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Barack Obama, working-class hero?

On a bus tour through Pennsylvania, Obama tries to impress blue-collar white voters. He'll need them to keep the state close in April -- or to win it in November.
By Mike Madden

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  • Tuesday, April 1, 2008 09:06 AM

    @ David

    "according to the philosophy behind critical race theory, it doesn't matter what your INTENT was, you EFFECTIVELY shut tom up. why? in order to give that victim-punisher, KateTex a wider canvas. why? i posited it was your aversion to tribal loyalty. you say you didn't understand that. perhaps you ARE that dull."

    Ok, I take your point.

    I think you presume a bit much, but ok.

    —weeping for brunnhilde Read weeping for brunnhilde's other letters

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