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Friday, September 12, 2008 12:00 AM

What small-town America is saying about Obama

In diners and mobile homes from New Mexico to North Carolina, I listened to working-class people try to make sense of a black president named Barack.

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  • Friday, September 12, 2008 09:24 AM

    Salon is Only About Getting Barack Elected

    Salon's diatribe will be until November will be about getting Barack Obama elected. Why? With pat answers like - because he's so cool, everybody likes him, the Republicans are evil, McCain is so old, etc. they'll never get anywhere. People have heard that stupid stuff time and time again. They're tired of it. It's like young kids were put in charge of running election and got away with it for a little while and are shocked when the grown ups aren't buying it anymore. The Democrats are as corrupt as any Republican party and are just more stupid about it. They just justify it by calling others stupid and get psyched out everytime.

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