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RE: Carole Simmons
I guess the name Alan Keyes is also missing from everyone's radar, even though Obama beat him as a carpetbagger for the Illinois Senate after Ryan dropped out. Don't forget Keyes ran for President in 1996 and 2000, and won 14% of the vote in Iowa. So what if he's a Republican? He still ran.
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Are the names Al Sharpton (2004), Carol Moseley-Braun (2004) and Shirley Chisolm (1972) missing from Mr. Shapiro's history books? And Jesse Jackson may have been "dissed and dismissed" by Mr. Shapiro, but certainly not by those who voted for him in the primaries. How insulting is that statement to thousands of voters who not only voted for Mr. Jackson, but also worked on his campaign and tirelessly worked with him to register Democrats, Black and White.
Hooray for Barack Obama. I'm tickled to death that he is in the race -- or soon will be. But let's not rewrite history.
Carole R. Simmons
