a ••••••." In 1920 several observers pointed to Harding's swarthy complexion as evidence that his blood was "tainted," and a racist professor at a small college in Ohio published a celebrated pamphlet proving the senator's "African" ancestry and asserting that his candidacy was part of a Negro plot to take over the country. When asked about the rumors by a friendly reporter, Harding replied, "How do I know, Jim? One of my ancestors may have jumped the fence." Historians have been unable to add much to Harding's uncertain reply.
http://www.trivia-library.com/b/u-s-president-warren-g-harding-early-life-and-ph ysical-description.htm |
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