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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 08:53 PM

    Jesus...

    Jesus was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor...

    Yes and yes...

    Palin is so far out of her league. She needed a city manager to run the city she was mayor of. How freaking more obvious does it have to be made for you rabid supporters?

    She probably spent more time picking out office furnishings, deciding what books to ban and harassing her ex brother-in-law than she did actively running the city.

    And now we find out that the retard she appointed to replace the target of her putsch started charging rape victims for their own 'rape kit' investigation kits. Nice 'family values' type a'guy... Probably the life of the party.

    Gosh, could that spark a Dukakis moment question? But I guess to her church and her 'god', all raped women asked for it and therefore they deserve to pay the costs of that. Some state's kits go for over $1,200! Nice anti-feminist there, Sarah. Nice role model for women of the 21st century... Put 'em in burkas next? Maybe it's people like her that wolves would be hunting from helicopters...

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