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A threatening letter was sent to Rep. Bobby Rush's office today, containing what turned out to be a harmless white powder, but was still enough to warrant a Hazmat response. The letter was sent to Rush's office at 700 E. 79th St. Firefighters responded to the call just before noon and employees and the substance were tested. Fire department spokesman Larry Langford said, "It was a white powder, a household product. There was nothing bad about it."
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Did Rush accuse the powder of racism?
Nope, but I'm sure the person sending it had nothing but good wishes for him!
Why's it gotta be WHITE powder?
Is there a household product that is black powder? I guess actual 'black powder', but that's an explosive...
It would not surprise me in the least if he had a staffer send this to his office on purpose. Racists of any color need attention to get their hate filled message across, and Rep. Rush is no exception to that rule.
It has to be killing Bobby to have an African American president. When you make your career telling other black people the white man power strucutre is to blame, you really have to change your tired diatribe when it turns out not to be true.
That was my first thought as well
Judging from the way Rush has been acting lately (i.e. claiming that Burris standing in the rain was equal to the dogs that attacked civil right activists in Alabama. Huh?) that white powder was probably more of the coke he's been sniffing.
Some thing tells me that he first did a snort test( with a straw) before he called the police