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huffingtonpost:

Evidence of the constant shift of political parties right here: 10 famous black republicans.

In this list, HuffPo puts Harriet Tubman and 50 Cent on the same plane — despite the fact that the Republican Party is a significantly different party from what it was 150 (or even 50) years ago. How did this get through the editorial grinder? There is just so much wrong with this list that we don’t even know where to start.

This is what happens when the Huffington Post decides to veer off their usual 10 Best Celebrity Side-Boobs slideshow route, the research and brain wheels just come right off.

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   The Rock is a Republican? You’ve destroyed my childhood heart.

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   This is what happens when the Huffington Post decides to veer off their usual 10 Best Celebrity Side-Boobs slideshow...

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    Did they edit this recently? Because it says the party’s ideals have changed greatly, now at least. I also think they...

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    We forget that the Republicans or the GOP used to be to be to the left until the 1960s or so, when they decided to...

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    Yeah, some of these are definitely a stretch… Although WTF LL COOL J AND KARL MALONE? Ugh. I never understood how...

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    And yet it was still the Republican Party that ended slavery and fought for freed slaves to have rights, including the...

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    The Rock AND LL Cool J? OMG excuse me while I go and try to revive my soul a little. XD

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    Harriet Tubman’s face: “I’ve had enough of your bullshit white people”

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    Alrighhhhhtttt, that’s a little misleading. Lincoln-Era Republican does not equal Modern Day Republican. If Harriet...

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    and most of them were still a reach. This is funny.

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    … LL COOL J NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

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    this article was a little wierd, what did they mean by republican, by todays standards or by the old ones, especially...

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