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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 05:58 PM

    Santos, Amigo!

    If he looses there is always Cuba. I know some people who understand the currents and the sharks so well that there are ways to safely float there even in a little inner tube.

    Paradise awaits you in Cuba, hombre! They got all these classic cars in perfect condition the people all get to drive for free, and everybody is educated. They can all read if they get allowed into the library, and now they got Russian bomber pilots, handing out solid gold coins to help their girlfriends' families prosper.

    Then there is Venezuela. He could go there with Michelle if he looses and have a big hacienda, and form of government in exile while we homies get to riot, revolt and reload, until the inevitable collapse takes place and we really do get the kind of just society we really do deserve.

    This is why I disagree with that guy, Lotus Feet, who has bad grammar, can't spell and who says our ideas would only work on Mars,

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