. . . "11:40 PM, Saturday, October 06 2012 | 1253 views | 0 | 2 | | LITTLE ROCK (AP) ??? Arkansas Republicans tried to distance themselves Saturday from a Republican state representative's assertion that slavery was a blessing in disguise and a Republican state House candidate who advocates deporting all Muslims.The claims were made in books written, respectively, by Rep. Jon Hubbard of Jonesboro and H" .