06/03/2009
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"It was part of our charter. And except for the Civil War and the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, we would still be there, and we are still fighting it today."
"It is amazing. You know, in Memphis, we had a statue of General Nathan Bedford Forrest, and it was recently taken down."
"It is amazing how that coincided with the felon voting issue."
"I sponsored the bill in the Senate to restore voting rights, and that was put in by a House member, and I think it was done for pernicious basis."