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Monday, February 12, 2007 12:00 AM

How Obama learned to be a natural

Today he drips with charisma and inspires fawning admiration from all quarters. But Obama began his journey as a smug young man with little political future.
By Edward McClelland

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  • Sunday, February 11, 2007 07:13 PM

    "Uppity" Young Man? How Bout an Undeservedly Uppity Online Magazine?

    Salon, get the bug out of your butt vis a vis Obama.

    And using the word uppity, well, all I can hope is that Debra Dickerson personally visits all of you and jackslaps the heck out of you, because referring to Barack Obama as "uppity" completes your anti-Obama hat trick...

    —Anonymous

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