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Thursday, January 3, 2008 12:00 AM

Matthews: Obama is a "third world" candidate

Yes, but is he a Muslim plant?

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  • Friday, January 4, 2008 07:35 AM

    More Accurately a World Candidate

    Barack Obama has a unique perspective due to his diverse background and culture, which means he inately has the ability to understand different cultural perspectives, something needed to be a leader of the United States, a country in which the whole world thinks of us as a leader and super power. He can better swing the tide of energy toward peace and not war. Something beneficial because of nuclear weapons which if one goes to war has the capacity to destroy the world. So what better component than to have a man of the world who being for the world can institute peace, concilliation and diaglogue. For in reality, we are one people and one world.

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