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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.
By Dan Hoyle

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  • Friday, September 12, 2008 07:14 AM

    What happens when you put the "cart before the horse" ?

    Answer: You get the individual who should have been Hillary's VP running for the presidency 8 years before he could have been elected. Time and fortune are not slaves to both media hype and to the Clinton haters who shoved this contrived tenderfoot down our throats before both he and his personae were ready for "acceptance" by the general population. We can scream all we want about Middle- America ignorance and prejudice, but that will not change the course of events. The Primary electricity only worked in one room and now Obama has to figure out how to light up the whole house. Lot's of luck !

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