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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 12:08 AM

    No Hope for America

    Aftr reading this article, I am dismayed and dejected. I do not think--given the ignorance and small-mindedness of so many small town people that Obama will have a chance to win this election, unless the urban areas vote hugely!!! I wonder if any of them really KNOW John McCain--that rich, old white guy with 8 houses and a bunch of lobbyists running his campaign--who, if elected President, will not help them with health insurance or unemployment??? And what about Sister Sarah Palin--who would be, if elected, a mere metastasis away from the Presidency! Her deceitful and manipulative manner are not hard to figure out--doesn't take an urban PhD! What is wrong with these people!!!! Is there no way they will stop drinking the Kool Aid! No wonder the rest of the world has such distain for us--and, truly, they do!!!!

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