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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 08:46 AM

    @Beeyl65

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    "Hootowl has crossed a few lines of civility, from idiotic blather to mind provoking intelligence, most flagrantly in his/her last post.*********************************************************

    I caught it too; He/she should have put an exclamation point (!) after “Nonsense.” (Personally, I would have said Bullshit!!!) but that’s just me.

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    Could someone please do something about it?"

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    You got it. HOORAY!, YIPPEE!, WAY TO GO!

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