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Georgia GOP Rep. Paul Broun Backpedals Furiously

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recusancy2/25/2011 12:30:13 pm PST

re: #143 HappyWarrior

Nah, they were Eastern Europeans. Wouldn’t say they were rednecks. I’m only third generation on my mom’s side. Dad’s family came to the Burgh around the Civil War.

Rednecks were progressive miners who were striking for rights in the early 20th century.