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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 05:57 AM

    The Real Question

    isn't whether the USA can accept/elect a black president.

    It's whether we can accept/elect a smart president.

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    Way back in the 1970s, Firesign Theatre did a routine where it was revealed that The President did not really exist at all, but was simply a computer-generated hologram, manipulated by unseen folks who actually ran things. And the people were completely deceived by the whole arrangement.

    Except for the hologram part, they got the post-1980 future right.

    Obama & Co. are "Worker" who have been trying to convince folks that the Future Fair is not what it seems.

    "I think we're all Bozos on this bus"

    —JugSouthgate Read JugSouthgate's other letters

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