The following excerpt is from Senator Hubert Humphrey’s account of his interview with Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev in 1959. Though claiming to be staunchly anti-communist, Humphrey in 1944 endorsed and promoted the fusion of the Farmer-Labor party with Democrats, as well accepting the support of “Stalinists and other assorted radicals who dominated the CIO [Congress of Industrial Organizations] in Minneapolis at this time.” Humphrey was also admired by Roosevelt’s pro-Soviet vice president, Henry Wallace.
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Having grown up in Minnesota during the Humphrey years I can attest that Hubert didn't understand capitalism any more than Nikita understood it. Nor did he understand equality under the law. HHH was behind the equal rights laws in the 60's and swore up and down that quotas would not be a part of equality under the law or he would eat the stack of papers that created the laws. I do believe he died of paper constipation after having the chow down on all those pages. Quotas were redefined by "affirmative action" which legally had no different meaning. Now they get away with killing laws and rules by additionally citing "disparate impact". What a clown posse the democrats have become.
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