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_Jumper_ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 04:25 PM
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Has any other immigrant ever been elected to a major post in America?
Edited on Wed Oct-08-03 04:27 PM by _Jumper_
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 04:26 PM
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1. yes there are a few in Congress
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_Jumper_ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 04:28 PM
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2. Just the Cuban exiles?
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Cocoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 04:28 PM
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3. not elected, but Henry Kissinger
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Not a robought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 04:30 PM
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4. Yes
every single one, unless they are native American.
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stopthegop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 04:31 PM
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5. right....
need to redefine 'immigrant'?
and didn't Native Americans come from Asia...leaving us with...who?
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 04:33 PM
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7. LOL
the only REAL Native American elected to a major post right now is my Repukkk Turncoat Ben Nighthorse-Campbell.

(He was a Democrat before he fled the party)

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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-08-03 04:32 PM
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6. Lantos comes into mind
Congressman Tom Lantos - a Holocaust survivor (and an enabler for *'s blankcheck war)

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