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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.
By Walter Shapiro

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  • Wednesday, June 4, 2008 01:47 PM

    where are we, Burning Man?

    Jeez with all these strawman arguments from Indigo et al you'd almost think we were a buncha neo-hippies in the desert!

    First, nobody here, and I mean NOBODY equates any and all criticism of Obama as racist. End of story.

    but when you call him an "affirmative-action candidate" (which is kind of nonsensical) and mean it as an insult...well that IS racist. Sorry, it's a Conservative False Sense of Entitlement bullshit argument.

    and when "kilroy was here" calls Michelle Obama a "baboon" well that is Most Assuredly racist (that post has thankfully been deleted)

    only those setting up straw men arguments claim that Obama Must Not Be Challenged.

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