We know that if whites and nonwhites vote in the same percentages as they did in 2000, Bush … - Julian Bond

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Nothing is more dissimilar than natural and acquired politeness. The first consists in a willing abnegation of self; the second in a compelled recollection of others.

Julian Bond

We know that if whites and nonwhites vote in the same percentages as they did in 2000, Bush will be re-defeated by 3 million votes.

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