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Wednesday, June 4, 2008 12:00 AM

Barack Obama's epic win

The young senator makes history not only in terms of race, while a determined Hillary Clinton delays the inevitable a bit longer.

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  • Wednesday, June 4, 2008 09:34 AM

    @debaser

    You seem to be forgetting the Bosnia story, the assassination myth, Bill Clinton supposedly using race to spin Obama's win in South Carolina, Ferraro, Hillary Clinton supposedly dismissing MLK's value, and Clinton's "tears"... all overblown scandals, each of which was based on distortions made by Obama's campaign and/or his supporter's.

    Obama's scandals came from the right wing or web critics, not Clinton. They seemed more dramatic than they were because Obama had a free ride from the media until the last few months of the campaign (during which time the election turned against him, too late to change the delegate numbers).

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