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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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  • Thursday, September 11, 2008 08:27 PM

    beware of pc

    Many white people will give you the pc answer when asked in a public setting whether they would vote for a black candidate for president,public pressure and the embarassment of being looked at as predudiced,they will always answer YES. It will give you a false picture of what is going to happen in the voting booth!When the curtains are closed!!-On the other side,95% of blacks will say that they will vote for Barak Obama!Almost all will say it is not because HE is black,and they are right,it is because THEY are black!!!

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