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Originally posted by taxwonk
That your great grandfather was a state legislator is a fact. That he was bought and paid for by Weyerhauser is the sort of thing that most folks hope people either don't realize or politely forget.
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It is the truth baby. Warts and all. Pretty much everyone in his district was either employed by the company or owed their living to the lumber company's employees.
But he seemed to be spending most of his time accusing Wilson of being a racist and a communist. According to my aunt, Wilson vetoed or blocked some anti lynching legislation that sent the Republicans in Washington state into a frenzy.
