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Post election? Mississippi full hog

After many months of laws designed to obstruct voting and billions spent on maintaining a racist media narrative, President Obama is re-elected as president of the United States of America. The response from the state of Mississippi to this historic re-election: 400 students at Ole Miss hold a protest over the results of the election.   I had two thoughts: Thanks students at Ole Miss for enhancing the image of Mississippi in not only local and national news but in international news as well.   The GOP accomplished its goal to take back this nation.   We were taken back to a time before the 1960’s.   When will we get “it” in Mississippi? The” it” we need to get in Mississippi is part of  my takeaways from this election.   Our image in the international media does matter.   The chances of our children working outside of the United States increases as companies continue to grow in being multi-national corporations (e.g. Wal-Mart) the protest ...