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We don&#8217;t want others to take care of us [if possible].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People want to be saved by government in France who are perfectly healthy and young. You are made worse by left-wing ideas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are not free at last when you depend on the government to hire you and to take care of you and to give you benefits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s why there&#8217;s a dour disposition whenever you talk to any of these black liberal politicians. Their whole personality is different.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Put Maxine Waters on one side and Tim Scott on the other. The woman radiates anger at America. She makes her constituents more bitter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>From DennisPrager.com: You can support Tim Scott by going <a style=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.votetimscott.com\/about\/\">here<\/a>. You can learn more  about him in  this <a style=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/northamerica\/usa\/8053023\/Black-Republicans-offer-hope-after-Barack-Obamas-failures-on-race.html\">fascinating  portrait <\/a>in a British paper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On his radio show today, Dennis Prager said after interviewing black Republican candidate for Congress, Tim Scott: &#8220;When you meet conservative blacks&#8230; And I&#8217;ll compare activist to activist. The humor, the happiness, the freedom. 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