I Can't Believe I'm Writing The Word 'Coon' - Roll Call

I Can’t Believe I’m Writing The Word ‘Coon’

By Tracie Powell and CQ Guest Columnist

Posted July 13, 2009 at 12:00am

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Young Republican National Federation
played a part.
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The Free Republic
excuse his behavior
“black-face style,”
someone else.
Sarah Palin
yelled racial slurs
Columnist Tracie Powell is a former American Political Science Association congressional fellow who writes regularly on politics and policy.

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