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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 03:41 AM

    OBAMA has to win!!!

    Why do Americans have to have a President like themselves. In Europe, not that our system is perfect, we seem to vote for someone we think is more intelligent than ourselves. You have

    already had Bush the puppet with a low i.q. who has already caused chaos in this world with his cowboy mentality, do you really want a moose-hunting bear shooting veep who is only a heart beat away from being president, to be in charge of this world. Good grief no-way!

    Please America vote for Obama........he is your present day Abraham Lincoln, and perhaps saviour. Let intelligence rule O.K.

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