Carrol: > ... the term slandered the _original_ carpet-baggers, who were actually for > the most part welcome friends and advocates of ex-slaves. The term, I > believe, was part of the general campaign that eventually first ended > Reconstruction and then initiated Jim Crow.<
then we need a new term for opportunists who come to a conquered area to exploit the population. How about "shleifers"? -- Jim Devine Bust Big Brother Bush!
