For the Radical Right, Obama Victory Brings Fury and Fear

by alexoscarew | November 8, 2012 at 05:44 am
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When the word came in last night that Barack Obama and the Democrats had won national elections in something close to a landslide, millions of Americans went to bed, satisfied that even if their candidate didn't win, democracy had survived. The lopsided results made it clear that this election had in no way been stolen.

But not so at Ole Miss, which last month marked the 50thanniversary of deadly segregationist riots. Shortly after midnight, several hundred mostly white students protested furiously, reportedly yelling anti-black racial slurs and throwing rocks at passing cars. An Obama/Biden campaign sign was burned before campus police broke up the crowd in Oxford. There were apparently no arrests or injuries.

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