Hurray! Beto gets to jump on the Guilt Train Express.
"Something that we’ve been thinking about and talking about in town hall meetings and out on the campaign — the legacy of slavery in the United States — now has a much more personal connection," O'Rourke wrote, noting that his wife, Amy, also had ancestors who owned slaves.Thank God my family came here from Europe in the early 1900s by hiding in the ballast water of merchant ships so there was never any chance of us owning slaves, so I guess I won't have to pay any reparations. Some of them joined the mafia though, or so I'm told, is that bad? Did I mention they came here illegally? No that's not true, I have no idea whether they were legal or not and now they're all dead so I have no way of asking. If you want to pay for the DNA test we'll find out together, otherwise, mind your own business.
