Ian Thorpe
Aug 28, 2017 · 1 min read

A lot of us in Britain felt that way. A reasonable opinion such as “Obama’s economic record is disastrous,” would get responses telling us “The only reason you’d say that is you can’t stand the idea of a black man being President.” It was so stupid it could not even be called illogical?

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    Ian Thorpe

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    Opted for comfortable retirement before I was fifty due to health problems and burn out. Now spend my time writing and goofing around. Home: northern England..

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