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The crazy uncles in Obama's attic
Will the black nationalists and white lefties who pushed Obama up the political ladder in Chicago prove to be a liability to his White House run?
By Edward McClelland [2008-03-18]

  • Allice Palmer & Obama

    The Alice Palmer mentioned in this column was not incidental to Obama's career. As one of his earliest political mentors, Palmer Palmer helped Obama get his start in politics on Chicago's South Side. How did he repay her? By playing hardball when she decided to once again run for her seat in the IL state senate, after Obama had already entered the race. Palmer asked him to reconsider, but his answer was pretty much, "No way, out of my way."

    When a Chicago newspaper asked Obama last year (I believe) about his subsequent relations with Alice Palmer, he said he hadn't been in touch with her since 1996.

    -- KateTex
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    Monday, March 17, 2008 06:58 PM
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